The hotel, astoundingly considered a five star, is...

The hotel, astoundingly considered a five star, is horribly rundown, filthy, and extraordinary overpriced. The owner(s) must hate people, there's no other explanation for the contempt they show their guests by charging the amount they do for two star accommodations at best. Upon check in to our double superior my wife and I booked for $450 Euro we found our headboard covered in foul stains, the ancient a/c not functioning, the room looked like it hadn't updated in fifty years. Shocking. To the front desk's credit they moved us to a junior suite when they saw the pictures on my phone (this only after first trying to cover the headboard with a sheet!). I'll say one positive thing, the staff, they were nice and really tried, but we could tell they were frustrated and slightly embarrassed. I will never recommend this hotel and will use it as an example of Rome's uneven and shoddy hotel choices, yours of which might have been romantic fifty years ago, but today is an infuriating tourist trap to be avoided.