Rome -insight on which neighborhood to stay

The area around Termini is less than desirable. You'll fare better staying closer to the historic center ("Centro Storico"), in the old Jewish Ghetto, or just across the river in Trastevere. Roma is pretty compact, so you can walk almost everywhere, and the trams and buses will take you where you need to go, cheaply.

B&B pricing is usually on par with small hotels--the independent, locally owned ones. I prefer apartments, so I don't have a specific hotel to recoomend in Rome, but you might also consider staying in the guest house of a religious order--the rooms are often simple but very clean, in interesting buildings. Not party central, but perfectly nice, often with very lovely other guests. Don't go expecting a bar or a swimming pool, LOL, but you might enjoy the more sincere, welcoming atmosphere found there. Check out the website: Monastery Stays

I am the definition of a novice traveler so plenty here can give you loads better advice than myself I imagine. I went to Rome about a year ago and my wife and I stayed in an air bnb near the fountain hosted by a lady named sylvia, see her page here: LINK

It's extremely close to the trevi fountain and we also walked to the coliseum and vatican. Didn't hit the others you mentioned. Sylvia was super helpful (spoke fine english) and even arranged a taxi to pick us up from the airport on our arrival and arranged one for us back to the airport afterward. Despite being super close to the fountain we didn't hear any of the hubub, it was perfectly nice and quiet in her building.

That's truly my only experience wiht rome so it's all I can provide, btu I had no issues whatsoever staying with her and thought it was a great value for the price.

I will check these out, One thing I noticed was the price change from just a few weeks. I have to move my vacation later in April due to work. The prices seem to go up by about 30% from early April to mid April.
May consider moving vacation forward to second week of March. Not sure if it will be too cool at that time of the year to enjoy it?

Trastevere is the correct answer.

Has a great vibe, and plenty easy to walk to all the sights from it. It’s also away from all the tourist rabble and tourist traps.

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Trastevere is the correct answer.

Has a great vibe, and plenty easy to walk to all the sights from it. It’s also away from all the tourist rabble and tourist traps.

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It is currently 1:06am Roman time and I'm lying in bed wide awake in a Trasteverde BnB. Listen to everyone else. This neighborhood is great. I think we paid something like $70 a night for our room and it is better than any hotel room.

I have a question. Do they have uber in Italy? Someone was saying take a taxi to our hotel but it's very pricey. What about Uber? Is it comparable, less or more than a taxi?

We stayed in the Prati neighborhood and had a great time. It was much cheaper than staying on the other side of the Tiber but was still walkable. We walked to the Forum, Spanish Steps, Colosseum, Pantheon, and the Jewish Ghetto. We taxied to Borghese and Vatican because our guide wanted us there at a early time in the AM and we wanted the time to eat breakfast.

We’d usually walk there and depending on how tired we were- or how much time we’d spent- we’d get a taxi back. Use the app called “free now” it is Uber but for taxis. Works exactly the same.

My favorite area to stay in Rome is in the Piazza Navona or Campo de Fiore neighborhoods which are just a few blocks away from each other. Beautiful area, plenty to do and see, many good restaurants and an easy walk to everywhere else.

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The area around Termini is less than desirable.

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Unfortunately, our travel agent booked our lodging here for ease of travel and I agree. We spent zero time in the area outside of sleeping. Noisy and unsafe vibe.

Trastevere. I went recently and it is an amazing area. My girlfriend and I loved every moment; tons of restaurants.