Rome would be our first night on our anniversary trip to (in chronological, not geographic, order) Lazio, Campania, and Umbria.
On our visit 18 months ago, the entrance to HOTEL MONTE CENCI was in a small courtyard. Charming, yes. Stress inducing, yes. Access was via several narrow, one-way streets, and with one wrong turn, you had entered the zone … the zona traffico limitato … and a few weeks later, a ticket would arrive in the mail. The entrance has moved, and now, conveniently with one turn and one curve, is on a street-cum-piazza parking lot.
A couple of guys were hanging around across the street. Not skeevy, the concierge said, they help drivers find parking. By the time we checked-in, one of them had “reserved” a spot 50 yards away.