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Killer location, cheap meals, and plenty of Jesus
The Hotel Fraterna Domus, in Rome, Italy
Fraterna Domus
(Tiber Bend)
If you don't mind monastic simplicity, tiny bathrooms with curtainless showers, and a decor that begins and ends with the small crucifix nailed above the bed, this hospice just north of Piazza Navona run by a lay sisterhood may be the ticket.
The beds are firm, the tile floors kept next-to-godliness clean, and the price heavenly. Unlike some religiously-affiliated lodging around Rome, this one is refreshingly prostelytizing-free (though it's always polite to be respectful of their deeply held beliefs).
The bad news: there's an 11pm curfew (but one sister confided to me that they might slip you a front door key if you stay for a week). They also offer excellent full, family-style dinners for a paltry €13 in the basement's communal dining room.
Via Monte Brianzo 62, a block off the Tiber River, just north of Piazza Navona.
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