It s a full house at Hotel Marco Polo but the guests aren t here to see Rome s tourist attractions.
One hotel near Rome s central Termini train station is full, despite the crisis caused by the covid-19 pandemic, however its guests are not tourists.
The Marco Polo hotel is busy once again, reports Italian newspaper
La Repubblica, thanks to a collaboration with Rome s S. Egidio community, a lay Catholic charity devoted to social service.
The guests of the hotel on Via Magenta include homeless people, a recently-released former prisoner, unemployed people struggling to make ends meet, and students studying for exams.
The S. Egidio community contributes to the operating costs, allowing the hotel to provide shelter for those in need as well as giving it a chance to stay open when many other hotels in Rome face going out of business.