26 of the best hotels in Rome

In this metropolis you needn’t step inside a museum to come across 3,000 years’ value of historical past; reminders of Rome’s historical previous are all over the place, from its skyline of sprawling ruins to tucked-away cafés crammed with classical relics. The capital’s best addresses sit aspect by aspect with some of the best-known websites in Rome, occupying the palazzos and villas that after housed the Italian aristocracy. Alternatively, stray past the centre to your resort mattress. Areas akin to vibrant Monti or leafy Trieste supply extra bang to your buck — in addition to a style of what it’s truly wish to stay in the Eternal City, from morning espresso to sunset aperitivo.   

Main picture: Sofitel Rome Villa Borghese (reserving.com)

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1. Hotel de Russie

Top-hatted doormen stand sentry at this Rocco Forte property, one of the best addresses for a keep in Rome. Its monied inside combines two enduringly common types — Roman classicism and artwork deco — in an uncommon however profitable pairing utilized throughout communal areas and 120 rooms and suites. Botanical wallpapers trace at the resort’s actual ace card: its magnificent terraced courtyard backyard. Surrounded by mature pines and citrus bushes, and overrun with vines, it’s an enchanted spot, an inner-city oasis that lures a glamorous visitor record. Service is phenomenal, whether or not you’re ordering a signature cocktail in the Stravinskij bar or chatting with the concierge a couple of tour.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £££

2. Margutta 19

This trendy suites-only resort is a couple of minutes from Piazza del Popolo, on one of Rome’s most picturesque cobbled streets, the tree-lined Via Margutta, identified for its artwork galleries. The look inside is equally beguiling with a color palette reminiscent of a field of Terry’s All Gold and furnishings that evokes the elegant post-war look of Italy. There’s a 24-hour concierge on the entrance desk and breakfast is served in the downstairs restaurant, EMME, which has a backyard terrace properly suited to Rome’s balmy nights.

Spa N
Pool N
Price ££

3. The Corner Townhouse

Stay at this inordinately handsome and keenly priced resort and also you’ll be recommending it to associates for years to come back. Each of its 11 rooms is superbly designed but totally distinct, combining panelled partitions and wing-backed headboards with daring colors and furnishings. Its greenhouse-like restaurant is understandably common with locals — as is the speakeasy-style cocktail bar and atmospheric lounge backyard. Located away from the primary thoroughfares in up-and-coming Aventine, it’s nonetheless strolling distance from many of the key sights and a mere 15-minute stroll from the Colosseum.

Spa N
Pool N
Price £

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4. Villa Spalletti Trivelli

Less than a ten-minute stroll from the Trevi Fountain and virtually as spectacular, this historic mansion, constructed by Gabriella Rasponi, a relative of Napoleon, wears its illustrious aristocratic heritage properly. The salons are magnificent, their partitions hung with Sixteenth-century tapestries. Bedrooms are grand and have authentic furnishings, whereas in the basement there’s a spa impressed by Roman baths. While the total look is elegantly historic, the resort’s rooftop terrace has been not too long ago renovated in a extra trendy type. Providing sanctuary for weary sightseers from daybreak until nightfall, it has a number of Jacuzzis and solar loungers — plus a free bar.

Spa Y
Pool N
Price ££

5. Villa Laetitia

This resort has critical vogue pedigree — all of its rooms and residences have been individually designed by Anna Venturini Fendi, a co-creator of the model. It is housed in an artwork nouveau villa on the left financial institution of the Tiber and its frescoes, stuccowork and marble sit alongside monochrome artworks and mid-century furnishings. Contained inside the similar constructing is the Michelin-starred restaurant Enoteca La Torre — spend the cash you saved on lodging by reserving in for one of the 5 or seven-course tasting menus. If you go for the latter and really feel in want of redemptive train, Laetitia provides bike rental. It’s a simple pedal into Rome’s historic core or a barely tougher one alongside the Appian Way.

Spa N
Pool N
Price £

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6. Piazza di Spagna 9

A sprawling sq. at the backside of the Spanish Steps, Piazza di Spagna has been an important cease on any Roman vacation since the days of the Grand Tour. Occupying the third flooring of a Fifteenth-century palazzo, its namesake resort brings issues proper updated, with six art-focused rooms which might be half place-to-stay, part-installation. Eyecatching items grasp over the beds, and the proprietor, Stefania Grippo, designed a lot of the hanging furnishings herself — most of what you see is on the market. It’s a superb decide for {couples} in design and there’s additionally a two-person Turkish bathtub on-site.

Spa N
Pool N
Price ££

7. Piazza Six Senses Rome

A quarry full of travertine marble, a cocktail menu named after Roman emperors and a set of conventional baths deep in the basement… it’s onerous to think about a extra Italian resort than the upscale Six Senses, which opened on the Via Del Corso in March 2023. Wellness and sustainability are entrance and centre —the resort has a sustainability supervisor who runs each day excursions — whereas the spa gives a variety of wacky biohacking instruments alongside conventional remedies. If you’ll be able to’t afford a room right here (and few can), come for a drink on the smashing rooftop terrace or for dinner at Bivium, organized in the centre of the resort like a Roman courtyard.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £££

8. Palm Gallery Hotel

There aren’t many hotels in Rome with swimming pools — fewer nonetheless at this value — however this one’s a cracker, located on the rooftop of an adjoining constructing and fringed by greenery. Palm Gallery is housed in a Liberty-style villa constructed in 1905, with decor that mixes influences from Morocco and the Middle East, from wrought ironwork to inlaid tables. Each room has a definite look; the best two are Terrazza, which has a non-public terrace, and Oasis, which overlooks the backyard and is sufficiently big to accommodate a household. Super-close to at least one of Rome’s most underrated parks, it’s additionally a brief stroll to the palm and pine-scattered Villa Torlonia, the place you’ll be able to see Mussolini’s household residence.

Spa N
Pool Y
Price £

9. Hotel Vilon

This tucked-away design resort has change into one thing of a favorite amongst high-net-worth people holidaying in the Eternal City and it’s not onerous to see why. It’s proper subsequent door to Palazzo Borghese, and a few of the 18 rooms peer proper into its non-public backyard, giving company a hen’s-eye view of classical statuary and well-tended topiary that no different customer will get to see. The scene inside is equally simple on the eye, with the constructing’s Sixteenth-century bones complemented by artwork deco and mid-century components and a smattering of playful portraiture. Another spotlight is the bar-restaurant serving Italian classics — from an unbeatable negroni to cut-above rigatoni — in an area that spills on to a leafy courtyard.

Spa N
Pool N
Price £££

10. Villa Agrippina Gran Melia

Although moderately centrally positioned, this can be a correct resort resort, and regardless of being half of a world chain, it feels distinctly Roman. Guests get their first glimpse of this sprawling pink palazzo alongside an olive-tree-lined drive and the surrounding Mediterranean gardens create a way of welcome openness. There are two outside swimming pools, quite a few eating places and bars — Amaro, a imaginative and prescient in teal, is especially pleasant — plus a youngsters’ membership and a Clarins spa. The 116 rooms range in dimension, however are uniformly impartial in look, and a few have views in direction of Vatican City, 5 minutes away on foot.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price ££-£££

11. Hotel Stendhal

Since this resort is smack bang in the center of central Rome, its company received’t should stroll far to achieve any of the historic monuments, making it preferrred for these sightseeing with youngsters. Stendhal can also be one of few moderately priced metropolis hotels with a number of good room choices for households, from suites to deluxe connecting rooms. Its deserves aren’t all sensible, although. The workers are educated and pleasant and the interiors are interesting too; in type they vary from turn-of-the-century magnificence to extra modern boutique. The library bar is a comfortable place in which to rejoice as soon as the youngsters have gone to mattress, with home windows over Via del Tritone for people-watching.

Spa N
Pool N
Price £

12. Sofitel Rome Villa Borghese

After a whole renovation in 2019, this five-star Rome resort in a Nineteenth-century palazzo has new vim and vigour. Its 78 rooms at the moment are gleamingly white, the model’s signature beds — nonetheless deliriously comfy — missed by iridescent ceiling panels. The champagne bar is new, however the jewel in the crown continues to be the rooftop restaurant. With black and terracotta flooring tiles and a garden-themed look to replicate the verdant view, Settimo overlooks the 100-acre Villa Borghese park in addition to the dome of St Peter’s basilica. The menu is resolutely Italian with classics akin to spaghetti carbonara accomplished exceptionally properly.

Spa Y
Pool N
Price £££

13. G-Rough

Its identify is maybe the least interesting facet of this impeccably trendy ten-suite resort. The “G” is shared with a sister property, PalazzinaG in Venice, and “Rough” signifies its stripped-back aesthetic. Patinated partitions are hung with daring and textural works of artwork; the Pasquino suite even options graffiti left over from a demolition social gathering that befell throughout the renovation. Aimed squarely at city hipsters, the resort additionally provides a variety of off-beat experiences, from the probability to make a leather-based bag with a number one designer to an city picnic chaperoned by a information in a golf cart. There’s a gold-bricked bar on the floor flooring, good for the aperitivo hour.

Spa N
Pool N
Price ££

14. Palazzo Navona

With an unbeatable location in the coronary heart of the metropolis’s historic core, Palazzo Navona is virtually neighbours with the Pantheon and solely a 15-minute stroll from the Roman Forum. You can see all the metropolis’s historical past unfold earlier than you from the resort’s panoramic rooftop, the place canapés and cocktails are served every night between 6pm and 9pm. Inside, the look is extra trendy Italian, with vibrant white beds contrasting with darkish wood flooring. All rooms are soundproofed, so it’s peaceable day and night time. The buffet breakfast is hands-down the best at any of Rome’s four-star hotels.

Spa N
Pool N
Price ££

15. The Fifteen Keys Hotel

Among the classic outlets and unbiased cafés of Monti sits this fittingly characterful resort, with — you guessed it — 15 design-forward rooms. Although various in dimension, all are beautiful with pale parquet flooring, uncovered brickwork and industrial-style lights, plus pale bedding and vibrant patterned materials. Take your decide between one overlooking the rooftops of Rome or the leafy courtyard backyard; the latter is a perfect place for a cocktail, as is the blue and mirrored bar. From the breakfast room to the foyer, the communal areas encourage lingering, however there are complimentary bikes for these raring to discover. The younger workers actually know their metropolis, and are full of good concepts.

Spa N
Pool N
Price £

16. Hoxton Roma

Perhaps the coolest tackle in the metropolis, this hip hangout — a riot of Italian marble and velvet banquettes — is respiratory new life into the Parioli neighbourhood, simply north of the Borghese Gardens. Grab an espresso to go from Cugino bakery and take one of their bikes for a spin round the park, then return again to vine-covered West Coast Beverly restaurant for some cacio e pepe tater tots and a tongue-tingling negroni — it’s additionally one of the few locations in the metropolis serving weekend brunch. There’s a black-and-white classic photobooth downstairs to doc your night time and at the finish of the night time, traipse upstairs to bedrooms with parquet flooring, scallop-edged headboards and Murano-glass chandeliers.

Spa N
Pool N
Price ££

17. Hotel Hassler

Its old-world allure has lovers and haters however the Hassler stays one of Rome’s loftiest hotels. Until it was joined by Rocco Forte, it had held a pinnacle place atop the Spanish Steps and, ergo, unrivalled views. It continues to be run by the fifth-generation Wirths, their Swiss heat trickling down into the workers; its Imago restaurant continues to be Michelin-starred. In 2018, renovations lifted the oppressive really feel of mahogany and marble, updating all the belle époque opulence with a dose of artwork deco with out ruffling any feathers. Its 91 rooms embody the Presidential Suite Trinita’ di Monti, all crimson and monochromes, at which Karl Lagerfeld was a habitué.

Spa Y
Pool N
Price £££

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18. Hotel Eden

With its illuminated gold-coffered ceiling, Hotel Eden is the Roman grasp of cinematic glamour close to Via Veneto, as soon as patronised by King Alfonso XIII of Spain, Federico Fellini and old-school Hollywood. In 2017, the Dorchester Collection took over, reanimating the nice foyer, library and 98 rooms with pastoral frescoes, velvet divans and clean-lined marble. Drama abounds: at Michelin-starred La Terrazza, Fabio Ciervo’s dishes have liquid-nitrogen particular results; the spa makes use of Gwyneth Paltrow-favoured Sonya Dakar facials, and the rooftop has widescreen views of St Peter’s.

Spa Y
Pool N
Price £££

19. JK Place Rome

There’s no actual exterior house and no showstopper views; however this intimate townhouse with 30 rooms and suites simply behind Via Del Corso is a robust Rome contender and is adored by addicts of Ori Kafri’s bespoke Italian model. When in Rome… type is all the things. Michele Bonan, who designed their hotels in Florence, Capri and Rome, is accountable for the cool, gentleman’s membership really feel. In the lounge, the combine of mid-century chairs and marble statues (right here a contact of kitsch) recall Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr Ripley. Bathrooms are a dapper two-tone of gray and white marble. The all-day JK Café, casual service, and the stroll to the Spanish Steps full the really feel of having a “place” in Rome.

Spa Y
Pool N
Price ££

20. Portrait Rome

The Lungarno Collection had at all times been a really Florentine affair; it had six properties in Florence, earlier than opening Portrait Roma. Its suites-only resort has 14 pieds-à-terre with parquet, leather-based stools and black-and-white pictures designed by Florentine Michele Bonan (whose reference is Nineteen Fifties-era Pitti Palace), and it’s two sashays from the Spanish Steps, above the Ferragamo retailer on Via Dei Condotti. And that’s not even the prize: there’s a panoramic terrace and a devoted “way of life group” readily available earlier than departure to organise Rome stays “au couture”, in addition to New-York type room service.

Spa N
Pool N
Price ££

21. Palazzo Dama

What do you get when the noble Malaspina dynasty’s belle époque villa meets witty, modern designer Antonio Giradi? Roman decadence on the banks of the Tiber for the twenty first century. This Liberty-style resort and agent provocateur pays tongue-in-cheek homage to its socialite previous with wooden panelling, Italian objets d’artwork, grand chandeliers, modern artwork, a rococo bar and its personal nightclub. It additionally has a coveted pool. Its 29 rooms come in blue or inexperienced velvets and it hosts the second outlet of Pacifico restaurant (a enjoyable foray away from cucina romana). The cool district of Prati is simply throughout the river.

Spa N
Pool Y
Price ££

22. Hotel Maalot

In phrases of singing reward, Hotel Maalot has two arias: it’s by the Trevi fountain, and it debuted in the palazzo of the opera maestro Gaetano Donizetti (composer of L’elisir d’amore) — so it needed to be grand. And it’s: through a peacockish model of the British type as soon as adopted by Romans. Downstairs areas are low-lit and horny with darkish parquet, velvets and chandeliers. The palm-filled restaurant has a wonderful glass ceiling. And its 30 completely different rooms are light-filled, with floral bedheads, artwork deco items and loos in Calagatta Arabesco marble. Other excessive notes embody a health centre and proximity to the acclaimed restaurant Baccano.

Spa N
Pool N
Price ££

23. DOM Hotel

Another horny Roman affair, designed by Antonio Girardi, DOM’s Sixteenth-century palazzo dealing with the cobblestones of Via Giulia in Regola was as soon as a Claretian monastery. Its identify is an acronym for Deo Optimum Maximo. A sort of virile Roman gothic reigns right here with noirish lighting, crushed velvets, Venetian mirrors, Man Rays and stag antlers. Big recreation is the bar’s theme and there’s a whisky and cigar lounge; the 18 rooms and suites are stocked with Acqua Di Parma merchandise. The chef and mixologist of Michelin-starred Achilli al Parliamento run the restaurant as a satellite tv for pc and Trastevere is simply throughout the Tiber.

Spa N
Pool N
Price ££

24. Holy Deer

When it involves luxurious Roman manufacturers, the papacy is the Don. The opulent residence inside Seventeenth-century Sant’ Agnese in Agone is the superlative of locations to remain: the non-public chambers of Innocent X (pope from 1644 to 1655) who was, by all accounts, very removed from harmless. No fustiness or rococo await; his holiness’s frescoed digs have been renovated with an ecclesiastical dedication and a papal finances in elegant dove-grey velvets, delicately veined marble and handmade tiles by San Lorenzo Lodges. There’s a library, music room, non-public chef, two grand bedrooms (together with the pope’s) and a balcony over Piazza Navona — in case you have pontifical funds.

Spa N
Pool N
Price £££

25. Fendi Private Suites

Fendi’s seven haute-couture pieds-à-terre are above its flagship outlet — an immaculate wedding ceremony cake of a palazzo — on Via dei Condotti, close to the Trevi fountain, the restoration of which was funded by its basis. The interiors are Rome based on Fendi; in the suites, items by big-name design showstoppers akin to Fritz Hansen and Gio Ponti are combined with furnishings from the model’s Casa line. Limited-edition Fendi luggage and Karl Lagerfeld’s photographs of the metropolis are the artwork. Hairdryers are Bosch, the fourth-floor restaurant is Japanese (Zuma), and the Fendi-clad workers at the travertine-marble desk are fabulously linked.

Spa N
Pool N
Price £££

26. Hotel della Ville

For his second grand resort in Rome, Rocco Forte needed to high his first. He did simply that in 2019 by opening in an 18th-century palazzo on the Spanish steps subsequent to the Hassler. This time Tommaso Ziffer and Olga Polizzi’s wallpaper-and-monochrome-marble aesthetic was channelled by means of the prism of the Grand Tour, with copious velvets, busts and maps in 104 rooms plus a thermal spa. The Julep Herbal & Vermouth Bar serves spice-route impressed cocktails, seventh-floor Cielo provides a map-like aerial view of the metropolis, and street-level bistro Da Sistina is the place actual Romans flock in. It wouldn’t be Rome with out them.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £££

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