Italy, Lazio, Rome, Spanish Steps
"Charming rooftop views from a handful of rooms, this small hostelry calls the Spanish Steps its neighbour."
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Rome's palaces, museums and ancient historical monuments are so myriad that even locals and long-term residents have not seen all its treasures. We hope to bring you the keys to the Eternal City with our online Rome travel guide which covers the best sites, restaurants and bars and comes out in May. In the meantime, here is our collection of the best boutique and luxury hotels with first-hand hotel reviews to guide you to the perfect room for you.
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Italy, Lazio, Rome, Spanish Steps
"Charming rooftop views from a handful of rooms, this small hostelry calls the Spanish Steps its neighbour."
From EUR 145.00
per room per night
Italy, Lazio, Rome, Aventine Hill
"A charming boutique hotel, ultra romantic, on the Aventine Hill that fuses Italian opulence with sleek, modern touches."
From EUR 180.00
per room per night
Italy, Lazio, Rome, Piazza del Popolo
"Rocco Forte's typically discreet designer style makes this luxury hotel a firm favourite in Rome."
From EUR 580.00
per room per night
Italy, Lazio, Rome, Parioli
"A peaceful and stately Italianate townhouse hotel with Art Deco overtones, located near Villa Borghese."
Italy, Lazio, Rome, Veneto
"A large, sumptuous luxury hotel, with a smart neo-classical interior and attentive, polished service, centrally located on the Via Veneto."
From EUR 500.00
per room per night
Favourite Hotels Outside Rome | Martin O'Brien | Italy, Lazio, Rome
When in Rome, do as the Romans do: leave the city at the weekend and set out to explore the coast or the countryside. You'll find hotels luxurious enough to meet the most exacting standards
Letting the train take the strain | Lee Marshall | Italy, Lazio, Rome
Oh, the effortless elegance of rail travel. White linen in the dining car, watching the sun set over the Tuscan coast, then golden slumbers all the way to Paris, lulled by the clackety-clack of the wheels on the track
When in Rome… | Lee Marshall | Italy, Lazio, Rome
Inexplicably, many visitors consider Roman traffic to be chaotic and terrifying. To cross effectively, do what the locals do. Pick your spot - zebra crossing or no zebra crossing
Rome: a personal memoir | Lee Marshall | Italy, Lazio, Rome
It’s the sheer theatricality of the place that hits you first. That obelisk, flanked by four Napoleonic lions spewing water. The symmetrical Baroque churches on the far side
Rome: A General Introduction | Lee Marshall | Italy, Lazio, Rome
Just across the grass from John Keats, whose name lies writ in water in Rome's Protestant Cemetry, is a pyramid. A pretty large one too - build in 12AD as a funerary monument for a wealthy praetor with exotic tastes
Rome | Mark Hudson | Italy, Lazio, Rome
It’s dusk as we stagger, dripping, into Piazza Navona. The black cobbles look damp with perspiration. The ancient buildings, their facades washed in wonderful shades of orange, ochre and red
Why Go To Rome? | Lee Marshall | Italy, Lazio, Rome
Because it's there. Because it's dripping with history. But also because it is a vibrant capital city, which offers a slice of real life so often missing in tourist-swamped Venice or Florence
Hotels in Rome | Jamie Dunford Wood | Italy, Lazio, Rome
Rome is a hard city to find good accommodation in.
Ten Cautions of Rome | Stuart Wolfendale | Italy, Lazio, Rome
Real men do not eat quiche, drive Volkswagen cabriolets or have wheely luggage. You would think that Italian men, so tightly bound in machismo plastic wrap, would appreciate this but apparently, when it comes to luggage, they think as camp as a trolley dolly
Roman Demons | Fiona Dunlop | Italy, Lazio, Rome
Our straw-hatted tour guide, Dion, is a bright-eyed, diminutive New Zealander who we later learn is a psychiatric nurse on leave. Very appropriate