"Old-fashioned grandeur on the Via Veneto and one of the world's largest suites with its own cinema, steam bath and wine cellar."
The Westin Excelsior is the classic Via Veneto luxury hotel in Rome, acquired and refurbished by Westin. They have done a magnificent job, as always, with the ground-floor reception areas – oceans of marble, acres of gilt detailing, lashings of Aubusson and a warehouse full of French Empire furnishings. ‘Today,’ says the brochure, ‘all Rome meets at the Excelsior’.
The facilities
Upstairs, everything smells new. Wide corridors, sumptuous carpeting and more repro French Empire furniture leads into spacious rooms in the traditional Westin L-shape, with large closets and pink marble bathrooms. The colours are pure luxury hotel – mulberry, duck blue fabric walls, swagged beds, busy carpets and inlaid wood.
The rooms
The Deluxe rooms have two windows and two sinks, and most are high ceilinged, some even with fireplaces.
Verdict? A Westin makeover par excellence. The old soul of the place has fled down the road to its junior cousins the Majestic and the Ambasciatori. Let’s hope she returns.
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Address: Via Veneto 125, 00187 Rome, Italy
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Address: Via Veneto 125, 00187 Rome, Italy
Booking info
Arrival:
Mon 8 Sep 2008
Departure: Tue 9 Sep 2008
No. adults: 2
Departure: Tue 9 Sep 2008
No. adults: 2
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Who stays here
Families
Not suitable for
- Personal service - it's a touch too by-the-book corporate
- Bona fide antique furnishings - they are all Imperial, Biedermeier and Renaissance reproductions
Children
Extra beds can be added to the rooms for children and baby cots are provided free of charge. The interconnecting rooms are ideal for families, and the restaurant will take requests in the menu for children. Children will also enjoy the Westin Excelsior Kids Club that provides them a variety of child-friendly amenities including activities, games, and Westin's line of bedtime stories.
Eating in
Gran Caffe Doney has sidewalk tables that spill onto Via Veneto
