Rome - Hotels

As Rome sees a constant stream of visitors throughout the year, there is little difference between low-season and high-season prices. However, it may be worth asking if you can get a reduction if you are going to visit in January-February or October-November. Visitors can often get good reductions by booking online.

IVA (value-added tax) at 10% is included in hotel prices but is usually added to the price before it is quoted. The prices quoted below are the official starting prices for an en-suite double room and include IVA and service charges. Breakfast is not included, unless otherwise stated.

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Cavalieri Hilton
Undoubtedly Rome’s top deluxe hotel, the stylish Cavalieri Hilton stands upon Monte Mario hill, affording stunning views over the capital. Set in six hectares (15 acres) of landscaped grounds, it lies 20 minutes from the city centre and 30 minutes from the airport. Its 375 rooms (including 17 suites), each with a balcony, are impeccably furnished in a modern style. With 14 fully equipped congress halls and meeting rooms (seating 15 to 2,100), this hotel is ideal for business conventions. The superlative roof garden restaurant, La Pergola (see Restaurants), attracts residents and non-residents alike. Other services include a fitness centre (gym, two pools, Turkish baths, sauna and tennis courts), a shopping arcade and a shuttle bus to the city centre.

Via Cadlolo 101
Tel: (06) 3509 2031. Fax: (06) 3509 2241.
E-mail: reservations@cavalieri-hilton.it
Website: www.cavalieri-hilton.it
Price: From €630.

Hotel Atlante Star
Well managed and friendly, the Hotel Atlante Star lies five minutes from the Vatican. Popular with executives, its 61 rooms are the height of luxury, featuring antique furniture and marble bathrooms with Jacuzzi. There is a well-run business centre (a large office space with computers, telephones, fax and photocopier) plus a conference room complete with up-to-date audiovisual equipment, simultaneous translation services and seating for 65. Up top, the Les Etoiles roof garden restaurant offers a stunning panorama over Rome with views of St Peter’s. A smaller and cheaper sister hotel, the Hotel Atlante Garden, lies close by at Via Crescenzio 78A. Both establishments offer free shuttle pick-up from the airport.

Via Vitelleschi 34
Tel: (06) 687 3233. Fax: (06) 687 2300.
E-mail: info@atlantehotels.com
Website: www.atlantehotels.com
Price: From €250 (including breakfast).

Rose Garden Palace
Just off the famed and totally central Via Veneto, the Rose Garden Palace hotel is an oasis in the middle of Rome. It has opted for a totally ‘design’ interior with custom made and truly inspired furniture and furnishings. The main colours in the lobby and large and comfortable ground floor lounge area are salmon, blue and grey. The 59 bedrooms and six suites are large and tasteful and there is an outdoor courtyard and rose garden (hence the hotel’s name) where you can breakfast and dine in fine weather. The three meeting rooms (the largest can host 50 people) all feature natural light, perfect sound insulation, fast Internet connections, overheard projectors and the possibility to eat in a private dining room or in the main hotel restaurant, Il Roseto, which opened last summer and has already gained plaudits from critics.

Via Boncompagni 19
Tel: (06) 421 741. Fax: (06) 481 5608.
E-mail: info@rosegardenpalace.com
Website: www.rosegardenpalace.com
Price: From €300 (including breakfast).

Sheraton Roma
A modern hotel and conference centre aimed at executives, the Sheraton Roma is located in EUR, the heart of Rome’s commercial life. A hotel shuttle bus makes regular runs to the airport (20 minutes) and the city centre (30 minutes). Besides 644 guest rooms and suites fitted with Internet connections incorporated right into the table-top, there are also 24 meeting rooms designed to cater for conferences, exhibitions and seminars and which can host from 10 to 2,000 people. Many of them feature audiovisual facilities, computers, multi-format VCR- and DVD-players, and video projectors. The hotel also offers excellent dining, shopping and sports facilities.

Viale del Pattinagio 100
Tel: (06) 54531. Fax: (06) 594 0689.
E-mail: res497.sheraton.roma@sheraton.com
Website: www.sheraton.com/roma
Price: From €495 (including breakfast).

Luxury


Hassler-Villa Medici
Located at the top of the Spanish Steps, just a stone’s throw from the designer clothes shops of Via Condotti, the elegant Hassler commands stunning panoramic views over Rome. Its 99 rooms (including 13 suites) are decorated in classic style, with sweeping floor-to-ceiling curtains, Venetian glass chandeliers and marble bathrooms, while many have either a balcony or terrace. The rooftop restaurant serves dinner by candlelight with piano music and there is an elegant garden bar. Extra facilities include five business meeting rooms, a gym and health centre and garage space for parking. Renowned guests range from Bill Clinton to Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Piazza Trinità dei Monti 6
Tel: (06) 699 340. Fax: (06) 678 9991.
E-mail: info@hotelhassler.it
Website: www.hotelhasslerroma.com
Price: From €520.

Hotel Eden
Possibly Rome’s most glamorous hotel, the Eden, located between Via Veneto and the Spanish Steps, dates back to 1889. Frequented by stars and millionaires, former guests range from Ernest Hemingway and Ingrid Bergman, to the more recent names of Cameron Diaz and Daniel Day Lewis. Its 121 rooms (including 13 suites) are richly decorated in turn-of-the-century style, with antique furniture, fine linen sheets and splendid marble bathrooms. Some of the most expensive top-floor rooms have balconies and offer stunning views over the Eternal City, as does the highly acclaimed La Terrazza dell’Eden rooftop restaurant. Additional facilities include two elegant business meeting rooms and a well-equipped modern gym.

Via Ludovisi 49
Tel: (06) 478 121. Fax: (06) 482 1584.
E-mail: reservations@hotel-eden.it
Website: www.hotel-eden.it or www.rome.lemeridien.com
Price: From €680.

Moderate


Albergo del Sole (al Biscione): Ideally located in the centro storico, this charming but unpretentious hotel lies in a side street between Campo de’ Fiori and Piazza Navona, backing onto the ancient Teatro di Pompei. Its 59 bedrooms are simply but comfortably furnished, each with a telephone and satellite TV and some with beamed ceilings. A peaceful roof garden terrace offers some stunning views over the surrounding rooftops and church domes. Breakfast is not served but an early morning cappuccino and a croissant at Campo de’ Fiori, watching stallholders set out their wares at the colourful open-air market, more than compensates. Very popular, so it is advisable to reserve in advance.

Via del Biscione 76
Tel: (06) 6880 6873. Fax: (06) 689 3787.
E-mail: info@solealbiscione.it
Website: www.solealbiscione.it
Price: From €125 (cheaper rooms without bathroom).

La Cisterna
Hidden away in a narrow, cobbled side street, a five-minute walk from Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere, this small, friendly hotel is housed in a recently refurbished 18th-century building. There are 18 homely bedrooms, each with a private bathroom, telephone and satellite TV (some have wooden beamed ceilings), and a bar and peaceful terrace garden out the back. La Cisterna makes an ideal base for cultural travellers on a tight budget. Located in the Bohemian district of Trastevere, known for its wine bars and trattorie, the centro storico lies just across the river while the Vatican is a pleasant 15-minute walk along the River Tiber.

Via della Cisterna 8
Tel: (06) 581 7212. Fax: (06) 581 0091.
E-mail: prenotazione@cisternahotel.it
Website: www.cisternahotel.it
Price: From €100 (including breakfast).

Other Recommendations


Hotel Locarno
This pretty, moderately priced atmospheric hotel close to Piazza del Popolo dates back to 1925, hence the stylish Art Deco details, such as its lift. Each of its 48 rooms is uniquely decorated with discreet antiques and co-ordinated Liberty-style wallpaper and fabrics. They do an extremely generous buffet breakfast, which during the summer is served on the roof garden terrace with views over the surrounding rooftops. Within easy walking distance of the chic boutiques and art galleries of Via Margutta, it is popular with people in art and cinema – English film director Peter Greenaway often stays here. A charming extra are the complimentary bicycles available to guests.

Via della Penna 22
Tel: (06) 361 0841. Fax: (06) 321 5249.
E-mail: info@hotellocarno.com
Website: www.hotellocarno.com
Price: From €200 (including breakfast).

Aleph Hotel
Hell and heaven are the principal themes of this intriguing Adam D Tihany designed boutique hotel, a relative newcomer on the Rome scene, located in what was a bank not far from Via Veneto. The entrance hall and bar are all fiery red, the top floor and terrace are blue. The bedrooms are inspired by 1930s and 40s design and have hi-tech touches such as TVs in the bathrooms, as well as huge beds. Downstairs there is a lovely spa in what was the bank’s former vault; the incredibly heavy-set door has been left intact and opens on to a ‘heavenly’ all-white relaxation room. Happy spa-goers can relax on long chaises longues in this ethereal space as they sip on healthy fruit beverages or rather less nutritious alcoholic cocktails served (at a price) from the bar upstairs.

Via San Basilio 15
Tel: (06) 422 901. Fax: (06) 4229 0000.
Website: www.boscolohotels.com
Price: From €260.

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