Weekend in Rome, in the most beautiful hotels in the Eternal City

No.No city tells its story as Rome, in every brick, in every view, in every legend. Yes, because the story of its foundation is epic, like that of the people who, before the year 1000, managed to unify the whole of Europe under its dominion. In his heart coexist the (Holy) seat of the Pope and the places of national politics. Culture, power, wealth, art and beauty are intertwined so tightly that it overlaps the foundations of the ancient buildings, many of which are now splendid luxury hotels.

The Hotel de La Ville

Like thehotel de La Ville which dominates the suggestive Piazza di Spagna, a few steps from the splendid gardens of Villa Borghese. The building dates back to the 18th century, when the European nobles elected it as their favorite address in Italy during the period of Grand Tour. But it became a hotel at the beginning of the Twenties to be subsequently enlarged, in the mid-twentieth century. Today it is part of the Rocco Forte Hotels collection. Against the backdrop of the historic building, architect Tommaso Ziffer has recreated a contemporary retrospective that pays homage to the cultural trait of the Grand Tour, inviting guests to a playful discovery through the itinerary that unfolds in the different rooms of a timeless building.

Why stay in the history of the Eternal City

But visiting Rome also means living it: this is why we offer you a tour of the most beautiful hotels in this Eternal City, which tell the story of what has been one of the most powerful attractions for the whole world, for millennia. Because surely staying in an ancient monastic convent, in a palace of one of the most important families in the city or in the private villa of a patrician or even a Pope, gives another charm to the stay.

Preserve history

From the first Renaissance inns up to Parisian hotel of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, history has passed in their rooms, where writers, artists, scientists, kings, princes and ambassadors have stayed. To preserve this heritage of stories and give the right value to class hospitality, Federalberghi Rome has brought together a part of the structures born at least before 1950 in the Historic Hotels Committee, with over 40 member hotels, of which about half have four or five stars.

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What is the oldest hotel in Rome?

The palm of the oldest hotel in the city belongs toAlbergo del Soleonce Locanda del Montone: boasts a unique position, with its back to the Pantheon and an internal garden full of flowers and palm trees and a hall with eighteenth-century frescoes. Two tombstones remind us that they stayed here Ludovico Ariosto in 1513 and the composer Pietro Mascagniwho celebrated there before the Cavalleria Rusticana. But the first historical evidence of the hotel dates back to 1467, when it welcomed the troops ofEmperor Frederick III of Habsburg. His story has been handed down by special guests, including the magician and alchemist count of Cagliostro and, in more recent years, Jean-Paul Sartre And Simone de Beauvoir.

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