City Hotel
Rome, Italy
9.0
Hotel de Russie
A Rocco Forte classic between Piazza del Popolo and the Spanish Steps, beloved for its terraced secret garden and understated Roman elegance.
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Italy
Rome
Rome layers its millennia casually: a Baroque fountain fed by an ancient aqueduct, a Caravaggio hanging in a working church, an aperitivo terrace above a Republican-era temple. The Eternal City treats astonishment as a daily condition, which is precisely why it never exhausts its visitors.
Luxury in Rome means rooftop views over a skyline of domes, hotels set in former palazzi and villas, and dining that honours tradition with quiet confidence. Whether your compass points to the Vatican's galleries or a carbonara in Trastevere, Rome insists — correctly — that beauty and appetite belong together.
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Best areas to stay
Spanish Steps & Via Veneto
The historic luxury quarter, where storied hotels and flagship boutiques sit above the Piazza di Spagna and the Borghese gardens.
Centro Storico (Pantheon & Navona)
The dense heart of the old city puts the Pantheon, Piazza Navona and Rome's best strolling streets on your doorstep.
Trastevere
Across the Tiber, ivy-hung lanes and trattorie give this village-like district its bohemian charm and superb evening atmosphere.
Dining & nightlife
Roman cooking is a discipline of few ingredients handled perfectly: cacio e pepe, artichokes, porchetta, gelato worth crossing town for. Aperitivo hour animates piazzas across the centre, and rooftop bars turn the skyline of domes into the evening's entertainment. Trust family-run trattorie over anywhere with a menu in five languages.
Travelling as a family
Gladiators, catacombs and coin-throwing at the Trevi Fountain give children a version of history that never feels like homework. Villa Borghese offers rowing boats and bicycles, and gelato negotiates any afternoon slump.
Travelling as a couple
Rome after dark, when floodlit fountains have the piazzas nearly to themselves, is among Europe's great romantic experiences. Private early-access Vatican tours, sunset from the Pincio terrace and long candlelit dinners in Trastevere set the register.
Cultural highlights
- The Colosseum, Forum and Palatine Hill
- The Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel
- The Pantheon's two-thousand-year-old dome
- Galleria Borghese's Bernini sculptures
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