Stayed in October one week with wife and father-in-law.

(You have to check if Amex FHR helps you with these properties)


Rome Cavalieri - 4 nights

Imperial room/floor/club. Best club lounge I ever experienced, 4-5 waitresses always reading every wish from your lips, continuous snacks, fine cakes and sparkling wines. Fantastic Rome view. Great resort with mediterranean gardens and some pools, tennis, biggest spa in Rome. Shuttle service 20 mins to Piazza Barberini (stops also at Harrys Bar Via Veneto). Grand Hotel with impressive art collection, visited by many high class locals and good business people from Rome, American beauties, 3* Michelin restaurant. Excellent "American style" (= international level) service.


Boscolo Exedra - 1 night

Italian style luxury hotel with life - the new Dolce Vita place! In-crowd frequented. Interesting people, seen and be seen, rich and beautiful Italians who are high class or believing to be high class sitting in the lobby and outside on the terrace. Always life! Super breakfast. Piazza Republicca, some steps to Via Veneto. Had Panoramic room (front view). Great bathroom. Service "Roman" style, but excellent. Our hotel!


Hotel Indigo - 2 nights

Boutique style hotel. New. Small rooms. Near Piazza Navona and Vatican. Location ok and if you are member of IHG rewards club (benefits, point rates). I would not stay here again but the location was perfect for our purposes to visit Vatican and Piazza Navone/Panteon area.


St. Regis
- no stay

Some steps from Exedra. Ugly entrance direct at the main street. We entered the hotel (after check-in to Exedra) as we planned afternoon tea and were disappointed. Boring and unexciting lobby, no life. This should be a St. Regis? Then I don�t need to stay at a St. Regis. We went to Westin Excelsior 5 mins away to have Champagne and cakes. But do not stay there, it is dated and its best times are gone as all what is at Via Veneto.


I am a nonconformist. Luxury for me is how I feel - today a Hilton, tomorrow the Adlon, no contradiction.

If you want a more conventional luxury hotel in Rome (in the sense of the very sophisticated "luxury standards" in this Luxury Hotel forum):

Hotel de Russie would be my wife�s recommendation as the probably best luxury hotel

Hotel Hassler would be my recommendation

both excellent and central location (Piazza del Popolo and Spanish Steps).

Rome Cavalieri

View from room / Tiepolo painting / Cocktails Tiepolo Lounge / HHonors Diamond Private Checkin / Imperial Lounge / Imperial Floor detail

Boscolo Exedra

View from room at night / View from room to Piazza Republicca - St. Regis opposite ("Le Grand Hotel") / Lobby / Room / Restaurant

Was always interested in Cavallieri, but did't hear much good things last time

The Ferragamo hotel (Portrait Roma) is located directly beside his store at Via Condotti in the midst of the shopping area and very close to Spanish steps.

The JK Place is closer to Vatican and also very central. Nice cafe-restaurant.

Both hotels suggested by OP are boutique size and style, interiour concept by renowned designer Michele Bonan (the brother-in-law of Mr. H�tter from Heidelberg, who owns the Heidelberg Suites boutique hotel, http://www.michelebonan.it/; http://www.huetterboenan.com/).

The Hassler by the way I forgot to mention is at the top of the stairs of Spanish steps (next door to former Intercontinental de la Ville which will be the second Rocco Forte hotel in Rome soon). As I stayed at the IC in the past we had to climb up and down the stairs, except we went by foot or car the longer way up/down on Via Sistina/Via Gregoriana.

Cavalieri and Exedra are large hotels, "Grand" style and size, with more food options also.

For Rome Cavalieri I recommend "Rome view" rooms or better "Rome view Imperial" which is on floors 7 and 8 so you have the full city view above the trees (and Club access to the renovated Imperial lounge, my last day there in Oct. was the final day before renovation started). Very impressive the view to the city and the gardens in front. After 2 or 3 times there (like me) if you like the hotel itself you could book other views/suites e.g. Alcove suite. Please note that in the back of the hotel there is a transmission tower. Cheaper rooms will have view to it.


Some rates and rooms for June 15th/16th, double occupancy:

JK Place (lhw.com)
800 Euro (buffet breakfast, mini bar etc. - no member rate)
Classic Queen 20sqm with balcony

Portrait Roma (lhw.com)
700 Euro (best available breakfast rate), 630 Euro (breakfast, advance)
Portrait Studio 33sqm

Hassler (lhw.com)
635 Euro (best available, breakfast rate), 580 Euro (room only), 550 Euro (advance)
Classic room gardenview 23sqm

Hotel de Russie (roccofortehotels.com)
974 Euro (flexible rate with breakfast), 774 Euro (advance)
Classic room 30sqm city view

Boscolo Exedra, Autograph Collection (marriott.com)
700 Euro (best available and buffet breakfast - discounted member rates available)
Panorama room 45sqm front view to Piazza della Repubblica

Boscolo Exedra, Autograph Collection (marriott.com)
510 Euro (room only, best available - discounted member rates available)
Deluxe room 33sqm

Rome Cavalieri, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts (hilton.com)
607 Euro (best flexible), 460 Euro (HHonors member Winter sale rate, buffet breakfast, non refundable)
Family room 88sqm - 2 connecting rooms, 2 bathrooms, seating area, residential view

Rome Cavalieri, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts (hilton.com)
905 Euro (best flexible), 633 Euro (HHonors member Winter sale rate, non refundable, breakfast Imperial Lounge)
Alcove Suite 76sqm with balcony - high floor, park views, Imperial lounge access

Rome Cavalieri, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts (hilton.com)
715 Euro (best flexible), 500 Euro (HHonors member Winter sale rate, non refundable, breakfast Imperial Lounge)
King Imperial room with Rome view 50sqm - high floor, city views, Imperial lounge access

Thanks for the replies. Will think about Hassler again. Palazzo Manfredi looks okay - I don't know much about the immediate area though if there is much else to warrant being a bit further away.

I've been to Rome in August before (after Palio in Siena) and whilst it was very hot, the city was pretty quiet.

4 nights at the Boscolo Exedra. First class all the way. Very comfrtable

We went for a weekend a couple of weeks ago, and, primarily due to a lack of excitement about anything, ended up staying at the Grand Melia on an FHR Stay 3, Pay 2 deal.

We were, not only pleasantly surprised, but extremely happy with the hotel.

Service was very warm, from welcome glasses of wine to snacks and a bottle of franciacorta awaiting us in the suite. Every night turndown would do cute little touches with rose petals, making for a very lovely and romantic weekend.

The room had nice views over the Vatican, with St Peters dome, and was well laid out, with plenty of space and room. One of my favorite little touches was, as other hotels have started to do, a complimentary smart phone to use while in Rome. We didn't need this, but it's a lovely touch.

It felt like an urban oasis in the midst of a city. I'd absolutely return.

The Eden (part of Dorchester collection) will reopen April 1st after a complete refurbishment, the rendering look rather good. I'll stay there in the first week and will report.

Looking forward to your report. I stayed there many years ago but have abandoned it in favor of other properties. If only it weren't a Dorchester property.

there are fans of their hotels here

btw qatar owns a lot >
rome - st regis, westin, IC/RF
florence - FS, st regis
venice - gritti
milan - excelsior
paris - peninsula, raffles monceau, IC le grand
london - fairmont savoy, connaught, claridges, berkeley, IC
singapore - raffles
san francisco - st regis
new york - st regis, fairmont plaza
other IC - amsterdam, madrid, cannes
doha - RC, RC sharq
thailand - chiva som

Can give my opinion 3 hotels I have stayed at in Rome.

Waldorf Astoria- Big hotel, but very pretty inside. Go for an Imperial room w/ rome view if you can. Imperial lounge is great, but was being remodeled when I was last there for thanksgiving. My moms fav in Rome, its like a museum. Not in the action, but hotel provides a shuttle

Fendi- Spanish steps, small, all suite property. Much more modern feel. Breakfast included. My personal favorite. Ask for a tour of the Fendi "factory". Private shopping at the main store can also be set up.

Hotel de Russie- Beautiful courtyard, but I found the rooms a bit boring decor wise.

Any details/review from your April stay?

here >
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luxur...l#post28146164
and one post after that one

Thnx!