Tuesday 16 October 2012

5 Best Hotels in Piazza Navona, Rome


The Piazza Navona area is a must-see for most tourists in Rome. The following are hotels top-ranked by individual reviewers. Each site offers accommodations that continue to receive positive reviews from tourists online. You may want to familiarize yourself with the sites you want to see to decide which hotel is closest to areas of interest to you.

Hotel Raphael Relais and Chateaux

This site is close to the Pantheon and St. Peter’s Basilica. The hotel boasts on-site feasts for the eye, such as Picasso ceramics and Mayan art, according to the hotel’s website. Babysitting is available and the staff can arrange golf and horseback riding activities for you.

Hotel Farnese

This four-star hotel has been in service for more than 60 years. The hotel offers an elegant palace setting with an impressive collection of art. The staff is happy to help you with tourist excursion planning, and the site is 20 meters from the Lepanto Metro station. The site also is minutes from Piazza Navona. The hotel’s roof garden, where the staff serves breakfast, overlooks St. Peter’s dome.

Sofitel Rome Villa Borghese

The Sofitel Villa Borghese is a five-star hotel is close to the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain and designer stores. In the evening, you can relax and watch the city’s twinkling lights from the hotel’s top-floor restaurant and lounge. One of the special features that the hotel’s website notes is that breakfast is served in the old stables “where Caravaggio slept.”

Grand Hotel de la Minerve

This five-star hotel is in a 1600s-era mansion. The hotel overlooks the Pantheon and is minutes from the Piazza Navona, Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps. The “roof garden” is open year-round, serving Italian and international dishes. The site offers 135 rooms at various tiers of cost. Reviewers note that the site probably has the best location of all Pantheon-vicinity hotels.

InterContinental de la Ville Roma

A 17th century site at the top of the Spanish steps, this hotel offers an on-site beauty salon and cardio fitness center. The hotel also maintains an off-site health and fitness center. This location is a 10-minute stroll to the Pantheon. Tourists recommend going above the site’s third floor when booking a room for best views.