Via Condotti (shopping) – downstairs
Trevi Fountain – 500 meters
Spanish Steps – 500 meters
Pantheon – 1 kilometer (0.5 mile)
Piazza Navona - 1 kilometer (0.5 mile)
Capitoline Hill and Museums – 1.5 kilometers (1 mile)
Galleria Borghese - 1.5 kilometers (1 mile)
Termini Station – 2 kilometers (1.5 miles
Colisseum – 3 kilometers (1.5 miles)
Roman Forum - 3 kilometers (1.5 miles)
Palatine Hill – 3.5 kilometers (2 mile)
Trastevere - 4 kilometers (2.5 mile)
The Vatican – 4.5 kilometers (3 miles)

Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO): Approximate driving time is 45 minutes and distance is 26 kilometers (15 miles).

The Leonardo Express train connects Fiumicino Airport, also known as Leonardo da Vinci Airport, with Termini Station. Taxis are also available.

ATAC, the public transport system, operates buses, trams, subway (Metropolitana) and suburban railways. The Metro station closest to the hotel is Spagna. There is also a wide choice of buses. The hotel can order taxis on request.

This hotel has six guestrooms, all of which have firm beds, terracotta floors and antique prints. The same gold/blue fabric patterned with fleur-de-lys is used in bedspreads, curtains and bedside tablecloths. Rooms vary in size, some have views over the Via Condotti, others over the adjacent cul-de-sac. All have antique chairs and tables and large, opening windows admitting plenty of natural light. Large cupboards and doors are made of pine. All bathrooms have contemporary mirrors, white tiles and shower cubicles.

Guests of the hotel enjoy a complimentary Continental breakfast each morning.

Breakfast room - The small breakfast room (three tables) has spot-lighting and large sepia photographs of the Colosseum and Piazza di Spagna in the 18th century. Cooked breakfasts, homemade cakes and bagels are part of a continental breakfast served here daily.

The hotel does not have its own restaurant, but there are several dining options within the surrounding area.

Nearby restaurants:
Mangamoci
Al Thirty 4
Danino

What to expect: American and European tourists make up about the majority of the clientele, while stylists and fashion buyers take advantage of the hotel’s location on designer clothing hub, the Via Condotti. With just six rooms, the hotel has a homely feel. Personal touches include chocolates on the pillow, free postcards, baskets of fruit and wine and cheese sampling.

Amenity highlights: Furnished with terracotta floors throughout, the hotel has a friendly, at home feel. Guests are given their own key to come and go as they please. The hotel also boasts a small library and a breakfast room.

Insider tip: Shopaholics with a weakness for designer names – welcome to heaven! The hotel is above the Blu Nauta boutique and within 100 steps, the following gods of high fashion: Gucci, Bulgari, Chanel, Max Mara, Church’s, Mont Blanc and home ware retailer Modigliani.

The non-smoking hotel occupies the second floor of a house on the Via Condotti, with terracotta floors throughout. There is twice daily housekeeping and personal touches abound – chocolates on the pillow, free postcards, baskets of fruit and a chance to sample aperitifs of fine wines and cheese from 7pm. Guests are given their own key so may come and go as they please.

The small library consists of a bookshelves on the main corridor with novels for guest use and materials to plan sightseeing trips. Although there is a lift, there are five steps to reach the lift and a flight of eight steps to reach the front door of the hotel.