Best hotels in Rome, Italy | Visually Compare Top Stays Side-by-Side

A 1970s concrete hotel in Rome's Salario district with salvaged Murano glass and a Milanese brasserie restaurant.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and collectors in Rome

Highlight: 1970s concrete building in residential Salario, not centro storico· +2 more

An 1888 Roman palazzo converted into a hotel with exposed brick, mid-century interiors, and rooftop Vittoriano views.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and collectors in Rome

Highlight: 1888 palazzo with original rusticated travertine facade· +2 more

A nineteenth-century palazzo steps from the Pantheon, with contemporary interiors and unobstructed dome views from select rooms.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts visiting Rome's centro storico

Highlight: Fifty meters from the Pantheon with direct dome views· +2 more

A six-room palazzo hotel where exposed Renaissance plaster meets curated mid-century Italian furniture and a mirrored bar.

Best for: Collectors and architecture enthusiasts in Rome

Highlight: Six rooms in a seventeenth-century palazzo, walls left stripped to damaged plaster· +2 more

A Singer Sewing Machine Company palazzo with rooftop views of Rome's centro storico and a hand-painted ivy bar.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and collectors visiting Rome

Highlight: Early 1900s Singer Sewing Machine Company palazzo· +2 more

Ian Schrager's Rome EDITION transforms a mid-century palazzo with warm walnut interiors, a subterranean members'-club bar, and rooftop pool overlooking Ludovisi.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and collectors seeking Roman restraint

Highlight: Mid-century palazzo with ivy-draped travertine facade on Via Ludovisi· +2 more

W Rome occupies two protected Liberty-style palazzi with Concrete Amsterdam interiors and rooftop views of the American Embassy.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts visiting Rome's Ludovisi district

Highlight: Two Roman Liberty palazzi with original terracotta facades· +2 more

A Via Veneto landmark palazzo with Art Deco interiors, rooftop suites, and a theatrically Roman restaurant.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and history-focused travelers

Highlight: Early twentieth-century palazzo with WWII-era history· +2 more

A rationalist Rome hotel with rooftop views of the Temple of Hercules Victor and a richly detailed restaurant.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and ancient Rome historians

Highlight: Rooftop terrace overlooks Temple of Hercules Victor and Circus Maximus· +2 more

A sixteen-room palazzo on Via Giulia where each room takes its character from an Italian wine label.

Best for: Wine collectors and architecture enthusiasts in Rome

Highlight: Nineteen rooms each named for Italian wine producers· +2 more

A converted 1890s Roman villa near Piazza del Popolo with original liberty-style details and a restaurant anchored by soaring palms.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and collectors in Rome

Highlight: Liberty-style villa from the 1890s with original plasterwork· +2 more

A 28-room palazzo near Spanish Steps with commissioned sculptures in each room and rotating Italian art installations.

Best for: Art collectors and architecture enthusiasts

Highlight: Commissioned metalwork sculptures in every guestroom· +2 more

A nineteenth-century Roman palazzo reimagined with two distinct interior languages and a moss-green velvet restaurant.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and collectors in Rome

Highlight: Nineteenth-century palazzo on Via del Corso with original stucco and ironwork· +2 more

An eighteenth-century Roman palazzo reimagined as a chromatic, opinionated private collection steps from Trevi Fountain.

Best for: Collectors and aesthetes seeking Rome's Trevi neighborhood

Highlight: Eighteenth-century palazzo with chromatic, layered interiors· +2 more

A thirty-room hotel nested within Palazzo Borghese, with Michele Böhm interiors and a 1940s Roman club bar.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and collectors of Italian design

Highlight: Carved into Palazzo Borghese, a seventeenth-century Roman palace· +2 more

A discreet palazzo hotel on Via Margutta with geometric lacquered interiors and Assaggia restaurant.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and collectors in Rome

Highlight: Hidden palazzo on Via Margutta, Fellini's former neighborhood· +2 more

A thirty-room palazzo hotel near Trevi with contemporary interiors and mid-century Italian club aesthetics.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and collectors in Rome

Highlight: Historic palazzo steps from Trevi Fountain· +2 more

An 1894 Ritz-commissioned palazzo with neoclassical façade, gilded Baroque suites, and a hidden ivy-lined courtyard garden.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and collectors of Belle Époque hotels

Highlight: 1894 palazzo by Giulio Podesti with rusticated neoclassical façade· +2 more

A sixteenth-century Roman palazzo converted into a boutique hotel with Luca Guadagnino interiors balancing steel and original plasterwork.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and collectors in Rome

Highlight: Sixteenth-century palazzo with rusticated travertine portal· +2 more

The Ferragamo family's fourteen-suite palazzo hotel on Rome's most photographed street, designed as private apartments.

Best for: Fashion collectors and architecture enthusiasts

Highlight: Ferragamo family's private hotel on Via dei Condotti· +2 more

A 1620 palazzo near the Pantheon redesigned by Hugo Toro with Art Deco-inflected interiors and rooftop views of Hadrian's dome.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and Grand Tour romantics

Highlight: 1620 palazzo with rooftop framing the Pantheon's dome· +2 more

Seven suites above Fendi's flagship on Rome's most prestigious shopping street, with rooftop views of the centro storico.

Best for: Fashion collectors and architecture enthusiasts

Highlight: Seven suites above Fendi's flagship boutique on Via dei Condotti· +2 more

A nineteenth-century palazzo at the Spanish Steps with St. Peter's views and Olga Polizzi interiors rooted in Grand Tour imagery.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and Grand Tour collectors

Highlight: Nineteenth-century palazzo at Spanish Steps summit· +2 more

A nineteenth-century palazzo near Villa Borghese with St. Peter's views, Faget-designed rooms, and a planted rooftop restaurant.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and Rome collectors

Highlight: Nineteenth-century palazzo with St. Peter's dome views from rooftop· +2 more

A seventeenth-century Roman palazzo near Trevi Fountain with a glass-roofed garden court and understated wellness interiors.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and wellness travelers

Highlight: Seventeenth-century palazzo with neoclassical facade steps from Trevi Fountain· +2 more

An 18-room palazzo in Rome's historic centre with baroque architecture and deliberately layered contemporary interiors.

Best for: Collectors and architecture enthusiasts in Rome

Highlight: Seventeenth-century palazzo with trapezoidal 'harpsichord' footprint· +2 more

An 1889 Roman palazzo on Pincian Hill, restored by Marco Piva, with rooftop dining overlooking the city skyline.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and collectors of Roman history

Highlight: 1889 palazzo on Pincian Hill with Hemingway and Bergman in guest register· +2 more

A restored neoclassical palazzo on Piazza del Popolo with a hidden terraced garden and interiors referencing its artistic heritage.

Best for: Art historians and collectors visiting Rome

Highlight: Neoclassical palazzo where Picasso and Cocteau stayed· +2 more

Rome's highest-altitude luxury hotel crowns the Spanish Steps with rooftop dining and unobstructed dome views.

Best for: Collectors and aesthetes seeking Rome's apex address

Highlight: Rooftop Imago restaurant frames St. Peter's dome at table height· +2 more

A nineteenth-century Roman palazzo in Monti with Edwardian club interiors and a candlelit courtyard.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts exploring Rome's Monti district

Highlight: Nineteenth-century palazzo with steel-framed arched windows· +2 more

A sixteenth-century palazzo in Rome's Ponte district with photographic murals and a Gianicolo-facing rooftop terrace.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts exploring Renaissance Rome

Highlight: Sixteenth-century palazzo with rusticated travertine facade· +2 more

A sixteenth-century Roman palazzo with original frescoed ceilings and brass-detailed suites steps from the Pantheon.

Best for: Collectors and aesthetes visiting Rome's historic center

Highlight: Sixteenth-century palazzo with original ceiling frescoes throughout· +2 more

A palazzo hotel directly across Trajan's Column with rooftop views of the Altare della Patria and Imperial Fora excavations.

Best for: History enthusiasts and architecture travelers

Highlight: Rooftop terrace overlooks Trajan's Column and Imperial Fora ruins· +2 more

Suite-only hotel across from the Colosseum with exposed Roman plaster, original beams, and views of the Palatine Hill.

Best for: Travelers who read buildings and ancient Rome

Highlight: Directly across the Colosseum on the Via Sacra· +2 more

A rationalist tower in San Lorenzo with 1930s Italian modernist design, rooftop pool, and mid-century guestrooms.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and Soho House members

Highlight: 1930s Italian modernist tower with burgundy ceramic pool· +2 more

A converted palazzo in Rome's Ludovisi district with neoclassical exteriors and a glowing green onyx bar.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts exploring Rome's Ludovisi district

Highlight: Early twentieth-century palazzo with original neoclassical facade· +2 more

A seventeenth-century palazzo near Piazza del Popolo where contemporary artworks and curated interiors meet historic Roman architecture.

Best for: Art collectors and architecture enthusiasts

Highlight: Seventeenth-century palazzo facade with contemporary art interiors· +2 more

A sixteenth-century palazzo near Trevi Fountain with original facades, contemporary interiors, and a private rooftop.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and collectors in Rome

Highlight: Sixteenth-century palazzo with original travertine facade and portal· +2 more

A suite hotel carved from a nineteenth-century palazzo on Rome's Via del Corso, blending original arches with contemporary interiors.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts exploring central Rome

Highlight: Late-nineteenth-century palazzo on Via del Corso with neoclassical facade· +2 more

A nineteenth-century Roman palazzo with neoclassical rooms and a rooftop restaurant overlooking St. Peter's Basilica.

Best for: Travelers seeking discreet Roman elegance near Borghese

Highlight: Rooftop restaurant with unobstructed St. Peter's dome views· +2 more

A 1925 Liberty-style palazzo near Piazza del Popolo with intact Art Nouveau frescoes and a rooftop garden surveying Rome's skyline.

Best for: Travelers who read buildings and value historical continuity

Highlight: Liberty-style palazzo from 1925 with original Art Nouveau interiors· +2 more

A contemporary bronze-clad hotel on the Tiber with full-height windows framing Rome's domes and a rooftop terrace.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts visiting Rome

Highlight: Contemporary bronze curtain wall overlooking the Tiber River· +2 more

Koch's 1898 palazzo on Piazza della Repubblica with a rooftop pool overlooking the Vittoriano and period-detailed interiors.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts visiting Rome's historic center

Highlight: Gaetano Koch's 1898 curved limestone facade on Piazza della Repubblica· +2 more

A former papal estate in Trastevere with three hectares of gardens, Baroque art headboards, and a marble bar styled as a Roman private club.

Best for: Art historians and collectors visiting Rome

Highlight: Former papal estate on three hectares with cypress and citrus gardens· +2 more

Boutique Roman hotel with rooftop Colosseum views, nineteenth-century palazzetto facade, and 18 contemporary-classical rooms.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts visiting Rome's ancient center

Highlight: Rooftop restaurant with unobstructed Colosseum views at dusk· +2 more

A seventeen-suite palazzo on Via Condotti with Ziffer interiors and rooftop views of Trinità dei Monti.

Best for: Collectors and aesthetes seeking Roman privacy

Highlight: Seventeen suites in a Via Condotti palazzo steps from Spanish Steps· +2 more

A gated 1930s Art Deco villa in Parioli with Ottaviani interiors and private garden terraces.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and collectors in Rome

Highlight: 1930s Art Deco villa with wrought-iron balconies and gated entrance· +2 more

Contemporary interiors within a neoclassical palazzo on Via del Babuino, with rooftop views across Rome's ochre roofline.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts exploring central Rome

Highlight: Neoclassical palazzo facade conceals contemporary interiors· +2 more

Zaha Hadid's liquid modernism inhabits a neoclassical Roman palazzo steps from Piazza del Popolo.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and Hadid admirers

Highlight: Zaha Hadid Architects interiors in a 19th-century palazzo· +2 more