On the apex of Rome's Pincian Hill, where Via Ludovisi crests before dropping toward the Villa Borghese gardens, a saffron-yellow palazzo dating to 1889 carries one of the city's most storied guest registers — Hemingway, Ingrid Bergman, King Farouk. Hotel Eden underwent an eighteen-month restoration completed in 2017 under architect Marco Piva, emerging as a Dorchester Collection property with 98 rooms and suites across six floors, the uppermost added as a steel-and-glass penthouse level visible in the facade images against the original cornice. The lobby presents Piva's approach in concentrated form: geometric black-and-cream marble flooring in a classical chequerboard, a deeply coffered gilt ceiling of extraordinary richness, and a sunken seating arrangement furnished with velvet Récamier sofas and ebonised neo-Regency armchairs, the whole anchored by a backlit library wall of lacquered brass shelving. Guest rooms sustain the register of restrained Roman grandeur that defines the public spaces — cream plaster walls, sisal-toned carpets, and bespoke headboards framed in bronze-finished steel with suspended pendant reading lights in an almost architectural gesture. The ornamental plaster panels above the beds, depicting birds and foliate scrollwork, give each room a quietly antiquarian character without toppling into pastiche. Up at the rooftop restaurant, Il Giardino, the mood shifts completely: walnut-framed chairs upholstered in burnt orange, an enormous potted olive tree anchoring the centre of the glass-roofed conservatory, and a panorama across the Roman skyline that has changed remarkably little since the hotel first opened its doors.

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Located in the heart of Rome, a few steps from the Spanish Steps and the Villa Borghese park, the Hotel Eden, part of the Dorchester Collection, has welcomed heads of state, members of royal families and some of the major personalities of the scientific world, literary, artistic, cultural and entertainment since its foundation at the end of the nineteenth century. Hotel Eden, with its 98 rooms and suites, offers guests an authentic Roman experience with breathtaking views of Rome, which can be enjoyed from many of the rooms and from Il Giardino Ristorante, Il Giardino Bar and the gourmet restaurant La Terrazza. The offer is completed by the welcoming lobby bar La Libreria and the urban spa with a Blow Dry Bar designed by hair stylist Roberto D'Antonio. The Eden Spa offers three spa suites where you can relax with treatments and wellness offers by Valmont and Mei.