Artfully arranged bamboo? Tick. Pastel armchairs? Tick. The Capo d'Africa's hotel-design-by-numbers lobby may set the tone for the rather uninspiring decor throughout, but the...

A bit out of the way, beyond the Vatican, the Franklin has a polished modern feel and its rooms are light and airy, if not particularly spacious. Every room has a...

Opened in 2002 on via Margutta, a street famed for its arty, crafty studios, the Hotel Art sticks to its theme throughout. The lobby area - with white pods serving as check-in...

Just off busy campo de' Fiori, this hotel underwent a complete renovation in 2006, and the results are impressive: the rooms, although not particularly spacious, have been...

Once the palazzo of the wealthy Venetian Palottini family, the Hotel Ponte Sisto offers pleasant rooms - some overlooking the gardens of Palazzo Spada, others facing the...

This delightfully luminous residenza has huge rooms with faux-antique wooden furniture, parquet flooring and comfy beds. The marble bathrooms have jacuzzis or showers with...

It may not be in the thick of things - it's in a quiet residential area - but the Sant'Anselmo, lavishly restored in 2005, is dazzling. Themes can be dodgy territory, but the...

Dating back to the 15th century, this - management will tell you - is the oldest hotel in Europe. Former guests range from Renaissance poet Ariosto to Jean-Paul Sartre. Rooms...

Opened in 2006, this boutique hotel's location, near the Forum but on a picturesque street comfortably off the tourist trail, affords it a more exclusive feel than its sister...

Two of the hotels in the Aventino group are within a stone's throw of each other in a tranquil, leafy neighbourhood (the Sant'Anselmo is the third). Villa San Pio consists of...

Eclipsing its via Veneto rivals, the vast Excelsior revels in opulence on an undreamt-of scale. A wildly expensive renovation programme was completed in 2002, providing a gym...