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Celebrities patronise this elegantly luxurious Rocco Forte hotel, perfectly located between the Spanish Steps and Piazza del Popolo, close to Rome’s major sites.
Cool, calming interiors, and a lovely outdoor terrace with views over beautiful terraced gardens, make this an oasis from the bustle outside, while the spa – one of Rome’s best – features a Finnish sauna, steam bath and saltwater whirlpool bath, soothes and rejuvenates tired sightseers.
It’s family-friendly, yet retains a discreetly romantic quality for couples.
Via del Babuino is a fashionista favourite, lined with hip boutiques and haute couture ateliers. Via Margutta, a peaceful pedestrian street famous for its art galleries and workshops, runs parallel. Although this is a well-trodden tourist path, it’s worth braving the crowds – this is one of Rome’s most stunning areas.
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Rome, Lazio, Italy[1.1 miles]
The world-famous, spectacular Baroque fountain, where gods, goddesses and tritons mix with cascades of water, immortalised in Fellini’s La Dolce Vita.
Best for ages: 18+ | Free
Rome, Lazio, Italy[1.3 miles]
A superbly preserved Roman shrine under an astonishing 43m dome, housing the tomb of Raphael. The Pantheon was originally a temple to the Gods, rebuilt by Hadrian in AD 118.
Best for ages: 18+ | Free
Rome, Lazio, Italy[1.3 miles]
A stunning 17th-century Palazzo Villa, designed by Bernini and Maderno, packed with old masterpieces – a wealth of art by Filippo Lippi, Raphael, Tintoretto, Titian, Caravaggio and Holbein, plus majestic ceiling frescoes by Pietro da Cortona.
Best for ages: 18+ | £10
Rome, Lazio, Italy[1.3 miles]
One of the world’s greatest private art collections – that of the extraordinarily wealthy, art-mad Borghese family – housed in a stunning 17th-century villa surrounded by exquisite, landscaped gardens.
Best for ages: 18+ | £11
Other worthwhile experiences in this destination if you have the time or the interest, closest first
Rome, Lazio, Italy[0.6 miles]
A theatrical masterpiece, the Spanish Steps were designed by Francesco de Sanctis in 1725 and paid for by the French. At the top is Villa Borghese; at the bottom lies the boat-shaped Fontana della Barcaccia (by Bernini’s dad).
Best for ages: 18+ | Free
Rome, Lazio, Italy[0.9 miles]
Excellent 19th- and 20th-century art with works by Canova, by Italy’s Impressionists (the Macchiaioli, ‘splatterers’) and Futurists such as Balla and Boccioni. Also paintings by De Chirico, Modigliani, Klimt, Monet, Van Gogh, Cézanne and Kandinsky.
Best for ages: 18+ | £7
Rome, Lazio, Italy[0.9 miles]
Former pleasure palace of Pope Julius III, now houses the world’s greatest collections of Etruscan art. It includes artefacts and finds from the Banditaccia Necropolis at Cerveteri.
Best for ages: 18+ | £9
Rome, Lazio, Italy[1 miles]
Museum holding one of Italy’s finest archaeological collections – antiquities from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century AD including superb sculptures, bronzes and frescoes.
Best for ages: 18+ | £6
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Lazio, Italy
The Eternal City – 2,000 extraordinary years of glory, greatness and triumph – and decadence, murder and destruction – evidenced by some of the world’s most iconic, must-see monuments and museums.
