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A popular choice with the style cognoscenti since 1925, the Locarno is a discreet time warp hotel located near delightful Piazza del Popolo and all the main attractions.
Each of the opulent rooms has been individually decorated, some with art nouveau furniture. Some rooms are less grand than others, but they’re still very comfortable.
The hotel is housed in an 18th-century palazzo with an adjoining vine-clad garden, the perfect setting for breakfast or drinks in the summer months.
The historic ground-floor bar resembles something out of a film set; and in the evening don’t miss sipping a digestivo on the rooftop terrace
The hotel lies just off busy Via del Corso, Rome’s main shopping strip.
Haute couture ateliers and tailors are hidden in the courtyards of Renaissance palazzi around Via Condotti and Via Frattina, while international brands such as Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Fendi have established their sleekly designed headquarters here.
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Rome, Lazio, Italy[1.2 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[1.4 miles]
A lavish treasure-filled palazzo housing paintings and furniture assembled since the 16th century by the Doria, Pamphilj, Landi and Aldobrandini families. Rome’s most impressive private art collection also includes works by Titian, Guercino, and Caravaggio.
Best for ages: 18+ | £10
Rome, Lazio, Italy[1.5 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
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Rome, Lazio, Italy[0.8 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[1 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
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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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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
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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.
