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Hotel de Russie Review
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Hotel de Russie
$$$$, Piazza di Spagna
Fodor's Review:
A favorite for highlifers, this "buzz"-y hotel is set in a 19th-century historic hotel, which once counted Russian princes among its guests. Later Picasso and Cocteau leaned out the windows to pick oranges from the trees on its courtyard terrace, a garden spectacular that climbs the Pincian Hill and remains one of the most gorgeous spots in Rome. Out front, Piazza del Popolo is a few steps away. Restored to full-luxe status in 2002 by famed hotelier Sir Rocco Forte, this hotel is a sleek posherie done up in chic Italian contemporary style. Granted, there are the stray velvet hunting-lodge sofa and the Murano chandeliers, but most of the furnishings are mod, minimalistic, and (yawn) interchangeable with any contempo hotel from Tribeca to Temple Bar. The furniture is Donghia-style, the colors are gray and grayer, and you've seen it all before. Well, the bathrooms do have Roman mosaic motifs. But the best thing here is that many rooms overlook that amazing garden courtyard (but not all -- beware of those that overlook side streets), which everyone can enjoy with an outdoor table in the hotel's swank Le Jardin de Russie restaurant (which has plenty of tables indoors). High rollers will opt for the suites with panoramic terraces and a long spell in the hotel's spa facility, which glows with a bluer-than-blue pool.
INFO
- Address: Via del Babuino 9, Piazza di Spagna, Rome, 00187
- Phone: 06/328881
- Fax: 06/32888888
- Web site
- Hotel Details: 130 rooms, 27 suites
- In-room: safe, dial-up.
- In-hotel: restaurant, bar, gym, spa. minibar.
- Rate includes: European Plan
- Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V
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