Please recommend your favorite 4 or 5 star hotels in Rome. We are usually so busy working all year that we like to splurge on our vacations. Thanks!

Our Italy splurge was the Hotel del Senato in Rome, adjacent to the Pantheon. Certainly it does not boast huge or elaborate rooms, but they are nice and the view and location cannot be beat.

If you <b>reallu</b> want to splurge, have a look at the Hotel de Russie.

Have been very satisified with these two hotels that we have stayed at over the past years.
HOTEL DE LA VILLE, via Sistina, 79 3 star with 189 rooms located at the top of the Spanish Steps.
MARRIOTT GRAND HOTEL FLORA, via V. Veneto, 191 a 4 star with 151 rooms located at the top end of via Veneto.
Both hotels are in excellant locations
and result in very enjoyable stays.
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If you can afford it, the St. Regis Grand, but I've also enjoyed the Aldrovandi Palace, the Lord Byron, and even the avant garde Boscolo Aleph.

A lot depends on what neighborhood you wish to stay in and <b>that</b> is an absolute major bone of contention here.

The one hotel which I think is not 'worth it' is the Hassler but that's just my opinion.