Fodor's Expert Review Hotel Art

High-fashion Rome meets chic contemporary art gallery at this hotel on Via Margutta, "the street of painters." As you glide through the stylish lobby and other public spaces, the smart furnishings and unique fixtures feel positively eclectic, but the color-coordinated guest rooms have been done in a more standard contemporary style (sleek wood headboards accented with handmade Florentine leather, puffy white comforters, bathrobes, and high-speed Internet). The real gem is the Crystal Bar, set in an old chapel, with stuccoed pillars and arches and gilded panels in Raphaelite style topped off with a glittering chandelier.