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A nineteenth-century palazzo between the Spanish Steps and the Borghese Gardens, with a Michelin-starred rooftop facing the Vatican
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Need To Know
- 69 rooms and suites across the original Ludovisi-Boncompagni palace
- Check-in from 14:00, check-out by 12:00; late check-out on request
- Our favourite rooms: the Penthouse Villa Medici Suites and the Terrace Suites — the private terraces facing the Vatican and the Spanish Steps are what the property is for. The Grand Splendide Doubles on the upper floors carry the views without the terrace. Avoid the lower-floor interior-facing standard rooms; the Roman skyline is the property's defining asset.
- Pets allowed on request (charges apply); parking via valet and nearby garages
- Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards 2025: Number 1 Best City Hotel in Rome; Number 10 Best City Hotel in Europe
Check in - Check out
- Check in from 14:00
- Check out before 12:00
We Love
- The Mirabelle rooftop at sunset — Michelin-starred dining with St Peter's dome in the same frame as the Quirinale Palace and the Trinità dei Monti
- The eighth-floor cocktail terrace, accessible to guests during aperitivo hours
- The Roberto Naldi restoration's preservation of the original frescoed ceilings and Murano chandeliers in the public rooms
- Breakfast on the terrace with the Borghese Gardens in green to the north
- The Via Veneto position — the Tridente shopping is fifteen minutes' walk, the Borghese is five
Key Features
Book Your Stay at Hotel Splendide Royal
€287.50 for 1 Night
Location
Address
Via Gerolamo Frescobaldi, 500198 Rome, Italy
Travel Info
By Air:
Fly into Fiumicino Airport (FCO), 30 km away, 26 mins by taxi or take the Leonardo Express to Termini in 32 mins, then a short taxi or metro ride
By Train:
Roma Termini is 2 km away, 5–10 mins by taxi or a 20-minute walk
Nearby Places
Ciampino-G. B. Pastine International Airport
14900m
Spagna Metro
370m
Colosseum
1900m
Spanish Steps
490m
Last Updated: 2026-05-13
Expert Review
Origins
The Hotel Splendide Royal occupies what was originally the guesthouse wing of the Ludovisi-Boncompagni palace — one of the great aristocratic residences of the nineteenth-century centro storico, sitting in the elevated quarter between Via Veneto and the Borghese Gardens. The building passed through use as a Maronite monastery before the Italian hotelier Roberto Naldi acquired it in 2001 and restored it across the following two years as the flagship of the Roberto Naldi Collection. The restoration preserved the original frescoed ceilings, the Venetian furnishings, and the Murano chandeliers in the public rooms while introducing contemporary services — a small fitness centre, the modernised guest rooms, the eighth-floor Mirabelle rooftop restaurant.
Top Secret
The Mirabelle terrace's panoramic view extends through 270 degrees — the only Roman rooftop where St Peter's dome, the Quirinale, the Trinità dei Monti and the Vittoriano monument are all visible from one point. The corner of the terrace nearest the Borghese end is the seat to request for the sunset hour.
The Review
The Splendide Royal sits in the quieter half of central Rome — the residential quarter between the Borghese Gardens to the north and Via Veneto immediately south, the part of the centro that the Roman aristocracy lived in across the nineteenth century and that has preserved its scale better than the Tridente or the area around the Pantheon. The property's eighty-five rooms and suites occupy the original Ludovisi-Boncompagni palace, with the public spaces — the marble entrance, the gilt-framed canvases, the chandelier-hung salons — retaining the palace's original Baroque scale and detail.
The standout feature is the eighth-floor Mirabelle rooftop. The restaurant runs at Michelin-starred level, with a kitchen built around Roman and Italian seasonal cooking; the cocktail bar opens earlier and is available to guests across the aperitivo hour. The 270-degree panorama — St Peter's dome to the west, the Quirinale Palace to the south, the Borghese Gardens to the north, the Trinità dei Monti to the east — is the most concentrated view of Rome from any hotel terrace in the city.
The Borghese Gardens at the door make the property's location distinctive within central Rome: morning walks through the park to the Galleria Borghese, the Pincian Hill terrace, or the small lake with its rented rowing boats are the rare central-Rome pleasure that doesn't involve traffic. The Spanish Steps are a six-minute walk south; the Via Veneto is a three-minute walk; the Galleria Borghese itself fifteen minutes through the park. For travellers who want central Rome with breathing room — the Tridente when wanted, the Borghese when wanted, the restaurant on the eighth floor when neither is — the Splendide Royal earns the position.
Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards 2025 named it Best City Hotel in Rome and tenth-best in Europe.
