The Hotel Splendide Royal, is located in a magical part of Rome between via Veneto and Piazza di Spagna. It is housed in a magnificent historic building that was constructed in 1880 and belonged to the Maronite Community of Rome until the year 2000. After painstaking restructuring work, lasting over a year, it has become the capital's most exclusive hotel. The light coloured wood panelling of the hall, the golden richness of the stuccoes, the fabrics colours, precious furniture and antique paintings are like brushstrokes that have turned the Splendide Royal into an enchanting and elegant hotel. At the centre of this famous metropolis, surrounded by panoramic vistas of pine trees and rooftops, the Hotel Splendide Royal marks the return of classic Roman opulence. The scent of lemon trees fills the air on the elegant terrace of the Hotel Splendide Royal. This lovingly restored hotel, opening in March 2001, is a beautiful addition to Rome's ancient skyline. * You can dine at the superb hotel restaurant, Le Mirabelle, and savour the view - above a labyrinth of Renaissance streets, the pantheon graces the horizon. Spend the day exploring nearby monuments, then escape the heat of the afternoon in one the hotel's atmospheric bars. * A fitness room is on the fourth floor. * Wireless Internet access is available in the public areas and all guestrooms. * This hotel has 68 guestrooms, designed in the style of a 17th-century villa. All feature Persian rugs, golden-yellow walls, and sculpted ceilings appointed with patterned crown molding. The striped curtains and floral bedcovers of golden-yellow, red, and blue are inspired by colors worn by the Vatican's Swiss Guards. Rooms include wireless Internet access, minibars, and remote lighting and drapery control. Each bathroom of black-and-gray Carrara marble has a telephone, bathrobes, slippers, makeup mirror, scale, and two sinks. Located between the high fashion street Via Condotti and Via Veneto, the Hotel Splendide Royal is an ideal home-away from home. Countless cultural heritage sites are within walking distance. Morning joggers can have easy access to the green spaces and umbrella pines of the historic Villa Borghese park. A beautiful addition to Rome's ancient skyline... * Fiumicino Airport - 35 km * Pizza Barberini Bus Station - 0.1 km * Termini Train Station - 0.4 km * Spagna Tub Station - 0.1 km * Via Sistina/Frattina Exhibition Center - 0.2 km * Spanish Steps - 0.3 km * Via Sistina/Frattina Shopping Area - 0.2 km