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Residenza Napoleone III

Rome, Italy [view map]

Style: Super-luxe palazzo
Setting: Fashionable Via Condotti

The grand boutique apartments of Residenza Napoleone III in Rome is akin to the home of an aristocratic relative than a hotel, with silk-draped canopy beds, oil paintings and antiques.

Need to know

Rooms: Two: the private apartment, Residenza Napoleone III (which has an optional extra room called the Blue Bedroom), and the Roof Garden Terrace Suite.
Rates: €730–€1,400, including breakfast and taxes.
Check-out: 11.30am but flexible if possible.
Facilities: TV, DVD/CD player, wireless Internet. Private tour guide, butler, babysitting, beauty treatments all available on request. There are fitness centres, pools and saunas nearby.
Children: You can ask for an extra bed in the apartment for €100 a night. Cots are supplied free. If you take the Blue Bedroom, you get an extra bathroom, as well as the twin-bed interconnecting room.
Hotel closed: August.
Also: You enter your palazzo through massive wooden doors, pass along an arcade of Doric columns, take the grand marble staircase lined with antique busts… Well-behaved pets are allowed. No smoking in the rooms.

In the know

Our favourite rooms: The Residenza Napoleone III is stupendously grand, with two fine reception rooms and a master bedroom with silk-draped canopy bed. Of the six huge oil paintings you see, one is the bedhead, and another is the entrance to the exquisite marble bathroom. The Blue Bedroom is charming and cosy, named for its Chinese vases. The Roof Garden Terrace Suite has a multilevel decked terrace of some 600 square feet, with fabulous views of Rome. Its sitting room overlooks the terrace; its bedroom is small but well-appointed.
Packing tips: Buy yummy deli food to stock up the kitchenette, especially if you want breakfast in bed.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant: No restaurant, but the apartment has a kitchenette and minibar, and bookings can be made for you at local restaurants. Special-occasion catering is possible by arrangement.
Dress code: You own interpretation of Palazzo pants…
Room service: None, but breakfast is brought in to you, and arrangements can be made for dinner.
Hotel bar: No bar, but you can arrange for your minibar to be stocked up as you like it in advance. Guests in the Residenza Napoleone III apartment are welcomed with a bottle of Ruspoli family Chianti.

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Residenza Napoleone III

Palazzo Ruspoli, 56 Largo Goldoni, Rome

Residenza Napoleone III

Rome, Italy [view map]

Local restaurants

La Rosetta on Via della Rosetta (+39 06 68 30 88 41) is a Michelin-starred fish restaurant next to the Pantheon and its menu changes daily based on the day’s catch. The tuna tagliatelle and fish carpaccio with olive oil are both excellent. Another fine seafood restaurant is Quinzi e Gabrieli on Via delle Coppelle (+39 06 68 79 389) serving delicious dishes is a series of rooms decorated with spectacular artwork.

Worth getting out of bed for

The Keats-Shelley House (+39 06 678 4235; www.keats-shelley-house.org), a tiny and enchanting museum next to the Spanish Steps, is the restored house in which the poet John Keats lived, worked and died, and holds a unique collection of manuscripts, memorabilia and paintings, as well as an important library of Romantic literature. It also hosts lectures, poetry recitals and other literary events.

Residenza Napoleone III

Rome, Italy

Recommended rooms

Residenza Napoleone suite and the Blue Room are connected by a staircase and therefore are a family-friendly option. The Residenza suite is large enough to take an extra bed or cot.

Activities

The beautiful Villa Borghese park is only 10 or 15 minutes away on foot, and is a lovely place to take the kids. Otherwise, this child-friendly hotel can organise chauffeur-driven cars and sightseeing with a private tour guide, among other things. Rome is not short on stimulating sights and your children will love the Coliseum and Roman ruins. Try the 'Time Elevator' multimedia show at Via SS Apostoli 12; or the Bioparco, Rome's zoo.

Swimming pool

The swimming pool is about a 10-minute walk away.

Meals

The Residenza has a kitchenette and a fridge, handy for preparing and storing meals, baby food or milk.

Babysitting

Can be arranged on request and costs approximately €50 an hour.

Baby-listening

There are no monitors, so bring one with you if you're travelling with a baby.

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Residenza Napoleone III

Rome, Italy [view map]

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Residenza Napoleone III

Residenza Napoleone III

Rome, Italy [view map]

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Worth getting out of bed for

Residenza Napoleone III

Rome, Italy

Recommended rooms

Activities

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Meals

Babysitting

Baby-listening

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