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Hotel Palazzo Manfredi

Rome, Italy

The Colosseum is king at Palazzo Manfredi hotel in Rome, a 16th-century palazzo next to an old gladiator gym, with original marble floors, luxurious drapes and a restaurant-enhanced rooftop with a view.

Need to know

• Rooms 16, including two suites.
• Rates Double rooms from $558.76 (€418), excluding tax at 10 per cent. Please note the hotel charges an additional local city tax of €3.00 per person per night on check-out.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency (€418) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates exclude breakfast (€30 each).
• Facilities Library and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: flatscreen TV, DVD player, iPod dock, Bulgari bath products, minibar, free bottled water and newspapers.
• Check-out 12 noon, but flexible for €100 if there’s availability. Earliest check-in, 2pm.
• Children There’s no charge for cots or extra beds. A local nanny can babysit for €40 an hour with 48 hours’ notice. The restaurant has a children’s menu.
• Also Check for private functions in the restaurant during your stay, as this will mean it's closed to guests.

Food and drink at Hotel Palazzo Manfredi

• Hotel restaurant Take in the jaw-dropping view of the hotel’s famous neighbour from the artfully rusted front terrace or dine inside at a candlelit table in the dining room. Star chef Giuseppe di Iorio cooks a feast of regional and Mediterranean food, adding a contemporary twist to his menu of traditional Roman cuisine. Don’t miss the tender tuna escalope, hand-made pasta twirls, red snapper steak and roasted lamb loin with pistachio stuffing.
• Dress code The Romans are fashionable but traditional, so stick to smart, and save shorts and sleeveless shirts for the beach.
• Top table Ask for a table on the terrace, where the food will be matched only by the view.
• Last orders Breakfast is served from 7am until 10.30am. Have lunch between 12.30pm and 3pm, and dinner from 7.30pm until 11pm. The bar is open from 10.30am until midnight.
• Room service Food from the restaurant can be ordered between 7am and midnight.
• Hotel bar Sip a Campari or sparkling bellini on one of the plush sofas in the bar, which overlooks Parco di Traiano across the street. Light lunches are on offer during the day, and a selection of Italian aperitifs, dessert wines and liquors in the evening.

Hotel Palazzo Manfredi Via Labicana, 125, Rome, 00185