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Travel + Leisure: Margutta 54 is utterly private and awash in history (Picasso painted here). But its sleek suites are the draw with their ample sitting areas and cleverly configured bathrooms.
Travel + Leisure: Accommodations at this 16th-century palazzo, restored in 2008, range from a welcoming single with a French double bed and lovely window seat to 500-sq.-ft. "family" rooms. Bonus: the subterranean spa.
Via del Vantaggio 14 (Via di Ripetta), Roma, Lazio
Hotel · Campo Marzio · 25 consigli e recensioni
Travel + Leisure: Ignore the bright white lobby, overlit bar, and preponderance of questionable art: the 29 rooms are infinitely more appealing—spacious for Rome, and done up in soft shades of taupe.
Travel + Leisure: The former Grand Hotel, built in 1894, was completely renovated in 2000; its 161 rooms are suitably vast, with Regency, Louis XVI, and Neoclassical elements.
Travel + Leisure: Traditions live on here: guests are greeted by a top-hatted doorman before entering the opulent lobby, which has an imposing staircase with ornamental wrought-iron railings.
Travel + Leisure: Interior designer Michele Bönan has outfitted the sexy, Ferragamo family–owned hotel with black-stained oak, white-marble bathrooms, and ice-blue flannel chairs.
Travel + Leisure: This hybrid of boutique, barbershop, and spa offers rigorous treatments and gorgeous guys’ stuff, from exclusive swim trunks by Orlebar Brown to unisex jewelry designs by Natsuko Toyofuku.
Negozio d'arte e artigianato · Campo Marzio · 2 consigli e recensioni
Travel + Leisure: The top-flight leather-goods maker displays finely crafted bags and totes as well as the briefcases and signature drawstring bucket bags that made the brand in the 1950’s.
Travel + Leisure: The 1883 palazzo is once again Rome’s cultural jewel. After a five-year renovation, the gallery hosts shows that put challenging works face to face with expository exhibits that span centuries.
Via Guido Reni, 4/A (Via Flaminia e Via Giovanni Paolo Pannini), Roma, Lazio
Museo d'arte · Flaminio · 150 consigli e recensioni
Travel + Leisure: The modern solo shows at the Zaha Hadid–designed National Museum of XXI Century Arts range from first-rate artists to architecture retrospectives of talents such as Carlo Scarpa.
Galleria d'arte · Colonna · 6 consigli e recensioni
Travel + Leisure: Gagosian's first European outpost outside of London has become a fixture since it opened in 2007, where the consistent flow of marquee names (from Cy Twombly to Rachel Feinstein) is no surprise.
Travel + Leisure: One of Rome’s most esteemed galleries is run by Lorcan O’Neill, an Irish dealer formerly based in London who brought with him Kiki Smith, Rachel Whiteread, and others of a similarly blue-chip stature.
Ristorante · Prenestino-Labicano · 60 consigli e recensioni
Travel + Leisure: An über-cool pizzeria-osteria in the edgy Pigneto quarter. There’s an omaggio a Katz’s pastrami panino, six variations on the burger, and 24 choices of the cracker-thin pizze rosse and pizze bianche.
Travel + Leisure: A hybrid of L.A.-style organic eatery and caffè-trattoria. Indulge in a signature garden salad—think mozzarella DOP from Campania and mixed organic seeds.
Ristorante italiano · della Vittoria · 61 consigli e recensioni
Travel + Leisure: A local favorite for aperitivi, thanks to the creative drinks and extensive wines by the glass. Opt for the cozy, oak-plank-floored interior during cold months or the sidewalk setups come summer.
Cocktail bar · Parione · 163 consigli e recensioni
Travel + Leisure: This bohemian bar’s studied casualness has succumbed to a mildly controversial glamming-up. Still, the sophisticated cocktails and affordable salumi spreads attract both Converse and cravatta sets.
Via di Monte Testaccio, 97/99 (Via Nicola Zabaglia), Roma, Lazio
Ristorante romanesco · Testaccio · 78 consigli e recensioni
Travel + Leisure: Guanciale, cacio, and chicory make lots of appearances at this Testaccio hit, and the chefs get bold with meat (oxtail takes many forms, and there’s a sublime suckling pig).
Ristorante italiano · Prati · 50 consigli e recensioni
Travel + Leisure: The design is a bit bizarre (a traditional alimentari counter sits under spaceship-like ceiling panels), but the food—like the ravioli with Castelmagno cheese and pumpkin velouté—is unparalleled.
Travel + Leisure: It’s about seasonal fruits (from persimmon and quince to mandarin orange) and nuts (pistachio, pignoli, roasted chestnut) at this gelateria in Prati.
Travel + Leisure: A trip to the (near) suburb of Prati is de rigueur for the most adventurous gelato flavors; Fatamorgana takes the prize for most out-there ingredients and combos—chocolate-tobacco; basil-walnut-honey.
Travel + Leisure: The best way to explore this beautiful garden is by bike; the path from Ponte del Risorgimento to Villa Ada passes by the Villa Borghese gardens.
Travel + Leisure: The best way to explore this beautiful garden is by bike; the path from Ponte del Risorgimento to Villa Ada passes by the Villa Borghese gardens.
Travel + Leisure: One of American Academy in Rome director Christoper S. Celenza’s favorite sites in Rome: “The frescoes in the ancient Roman dining room are stunning and evocative and transport you back in time.”