Residenza Napoleone III — Hotel in Rome

We spent the weekend in Rome, in the rooftop suite at the Residenza Napoleone III. The building is the Ruspoli family "palazzo" in Rome. It's very well located opposite the main Fendi salon, and atop a Tod's. The building is historic, elegant and staying there is a far more intimate and unique experience than just getting a room at the Hassler. ||||The rooftop suite has two large interior rooms, a bedroom and a sitting room; a chic, modern bathroom; and an expansive terrace. What makes the terrace extra inviting was that some of it is covered (very nice on a hot, sunny Rome day) while some is exposed. At night, the staff lit up scores of votive candles around the terrace, making the place particularly enchanting. The only downside to the room is that you have to climb stairs....The elevator takes you up to the 2nd floor, then you climb a wooden staircase to the door of the suite. Once inside the door, you have to climb a further circular staircase to reach the rooms. This means the rooftop suite is not for people with mobility issues or a fear of heights!||||Since the "hotel" consists of only two rooms, it doesn't offer the array of services that a more typical hotel would. However, they bring you breakfast in the morning (we had ours on the terrace), a butler moves your bags in and out, and Beatrize (who oversees the rooms) is charming and helpful. She recommended restaurants for us and made our reservations, she booked us a car for our drive to the airport, and when we forgot the combination to the room safe, she was there promptly with a key to open it up.||||If it's your first time in Rome, this might not be the place for you. However, if you want to see a side of Rome that only a fortunate few get to experience, this is a...

Heritage, History, Location, Location, Location, superb suites, privacy, and remarkable people made our five night stay in Rome absolutely terrific! Great beds, linens, pillows, air conditioning, hundres of details, sleep-ability, making travel easy, and much more made our family stay a very positive, long lasting memorable experience. We booked all three suites and enjoyed them all, each special in their own ways, even though they are all very different. However, the best part of our stay at the Residenza Napoleone were the people who cared about all the big and small that made our time in Rome very special. To our favourite Beatrice, thank you and your team for being so lovely and truly inspire a culture of excellence with our family, Grazie Mille! To Alessandro, thank you for caring about our stay and family as well, and we wish you and your whole family a terrific summer and a bountiful harvest season at Lilliano. We would highly recommend staying at Residenza Napoleone III for a very special experience in Rome. ...

Residenza Napoleone III is an elegant, historical, private palazzo and wonderful place to stay for our family vacation to Rome - and it is the best possible location in the heart of Centro that can't be beat. We stayed for five nights in all three suites which are completely different experiences and would recommend all three, but all quite different. We had great sleeps with excellent beds, linens and pillows, and quality air conditioning, fabulous details, modern technology, all in a superb heritage property. However, the greatest difference was the remarkable service, caring and effort in making our stay memorable coming from our favourite Beatrice, her team and Alessandro, all being such lovely, wonderful people - perfect for us Canadians looking for a discreet but fabulous home away from...