Two palazzi restored as hotels in 2025. Orient Express La Minerva, from about 1,105 euros, for the Pantheon's dome from the roof and an Art Deco take on train travel; ROMEO Roma, from about 1,015, for Zaha Hadid Architects' curves, Alain Ducasse at dinner and, on some rates, a pool.
Orient Express's first hotel anywhere, in a 1620 palazzo behind the Pantheon, with a seventh-floor terrace that frames the dome about a hundred metres off and a hammam under the lobby.
€€€€From about €1,105 a night
Choose Orient Express La Minerva if
Special occasions
Design-led stays
Anniversary weekends
Short Rome trips
Rooftop aperitivo
The catch
The view is not in the entry rooms, and it is not in the first upgrade either. The hotel's own words put the Pantheon or Piazza della Minerva in five of its fourteen categories, plus some but not all Deluxe Rooms. The Junior Suite with View is described by the hotel as a view over Rome, and the cheapest category the hotel itself says faces the Pantheon is the Stendhal Suite, at 3,842 euros against 1,105 for a Classic on a January 2027 night.
Two palazzi restored as hotels in 2025. Orient Express La Minerva, from about 1,105 euros, for the Pantheon's dome from the roof and an Art Deco take on train travel; ROMEO Roma, from about 1,015, for Zaha Hadid Architects' curves, Alain Ducasse at dinner and, on some rates, a pool.
Good questions about Orient Express La Minerva vs ROMEO Roma
Orient Express La Minerva or ROMEO Roma?
Two palazzi restored as hotels in 2025. Orient Express La Minerva, from about 1,105 euros, for the Pantheon's dome from the roof and an Art Deco take on train travel; ROMEO Roma, from about 1,015, for Zaha Hadid Architects' curves, Alain Ducasse at dinner and, on some rates, a pool.
Is Orient Express La Minerva worth it?
Book it for the address and the roof: a 1620 palazzo behind the Pantheon, restored rather than flattened, with a terrace that frames the dome. Pay for a view category with your eyes open, because below the suites the only rooms the hotel says face the Pantheon are some of the Deluxe Rooms, and none of those is guaranteed. Eat downstairs at least once. A brand-new luxury hotel inside a 1620 palazzo one street behind the Pantheon, run to a very high finish and priced accordingly. The design and the rooftop are the point, and you will be a short walk from everything rather than tucked away from anyone.
Does Orient Express La Minerva have a pool or a beach?
There is no pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
Is ROMEO Roma worth it?
Book ROMEO Roma for the building: a listed palazzo relined in ebony and marble by Zaha Hadid Architects, with a Roman workshop under the pool and restored painted ceilings in five suites. Come for the architecture and the quiet rather than a scene, and time the arrival around the restaurant days. Design is the entire argument and the price says so: 74 rooms inside a listed palazzo, relined in ebony and marble, with a Sisley Paris spa and a pool that ends on glass above Roman ruins. It is deliberately quiet, and the bars, the garden restaurant, the spa and the pool are for guests only, save a public aperitivo on the roof on Thursdays and Sundays, so the buzz has to come from outside.
Does ROMEO Roma have a pool or a beach?
It has indoor and outdoor pools. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
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