Each frames a monument from its roof: the Colosseum at Palazzo Manfredi, the Pantheon's dome at Orient Express La Minerva. Manfredi, at less than half the price, if a Master Room window on the Colosseum is the point; La Minerva for an anniversary in a 1620 palazzo.
A palazzo of 24 rooms and suites on Via Labicana with the Colosseum about 190 metres west across the Ludus Magnus, in the window of one room category, in that room's shower, and from the roof terrace.
€€€€From about €493 a night
Choose Palazzo Manfredi if
Colosseum obsessives
First Rome trip
Special occasions
Rooftop dinners
Couples on a splurge
The catch
Only one of the three room categories sees the Colosseum. For 9 to 11 February 2027, the courtyard-facing Prestige was 493 euros a night and the Colosseum-facing Master 722, a step of 229 euros for the view you came for. Rooms get breakfast, while the hotel lists a one-way airport transfer and a 50 euro food and drink credit per stay for suites only, so check what your rate includes.
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.
Each frames a monument from its roof: the Colosseum at Palazzo Manfredi, the Pantheon's dome at Orient Express La Minerva. Manfredi, at less than half the price, if a Master Room window on the Colosseum is the point; La Minerva for an anniversary in a 1620 palazzo.
Good questions about Palazzo Manfredi vs Orient Express La Minerva
Palazzo Manfredi or Orient Express La Minerva?
Each frames a monument from its roof: the Colosseum at Palazzo Manfredi, the Pantheon's dome at Orient Express La Minerva. Manfredi, at less than half the price, if a Master Room window on the Colosseum is the point; La Minerva for an anniversary in a 1620 palazzo.
Is Palazzo Manfredi worth it?
Book it for one thing: the amphitheatre about 190 metres west, framed from a bedroom window, a shower and a rooftop table, in a house of 24 rooms and suites that does breakfast up there for everyone. Pay for a Master Room or a suite, or the view is not yours. Twenty-four rooms and suites in the middle of ancient Rome, priced for the window rather than the floor area, with a one-star kitchen on the roof and almost nothing else in the way of facilities. The city is the amenity; the hotel supplies the vantage point, the breakfast and the cocktail.
Does Palazzo Manfredi have a pool or a beach?
There is no pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
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.
The view