Palazzo Manfredi costs about a third as much; ROMEO Roma has a pool and spa on some rates. ROMEO for a palazzo relined by Zaha Hadid Architects on a street that goes quiet early; Manfredi for the Colosseum in a Master Room window and a starred dinner on the roof.
The design oneA listed 16th-century palazzo relined by Zaha Hadid Architects, with a pool that runs out into the garden on a glass floor above a Roman workshop.
€€€€From about €1,015 a night
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The catch
Il Ristorante opens Tuesday to Saturday for dinner only and La Terrazza Thursday to Sunday, so a Monday or Wednesday arrival gets one or neither.
The viewA 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
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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.
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The verdict
Palazzo Manfredi costs about a third as much; ROMEO Roma has a pool and spa on some rates. ROMEO for a palazzo relined by Zaha Hadid Architects on a street that goes quiet early; Manfredi for the Colosseum in a Master Room window and a starred dinner on the roof.
Questions people ask
Palazzo Manfredi costs about a third as much; ROMEO Roma has a pool and spa on some rates. ROMEO for a palazzo relined by Zaha Hadid Architects on a street that goes quiet early; Manfredi for the Colosseum in a Master Room window and a starred dinner on the roof.
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.
It has indoor and outdoor pools. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
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.
There is no pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.