Hotel Margutta 19 Rome

Just like its name suggests, our 5-star boutique hotel is tucked away on charming Via Margutta. Once home to artists as prestigious as Picasso, these newly updated suites and studios combine contemporary Italian design with serene elegance.

This makes Margutta 19 the perfect haven for days spent exploring the neighborhood’s boutiques, restaurants, and art galleries – not to mention all the splendors of Rome.

ROOMS & SUITES
Each of our suites reflects the unique character and beauty of the palazzo and the enchanting Via Margutta. All of them feature luxurious furnishings and sophisticated design. Once you’re inside, it’s easy to forget you’re only moments away from bustling sites like the Spanish Steps and Piazza del Popolo.

GARDEN SUITE
Just like its name suggests, this 1-bedroom suite is located in our private garden right off the main property. It comes with a separate seating area and a beautiful terrace that’s yours alone, making it perfect for those wanting extra privacy.

The King bed is topped with a down duvet and luxurious Italian linens, while the gorgeous marble bathroom features a walk-in shower and freestanding bath.

Please note: The Garden Suite’s entrance is located up a staircase with no elevator access. Kindly consider our Deluxe Room, Classic Suites, Deluxe Suites, Studio Suite, or Courtyard Suite if you need a room that’s at ground level or accessible by elevator.

THE RESTAURANT
EMME Restaurant offers a truly unique and unrivaled Roman experience, not to mention a dreamy garden terrace perfect for those balmy Roman nights. There really is nowhere else in Rome like it. Set on the famed artist street, Via Margutta, everything at Emme is about creating moments.

It’s a chic neighborhood hotspot where you can meet and mingle with the locals, have a coffee or classic Italian aperitivo and indulge in the culinary traditions of Rome.

The dynamic menu is a contemporary ode to regional Italian cuisine, showcasing the talents of trusted food artisans. These relationships built over time bring a shared vision to life in EMME’s kitchen.

And each dish can be perfectly paired with one of the barman’s expertly shaken cocktails or with a glass of wine from our carefully curated wine list. Enter the world of Emme. It embodies everything we love about Rome – authenticity, gastronomic excellence, style and above all, good company.

THE ROOFTOP
All of our Rome Luxury Suites hotel guests get exclusive access to our rooftop terrace – a luxury in its own right in a city known for its beautiful light.

Perched atop Babuino 181, the elegantly designed bar and lounge serves a continental breakfast in the morning and transforms into a full-service cocktail bar during the evening. Just a short stroll from Margutta 19 and Mario de’ Fiori 37, it’s a lovely spot for sipping a cappuccino under the sun and an aperitivo beneath the stars.

THE LOCATION
While staying at one of the Rome Luxury Suites properties you will not have to worry about what to see in Rome. Our boutique hotels are located near Rome’s main attractions, at the heart of the historic center.

Walk out the door to the Spanish Steps or Piazza del Popolo in five minutes, or the Trevi Fountain or Piazza Navona in ten. This enchanting neighborhood, the Tridente, is one of the most picturesque and historic quarters in Rome.

VIA MARGUTTA
Rome Luxury Suites are on and around Via Margutta, one of Rome’s most beautiful and characterful streets. Alberto Moncada di Paterno began Rome Luxury Suites here in the gracious buildings that his great grandfather had built as artists’ studios in the 18th century.

Today it’s still known as the artists’ street, and it’s not unusual to see a restorer working in the sunshine, and locals stopping to chat to the marmoraro (marble carver).

Debussy, Liszt, Puccini and Wagner are all said to have lived on Via Margutta, and Stravinsky came here with his friend Pablo Picasso. It was also a centre for cinema – Gregory Peck’s apartment in Roman Holiday was here, and director Federico Fellini lived on the street for many years.

Via Margutta is incredibly central, only a few minutes from Piazza del Popolo, Spanish Steps and the designer sparkle of Via Condotti, yet is quiet and with a local, neighbourhood feel. Let us introduce you to our favourite local haunts, its boutiques and artisans.

VIA CONDOTTI
Close to Rome Luxury Suites is Via Condotti, Rome’s most fashionable shopping street. This arrow-straight street dates back to ancient Rome, and is named after conduits which carried water to the Baths of Agrippa. Starting at the Spanish Steps, the glittering avenue brims with flagship stores for superstar designers, including Prada, Bulgari and Valentino.

You can stop for a coffee at Caffé Greco, following in the footsteps of Keats and Byron, and admire the stately architecture dotted amid the designer stores: Palazzo di Malta, Palazzo Della Porta Negroni Caffarelli & Chiesa della Santissima Trinità degli Spagnoli.

Leading from the Spanish Steps towards Piazza del Popolo is Via Babuino, ‘street of the Baboon’, so named after a craggy-looking statue on a fountain on the street.

It’s appropriately twinned with Madison Avenue in New York, and is packed with more designer stores, historic labels such as Italian hatters Borsalino, and funky independent shops: see our hand-picked local recommendations in ‘A Roman Notebook’.

SPANISH STEPS
The Spanish Steps are one of Rome’s focal points, and Rome Luxury Suites are only a short walk away from this magnificent rococo staircase. It’s a beautiful sweeping centrepiece, where visitors gather to sit, take stock and people watch.

There’s a fabulous view from the top that’s perfect as the sun starts to dip and paint the city’s domes rosy pink. At the bottom of the steps is the tiny Keats Shelley House, where romantic poet Keats lived and died, a fascinating window into 19th-century Rome. You’ll find more insider tips of what to see in the neighbourhood in our guide, ‘A Roman Notebook’ upon arrival.

Funnily enough, the Spanish Steps were built by the French. In the 17th century, the French built this elegant staircase as a grand approach to their church, the Trinita di Monti. However, they never ended up getting the credit. The steps lead up from the Piazza di Spagna, home of the Spanish Embassy, so to locals and everyone else they have always been the “Spanish Steps”.

From the Spanish Steps, the area’s streets lead off like spokes. Graceful fashion-central boulevards Via dei Condotti and Via del Babuino are full of top international brands from Bulgari to Versace. The area feels almost like a small town, but one stuffed full of tantalizing shops and top-notch restaurants, with price tags to suit all budgets.

TREVI FOUNTAIN
Only a 10-minute walk from our Rome Luxury Suites properties, the Trevi Fountain is another extraordinary icon of Rome. This fabulously foaming masterpiece seems to be constantly thronged with people, throwing a coin over their shoulder to ensure a return to Rome.

The immediate area, at the edge of the Spanish Steps district, is always busy, but we recommend some hidden neighborhood gems in ‘A Roman Notebook’. The fountain is famous for the glorious scene in Fellini’s La Dolce Vita when Swedish star Anita Ekberg swishes gracefully through its waters dressed in a long black evening gown.

However, the Trevi Fountain’s roots go back to the 1st century B.C. and Rome’s first emperor, Augustus. It was through this area that he constructed the “Virgin Aqueduct” to bring water to central Rome.

After barbarians sacked Rome and the city’s aqueducts failed, the Virgin Aqueduct was the only one that kept running. So, in the 18th century, the Pope built a grand fountain as thanks. The result—today’s Trevi Fountain—took architect Niccolo’ Salvi 30 years to build.

PIAZZA DEL POPOLO
Two blocks from Margutta 19 and Babuino 181 is Piazza del Popolo, a graceful oval public space. The name means ‘People’s Square’, but it was actually named after the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo (St Mary of the Poplars), which overlooks the piazza.

Inside it has an incredible wealth of artistic riches, including works by Caravaggio and the Chigi Chapel designed by Raphael and Bernini.

The piazza is the starting point for the ancient Roman road, Via Flaminia, which is marked by a grand gateway. Until the advent of flight, this was for many their first view of Rome as they approached the city from the north, hence its grandeur.

The current look of the square dates from the 19th century, when it was remodeled by architect Giuseppe Valadier, who also incorporated and landscaped the route up the Pincio hill, a viewpoint at the edge of the Villa Borghese gardens.

You can walk up the zigzagging path from the piazza for soaring, romantic city views: see many other insider tips in our guide ‘A Roman Notebook’, which you’ll receive on arrival.

VILLA BORGHESE
All Rome Luxury Suites properties are a short walk from Villa Borghese, Rome’s magnificent central park. The beautifully landscaped, bucolic parklands once belonged to the powerful Borghese family.

Rome City Council bought the gardens in 1903 and opened them to the public. Full of huge trees dappling the sunlight, there are still many sculptures from the Borghese era lining the walkways, and you can wander, picnic, rent bikes and even glide around on a Segway.

The gardens’ magnificent centerpiece is the Galleria Borghese, built by the immensely powerful Cardinal Borghese to house his spectacular art collection. You need a reservation to visit: ask our concierge and they’ll make one for you.

Not only is it a glorious baroque building, but you’ll find masterpieces by Bernini, Titian and Caravaggio, and spectacular Roman mosaic floors. Other splendours in the park include the Etruscan museum, with a remarkable collection of pre-Roman artefacts, and the modern art masterpieces of the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna.

Rooms: 16

Price: from 356 EUR per night

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