Splendide Royal

The villa-style Hotel Spendide Royal is located opposite the Villa Borghese gardens in Rome, Italy. The hotel is one block from Rome's elegant street, Via Veneto, and within one kilometre of the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain and Piazza Navona. The nearest metro stop is Barberini.

Modelled on a 17th-century Renaissance villa, Hotel Spendide Royal is set in a building dating back to 1880. Until 2000, Rome's Hotel Spendide Royal was a Maronite convent. The complex still contains a church and cloister which remain under Maronite ownership.

The ornate lobby features marble flooring and antique artwork, and its chandelier featured in the 1963 film, Il Gattopardo (The Leopard).

The rooftop Mirabelle restaurant offers Michelin-starred cuisine, panoramic city views and alfresco terrace dining overlooking Villa Borghese. Specialities include terrine di foie gras and a signature chocolate dessert, Settimo Cielo (seventh heaven). Reservations and formal dress are required.

The Splendide Royal hotel also offers room service.The hotel has conference rooms, business centre and wireless Internet access throughout (surcharge).The hotel offers a complimentary shuttle service and there is a fitness centre on the fourth floor.

Hotel Spendide Royal's 68 climate-controlled, guestrooms are furnished with Persian rugs and floral bedding modelled on the Vatican City's Swiss Guard colours. The Renaissance-inspired rooms all have courtyard or city views, soundproofing, wireless Internet access (surcharge), remote-controlled curtains and lighting, minibars and satellite television. In-room massages are available (surcharge may apply). Dual-sink Carrara marble bathrooms feature telephones, bathrobes and slippers.