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Hotel de Russie, Rome
Sep 9th
A great hotel will make all who stay there feel utterly spoilt. A really, really great hotel will go the extra mile by indulging whims you didn’t even know you had. (Before you were first offered a pillow menu, can you honestly say you had strong feelings on the matter of duck feathers versus goose?) As a case in point, allow me to relate an incident that took place at dinner on our first night at Hotel de Russie that made it clear this place was a class act.
Mr Smith ordered dessert. Torn between the delectable pudding menu and the knowledge that I had already consumed, over the course of lunch and dinner in Italy, my bodyweight in pasta and risotto, not to mention a fortifying ice cream in between, I regretfully declined. Five minutes later, the waiter returned, bearing not just (as I had hoped) one Tiramisu and two spoons, but two whole Tiramisu. ‘This one’s on us,’ he explained as he presented me with my plate. ‘We really think you should try it.’ Oh, if you insist…
Hotel de Russie is a hotel in the elegant, grand, metropolitan tradition. The handsome building is impressively located on the Piazza del More >
The St. Regis Grand Hotel – Rome, Italy
Aug 11th
The St. Regis Grand Hotel in Rome epitomizes the city it graces. Rome’s timeless elegance comes not simply from its ancient glory. Historic preservation and modern innovation are both embraced by this city of contrasting charms. No hotel better exemplifies this duality than the St. Regis Grand Hotel.
The magnificent lobby with its lovingly restored opulence takes you back to the glories of the golden era of grand hotels. At the same time, in a masterstroke of design perfectly achieved, the hotel is vitalized by the incorporation of some of the best work of contemporary Roman artists. The artwork is incorporated throughout the hotel, used as a motif for designating rooms and suites and stimulating the imagination at every turn. The result is a palpable sense of living in the grace of culture moving through time.
The St. Regis Grand has always been at the leading edge of style. When the hotel first opened in 1894, the great Cesar Ritz almost single-handedly transformed Rome into a cosmopolitan city. Until that point, upper class social gatherings were in private palazzos only. Uprisings by Vatican supporters against the House of Savoy, malaria, and a population of less than half a million limited the entertainment More >