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 >