Palazzo Ripetta

Style

Roman refuge

Setting

Eye of the Tiber

Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither was Palazzo Ripetta, a historic house along one of the oldest streets in the city that’s been a convent, shelter and boarding school over the centuries. The restoration of this 17th-century complex aimed to give back the buildings to Rome – and these days, it’s a refuge of an altogether more glamorous sort, with an art collection spanning classic to contemporary artefacts, a hidden patio for shaded breakfasts and cooling cocktails (plus a glimpse of a third-century sarcophagus), and a restaurant fit for an emperor.

Facilities

Rooms

78, including 26 suites.

Checkout

12 noon. Earliest check-in, 2pm.

More Details

Rates usually include breakfast.

Also

Palazzo Ripetta is accessible for disabled guests.

Fitness Center

Free Internet Access

Laundry

Pet Friendly

On-Site Restaurant

Room Service

At the Hotel

Free WiFi throughout, fitness room with Technogym equipment. In rooms: Nespresso coffee machine, TV, soundbar and Ortigia bath products from Sicily.

Our Favourite Rooms

For a little more space, go for one of Palazzo Ripetta’s Prestige Rooms. And book wisely if a bath tub’s a dealbreaker, since only a few, including our personal fave 307, have one.

Spa

There's no spa, but massages can be arranged in your room on request.

Packing Tips

A thirst for knowledge.

Also

There may be lots of museums and galleries awaiting your attention outside, but your cultural journey can start right here at the hotel, since it has its own art collection, with ancient Roman pieces, gilded sculptures from the Seventies and works by arti

Children

All ages are welcome. Some rooms have space for a cot to be added and there are options with kitchenettes, too. Babysitting is available until midnight for €40 an hour.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

Sit out on the peaceful patio, admiring the centuries-old sarcophagus-slash-fountain.

Dress Code

Fine vintage.

Hotel Restaurant

There are two restaurants at the palazzo: the more formal San Baylon and the relaxed outdoor Piazzetta Ripetta. At the former, you can expect dishes such as lamb with a pistachio and mustard crust, turbot with roast artichokes and a citrusy sauce, and glazed beef with cauliflower and creamy (courtesy of some horseradish) potatoes. At Piazzetta Ripetta, you can do as the Romans do, with a selection of pastas and crudi, or hold out until aperitivo o'clock (starting late afternoon, daily). There’s also the Sala Colonna, where breakfasts (largely consisting of house-made pastries and good coffee) are served.

Hotel Bar

Baylon will provide you with cicchetti and cocktails until midnight; we're sipping a Zabaylòn (rum, pineapple, lime and chocolate bitters).

Last Orders

San Baylon serves breakfast from 7am to 10.30am and an all-day menu from noon until 11pm. Piazzetta Ripetta is open for breakfast between 7am and 10.30am, lunch from noon until 3pm, afternoon tea from 3pm to 6pm and dinner between 7pm and 11pm.

Planes

Rome’s Fiumicino airport is a traffic-dependent 40-minute drive from the palazzo. Hotel-arranged transfers cost from €90 each way. Landing at Ciampino is also an option.

Trains

The nearest metro stations are Spagna and Flaminio–Piazza del Popolo, both of which are on Line A. From Rome’s main rail station Termini, it’s a 15-minute drive to the hotel.

Automobiles

You won’t need wheels with a setting this central – stash them away at Vantaggio car park for €40 a day.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

Palazzo Ripetta has a patio for cooling off on during Rome’s sticky summer days, as well as a rather impressive art collection spanning Roman artefacts to Seventies sculptures, all of which are helpfully labelled so you can conduct your own tour. The city’s mega-sights (from the Colosseum and the rest of the Forum, to the Spanish Steps and the Villa Borghese) need no introduction – and even an aimless stroll through this outdoor museum of a city will reward you. Via Ripetta is one of the oldest streets in Rome, with lots of ateliers, galleries and academies of fine art and music still the palazzo’s neighbours.

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