Location and hotel facilities: The smart Hotel Raffaello is located in Rome, Italy, 300 metres from the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. The Roman Forum and Via Veneto are one-and-a- half kilometres away. The Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain and Colosseum are within two-and-a-half kilometres. Stazione Termini is 300 metres from the hotel. Hotel Shuttered windows and an elaborate balcony decorate the elegant 19th-century Hotel Raffaello`s exterior. Multilingual 24-hour front desk and concierge staff provide tour assistance and offer express check-in.Drinks are served in the lounge bar and lobby. Crystal chandeliers, oil paintings, damask table linen and gilt-framed mirrors decorate the breakfast room where complimentary buffet breakfasts are offered.The Hotel Raffaello has a games room. Guests have access to the sister property Hotel Senato`s rooftop garden, opposite the Pantheon, and receive discounts to a fitness centre 500 metres away.
Room facilities: Damask bedcovers, replica antiques and bold shades decorate the five-storey Hotel Raffaello`s 41 traditional-style guestrooms. All rooms have air conditioning, satellite television, minibars and safes. Wireless Internet access is availble on request (surcharge). Via Urbana, in the Rione Monti quarter, is ancient Rome`s trade district, where furniture makers and blacksmiths once worked. Former workshops (bottegas) are now art studios where artists sell wood, stained glass, gold and silver artworks, and perform restoration work.
