The back story
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Neighbourhood guide
Trevi and the Spanish Steps: the back story
The Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, the Via dei Condotti and the Piazza del Popolo.
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Trevi & the Spanish Steps: Our Favourites
The Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, the Via dei Condotti, the Piazza del Popolo and the grand hotels.
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What to see and do
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Ticketed since February 2026
The Trevi Fountain
Rome’s most famous fountain; since February 2026 visitors pay €2 to step down to the basin.
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Trinità dei Monti
The Spanish Steps
The great stairway from the Piazza di Spagna up to the church of Trinità dei Monti.
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The Great Hall
Galleria Colonna
The Colonna family’s gilded Great Hall and picture gallery, open on selected days.
Piazza SS. Apostoli 66, 00187 RomaExplore View on map
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Raphael and Caravaggio
Palazzo Barberini and Galleria Corsini
The Gallerie Nazionali in Palazzo Barberini and the Galleria Corsini in Trastevere.
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Augustus’s altar of peace
Museo dell’Ara Pacis
The Altar of Augustan Peace in Richard Meier’s glass pavilion by the Tiber.
Where to eat
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Two MICHELIN Stars
Acquolina
At The First Arte hotel, near the Piazza del Popolo. Two MICHELIN Stars in the 2026 guide.
Via del Vantaggio 14, 00186 RomaExplore View on map
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One MICHELIN Star
La Terrazza
On the roof of the Hotel Eden. One MICHELIN Star in the 2026 guide.
Via Ludovisi 49, 00187 RomaExplore View on map
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One MICHELIN Star
Imàgo
On the top floor of the Hassler, above the Spanish Steps. One MICHELIN Star in the 2026 guide.
Piazza Trinità dei Monti 6, 00187 RomaExplore View on map
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One MICHELIN Star
Moma
One MICHELIN Star in the 2026 guide.
Via di San Basilio 42, 00187 RomaExplore View on map
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In the MICHELIN Guide
Il Ristorante – Niko Romito
Niko Romito’s Italian cooking on the fifth floor of the Bvlgari Hotel, with a terrace over the Mausoleum of Augustus.
Via di Ripetta 73, 00186 RomaExplore View on map
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In the MICHELIN Guide
Il Ristorante Alain Ducasse Roma
Alain Ducasse’s restaurant at ROMEO Roma, in a dining room of ebony and marble.
Via di Ripetta 246, 00186 RomaExplore View on map
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In the MICHELIN Guide
Colline Emiliane
Emilian cooking near the Piazza Barberini since the 1960s: fresh pasta, salumi and bollito.
Via degli Avignonesi 22, 00187 RomaExplore View on map
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Since 1893
Babingtons
The English tea room at the foot of the Spanish Steps, serving tea since 1893.
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In a sculptors’ studio
Canova Tadolini
A café and restaurant among the plaster casts of the studio of Antonio Canova and his pupil Adamo Tadolini.
Bars
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In the garden of the Hotel de Russie
Stravinskij Bar
The Hotel de Russie’s bar, opening onto its terraced garden.
Via del Babuino 9, 00187 RomaExplore View on map
Shopping
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The fashion streets
Via dei Condotti and the Tridente
The Via dei Condotti and its neighbours below the Spanish Steps: the Italian houses and Bulgari’s home city flagship.
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With an ancient aqueduct inside
Rinascente Roma Tritone
Rinascente’s Rome flagship on the Via del Tritone, with a rooftop terrace and a stretch of the ancient Aqua Virgo aqueduct in its basement.
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A Roman institution
Castroni
The Roman coffee roaster and delicatessen, with a shop on the Via Frattina.
Via Frattina 79, 00187 RomaExplore View on map
Where to stay
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At the top of the Spanish Steps
Hotel Hassler Roma
The grand hotel at the head of the Spanish Steps, with Imàgo, its one-star rooftop restaurant.
Piazza Trinità dei Monti 6, 00187 RomaExplore View on map
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A secret garden
Hotel de Russie
Rocco Forte’s hotel between the Piazza del Popolo and the Spanish Steps, with its terraced garden and the Stravinskij Bar.
Via del Babuino 9, 00187 RomaExplore View on map
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Above the Spanish Steps
Hotel de la Ville
Rocco Forte’s second Rome hotel, at the top of the Spanish Steps on the Via Sistina.
Via Sistina 69, 00187 RomaExplore View on map
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Facing the Mausoleum of Augustus
Bvlgari Hotel Roma
Bulgari’s hotel in its home city, facing the Mausoleum of Augustus, with Niko Romito’s restaurant.
Piazza Augusto Imperatore 10, 00186 RomaExplore View on map
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Zaha Hadid interiors
ROMEO Roma
A 17th-century palazzo near the Piazza del Popolo, with interiors by Zaha Hadid’s studio and Alain Ducasse’s restaurant.
Via di Ripetta 246, 00186 RomaExplore View on map
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Rooftop dining
Hotel Eden, Dorchester Collection
The Dorchester Collection’s Rome hotel near the Villa Borghese, with the one-star La Terrazza on its roof.
Via Ludovisi 49, 00187 RomaExplore View on map
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Near the Via Veneto
The Rome EDITION
The EDITION hotel in Rome, near the Via Veneto and the Piazza Barberini.
Salita di San Nicola da Tolentino 14, 00187 RomaExplore View on map
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A hidden palazzo
Hotel Vilòn
A discreet hotel in a wing of Palazzo Borghese, with the restaurant Adelaide.
Via dell’Arancio 69, 00186 RomaExplore View on map
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A townhouse hotel
J.K. Place Roma
A townhouse hotel near the Piazza Borghese, from the J.K. Place group.
Via di Monte d’Oro 30, 00186 RomaExplore View on map
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Suites off the Via dei Condotti
Portrait Roma
The Ferragamo family’s Lungarno Collection suites, off the Via dei Condotti.
Via Bocca di Leone 23, 00187 RomaExplore View on map
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A historic address
Hotel d’Inghilterra
A historic hotel in the shopping streets below the Spanish Steps.
Via Bocca di Leone 14, 00187 RomaExplore View on map
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Art Deco charm
Hotel Locarno
A much-loved Art Deco hotel by the Piazza del Popolo, with a garden courtyard and roof terrace.
Via della Penna 22, 00186 RomaExplore View on map
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Near the Piazza del Popolo
Palazzo Ripetta
A palazzo hotel on the Via di Ripetta, between the Piazza del Popolo and the Tiber.
Via di Ripetta 231, 00186 RomaExplore View on map
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Between Trevi and the Spanish Steps
Palazzo Talìa
A small palazzo hotel between the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps.
Largo del Nazareno 25, 00187 RomaExplore View on map
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