Hotel de Russie
Behind a plain front on Via del Babuino is the surprise of the Hotel de Russie: a garden in terraces, rising up the side of the Pincio hill.
- Class
- Five-star hotel
- Opened
- 2000
- Rooms
- About 120 rooms and suites
- Area
- Piazza del Popolo
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What sets Hotel de Russie apart
The Secret Garden
Some 2,800 square metres of terraces, palms, yews and climbing roses, laid out by Giuseppe Valadier and found again under later building when the hotel was restored.
Valadier's palazzo
The building was put up between about 1816 and 1825 by Valadier, the architect who gave Piazza del Popolo, a few steps away, the shape it has today.
The Stravinskij Bar
The hotel's bar opens onto the courtyard at the foot of the garden, and is one of the meeting places of the city in summer.
Between two squares
Piazza del Popolo is two minutes one way, the Spanish Steps ten minutes the other, down a street of galleries and antique dealers.
What it has
- Terraced garden
- Stravinskij Bar
- Restaurant Le Jardin de Russie
- Spa
- Fitness room
Where Hotel de Russie is
Address
Via del Babuino 900187 Rome, Italy
Nearest metro
Flaminio, on line A
Museums and sights nearby
- Trevi Fountain1.1 km
- Castel Sant'Angelo1.2 km
- Pantheon1.3 km
- Galleria Borghese1.3 km
- Capitoline Museums1.9 km
Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.
A nineteenth-century hotel, brought back in 2000
The palazzo became a hotel in the nineteenth century, under the name Hotel de Russie et des Îles Britanniques, and was a favourite of Russian and other European travellers into the 1930s. After the Second World War it was offices and radio studios of the Italian state broadcaster until 1993.
Rocco Forte Hotels restored it and reopened it as a hotel on 15 April 2000, under its old name. The terraced garden was recovered during the works.
Hotel de Russie: common questions
- Where is Hotel de Russie?
- At Via del Babuino 9, in the Campo Marzio district of Rome. The nearest metro station is Flaminio, on line A.
- Which museums and sights are near Hotel de Russie?
- Trevi Fountain is 1.1 km away, Castel Sant'Angelo is 1.2 km away, Pantheon is 1.3 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.
- Does Hotel de Russie have a swimming pool?
- No. Hotel de Russie has no swimming pool, though it has a spa.
- When did Hotel de Russie open?
- In 2000. It has about 120 rooms and suites.
What visitors say about Hotel de Russie
Rating from Google
Things to do near Hotel de Russie
The nearest of this site's best things to do in the city. Distances are in a straight line.
- 8Climb the Spanish Steps600 m awayMonument, 30 to 45 minutes, free
- 14Watch the sunset from the Pincio800 m awayGarden, 1.5 to 3 hours, free
- 5Throw a coin into the Trevi Fountain1.1 km awayMonument, 20 to 40 minutes, free from the square, ticket for the basin
- 20Find Caravaggio's paintings in three churches1.2 km awayChurch, 1 to 2 hours, free
Where to eat near Hotel de Russie
The nearest of the famous tables this site lists in Rome. Distances are in a straight line.
- Canova Tadolini3.8Café in a sculptor's studio, Via del Babuino300 m away
- Il Vero Alfredo4.1Restaurant, Piazza Augusto Imperatore450 m away
- Babington's4.1Tea room, Spanish Steps600 m away
- La Campana4.3Restaurant, Piazza Navona850 m away
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