Margutta 19 - Small Luxury Hotels of the World

Margutta 19 - Small Luxury Hotels of the World

Margutta 19 - Small Luxury Hotels of the World stands on Via del Babuino, two kilometres from central Rome and close enough to Piazza del Popolo, the Spanish Steps and Flaminio to reach on foot. It has just sixteen rooms, a scale that means the front desk, staffed around the clock and able to greet guests in Arabic, English, French, German, Italian or Spanish, tends to remember a name rather than look it up. A doctor is on call, check-in can be handled without contact if preferred, and the concierge arranges the transfer, the tour or the dry cleaning without a second request. Rooms carry city or courtyard views, air conditioning, a minibar, a safe and slippers as standard, and the Deluxe King Room stretches to four adults and three children, which matters for a family who wants one room rather than two. A garden and a terrace give somewhere to sit between the Spanish Steps and dinner at the on-site restaurant or bar. This suits a traveller who wants central Rome handled with attention rather than volume, someone who would rather a doctor on call than a lobby full of strangers. It does not suit anyone travelling with a pet, since none are allowed here. An extra bed runs 120 EUR a night, cleaning is taxed separately at the hotel, and children under eleven skip the city tax. What sets it apart from grander Roman addresses is precisely its size: a design hotel with sixteen rooms and a Small Luxury Hotels of the World listing, built for people who notice the difference. Sixteen rooms on Via del Babuino, minutes from Piazza del Popolo and the Spanish Steps, with staff fluent in six languages and a doctor on call around the clock. It suits someone who wants central Rome handled personally, not a traveller bringing a pet.