Hotel de Russie
Via del Babuino 9, Rome, Italy
Location
Central Rome
On Via del Babuino between Piazza del Popolo and the Spanish Steps, in central Rome's chic shopping district — a ten-minute walk to the Spanish Steps, with the Trevi, the Pantheon and the Colosseum close by.
Transfer
A Rome transfer
Reached from Rome's Fiumicino or Ciampino airports into the centre, set between Piazza del Popolo and the Spanish Steps with the city's icons on foot.
Villas
122 rooms & suites
122 rooms and suites with Bisazza-mosaic and Carrara-marble bathrooms, some with private terraces and views over Rome, Piazza del Popolo or the garden; suites include the Popolo Suite with a wraparound terrace.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples, culture and shopping travellers, families drawn by the garden and anyone wanting the Rome city stay with calm — a Rocco Forte address with a celebrated Secret Garden, steps from the Spanish Steps and Piazza del Popolo.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
Bed-and-breakfast, with Fulvio Pierangelini's Mediterranean dining at Le Jardin de Russie, the Stravinskij Bar aperitivo and courtyard dining in the Secret Garden.
About the Resort
A garden oasis in central Rome
Hotel de Russie is the garden-oasis Rome hotel — a Rocco Forte address on Via del Babuino, between Piazza del Popolo and the Spanish Steps, whose centrepiece is the two-thousand-eight-hundred-square-metre terraced “Secret Garden”: a Valadier-designed rise of roses, orange and palm trees and a waterfall between three nymphaeums that Jean Cocteau called “paradise on earth.” Its 122 rooms and suites carry Bisazza-mosaic and Carrara-marble bathrooms and some private terraces over Rome, Piazza del Popolo or the garden, up to the Popolo Suite with its wraparound terrace. The Stravinskij Bar pours one of Rome's great aperitivos under the stars, Mediterranean and Italian dining comes from Fulvio Pierangelini at Le Jardin de Russie, and the Irene Forte Spa brings a hydro pool, jacuzzi, sauna and treatment rooms for calm in the centre. The location is the heart of it: the boutiques around the Spanish Steps, the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, the Colosseum and the Vatican are all within reach, with the green expanse of the Villa Borghese gardens rising just behind. It is a green retreat steps from the Eternal City's icons.
Accommodation
Rooms & suites
122 rooms and suites carry Bisazza-mosaic and Carrara-marble bathrooms, some with private terraces and views over Rome, Piazza del Popolo or the garden, up to the Popolo Suite with its wraparound terrace. Calm and contemporary-classic, they sit between the Spanish Steps and Piazza del Popolo, the quieter rooms opening to the terraced Secret Garden behind, a world away from the bustle of the nearby Via del Corso.
Entry
Superior Garden View
Sleeps two. A king with Secret Garden views.
Garden viewGarden outlook
Classic
Deluxe Room
Sleeps two. A classical king with a Carrara-marble bath, over the city or garden.
Carrara marbleCity/garden view
Signature
Popolo Suite with Terrace
Sleeps two to three. A king with a wraparound terrace over Piazza del Popolo.
Wraparound terracePiazza outlook
Food & Drink
Dining
Le Jardin de Russie plates Mediterranean and Italian cooking from Fulvio Pierangelini, the Stravinskij Bar pours one of Rome's great aperitivos under the stars, and tables spill into the Secret Garden in the warmer months. It is refined Roman dining with a garden setting at the city's centre, the aperitivo hour as much a ritual here as the meal. The Stravinskij Bar's aperitivo under the stars is a Roman institution, the tables spilling into the garden in the warmer months.
Signature
Le Jardin de Russie
Le Jardin de Russie, Mediterranean and Italian, by Fulvio Pierangelini.
Bar
The Stravinskij Bar
The Stravinskij Bar, aperitivo under the stars.
Garden
Courtyard dining
Courtyard dining, in the Secret Garden.
Wellbeing
Irene Forte Spa
The Irene Forte Spa brings a hydro pool, a jacuzzi, a sauna, a gym and five treatment rooms using Irene Forte skincare, for calm in the middle of Rome. The greater restorative is the Secret Garden itself, a two-thousand-eight-hundred-square-metre green rise behind the hotel, climbing toward the Villa Borghese gardens above. The Irene Forte Spa adds a hydro pool and treatment rooms, the Secret Garden climbing behind toward the Villa Borghese above.
Irene Forte Spa
Irene Forte Spa, five treatment rooms.
A hydro pool
A hydro pool, and jacuzzi.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden, a green oasis.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The garden, the aperitivo and the city define a stay — climb the terraced Secret Garden that Cocteau called paradise, take an evening aperitivo at the Stravinskij Bar, and walk out to the Trevi, the Pantheon, the Spanish Steps and the Vatican. The Villa Borghese gardens and their gallery rise just behind, with the Pincio terrace, Via Margutta's artist studios and the churches and obelisk of Piazza del Popolo all a few steps away. The Spanish Steps, the Trevi, the Pantheon and the Vatican are all within reach, with the Villa Borghese gardens rising just behind.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden, Cocteau's paradise.
The Stravinskij aperitivo
The Stravinskij aperitivo, one of Rome's best.
Rome's icons
Rome's icons, Trevi, Pantheon, Vatican.
Shopping
Shopping, around the Spanish Steps.
The Irene Forte Spa
The Irene Forte Spa, city calm.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
To Rome
From Rome's Fiumicino or Ciampino airports into the centre.
In the city
Central Rome
On Via del Babuino between Piazza del Popolo and the Spanish Steps.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
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“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Hotel de Russie. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Bed-and-breakfast.
Year-round
- Year-round, in the heart of Rome.
Made for couples
- Made for couples, culture and shopping travellers, families.
Getting there
- From Rome's airports into the centre.
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