Orient Express La Minerva
Pigna, Municipio I, Rome
“Baroque railway opulence”
Vibe
Hugo Toro channels golden-age railway elegance beneath glass ceilings, where original marble columns frame an 1854 statue of Minerva.
“Baroque railway opulence”
Hugo Toro blends railway-inspired Art Deco joinery with Rosso Verona marble and restored seventeenth-century ceiling frescoes.
A 1620 noble residence and 1811 Grand Tour landmark anchored by an 1854 marble Minerva statue.
Rivolta Carmignani linens, custom leather trunk nightstands, and suites with freestanding tubs beneath vaulted frescoed ceilings.
Facing Bernini's elephant on Piazza della Minerva, steps from the Pantheon and buzzing central streets
Rooms
Suites feature burr walnut joinery, leather trunk nightstands, and freestanding soaking tubs placed directly under restored seventeenth-century ceiling frescoes.
Wellness
A subterranean thermal bathhouse pairs a marble hammam, tepidarium, caldarium, and frigidarium circuit with Sicilian botanical treatments by Furtuna Skin.
Backstory
Built in 1620 as Palazzo Fonseca, this Grand Tour landmark once hosted Stendhal and Melville before becoming the legendary train's first hotel.
Eat & drink
Rooftop restaurant Gigi Rigolatto frames 360-degree skyline views across the Pantheon cupola, while ground-floor Mimi Kakushi pours 1920s Osaka-inspired cocktails.
The neighborhood
Step outside into Piazza della Minerva, right beside Bernini's sculpted elephant obelisk and mere footsteps from the Pantheon's portico.
The app
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