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THE ST REGIS GRAND HOTEL ROME
Category description
-(L)-LUXURY HOTEL
PROPERTY TYPE - FULL SERVICE, HISTORICAL, HOTEL
RATINGS -
- NEWLY RESTORED..ONLY HOTEL IN ITALY OFFERING
BUTLER SERVICE..ST. REGIS GRAND LOCATED JUST OFF
FAMED VIA VENETO..LUXURY DEFINED. THE HOTEL
REOPENED IN MID DECEMBER 1999 AFTER A COMPLETE
RENOVATION LASTING 9 MONTHS AND AN INVESTMENT OF
OVER 35 MILLION DOLLARS. THIS HOTEL IS INDEED THE
FINEST IN ROME IN ITS INIMITABLE DECOR..THIS
HOTEL TASTEFULLY COMBINES THE PURITY OF LINE AND
EMPIRE STYLE WITH THE COLOR AND RICHNESS OF
PASSIONATE..ALLURING ROME. WITH RESTORATION..THIS
HOTEL WAS RESTORED TO ITS FORMER GLORY
SYMPATHETIC WITH THE IDEALS OF THE ORIGINAL
DESIGNER CESAR RITZ COMBINING ITALIAN AND FRENCH
STYLES OF FURNISHING AND DECORATION TO CREATE A
CAREFULLY RESTORED PALAZZO. AFTER THE COMPLETED
RENOVATION THE HOTEL HAS BECOME THE FIRST ST
REGIS IN EUROPE. EVERY GUEST ROOM HAS ITS OWN
UNIQUE IDENTITY BY THE HAND PAINTED FRESCO WHICH
IS INSTALLED ABOVE THE HEADBOARD. EACH FRESCO
DEPICTS A SIGNIFICANT SITE..VILLA OR AREA OF
ROME..CREATING A HOTEL WHICH IS NOT ONLY IN
ROME..BUT OF ROME. THE HISTORY OF THE ST REGIS
GRAND ROME STARTED IN LONDON AT A RECEPTION GIVEN
BY CESAR RITZ AT THE SAVOY WHERE THE ITALIAN
PRESIDENT..THE MARQUIS OF RUDINI WAS INVITED AS A
SPECIAL GUEST. THE MARQUIS EXPRESSED HIS DESIRE
TO HAVE SUCH A MODERN AND LUXURIOUS HOTEL ALSO IN
ITALY AND A FEW YEARS LATER IN 1894 - ROME - LIKE
ZURICH - PARIS AND LONDON EXPERIENCED THE END OF
THE CENTURY SPLENDOR OF THE HOTEL BUSINESS WITH
THE OPENING OF ROMES FIRST DELUXE HOTEL. THIS
HOTEL RECEIVED THE 2006 TRAVEL PLUS LEISURE
MAGAZINE TOP 500 HOTELS AWARD.
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