Chapter Roma

Rome has glamorous hotels, opulent hotels, luxurious hotels. But it doesn’t have many hotels that are in the top tier when it comes to pure style. Maybe the Eternal City is focused on timeless concerns, leaving matters of fashion to Milan. Whatever the explanation, Hotel Chapter Roma is an illuminating exception. Maybe the difference is that designer Tristan Du Plessis was respectful of the hotel’s 19th-century digs, but not worshipful — add one part dark and moody industrial modernism, one part gem-toned Art Deco-inspired swank, and one part irreverent street-inspired art and you’ve got yourself a hotel experience that’s literally unforgettable.

The rooms are a similar mix of post-industrial patina and high-gloss elegance, and all feature designer furnishings, Marshall Bluetooth speakers, and La Bruket organic bath products. They vary in size from the compact Solo Pad up to the 35-square-meter Suite, but all of them are comfortable, and more than spacious enough by local standards. There’s an art-adorned Lobby Bar and a summertime rooftop pop-up; the hotel’s primary restaurant, Campocori, is inspired by New York Italian restaurants from the 1930s, and serves an upscale interpretation of classic Roman cuisine in a thoroughly stylish dining-club setting.