Corso 281 Luxury Suites

Sometimes the name more or less says it all. Corso 281 Luxury Suites stands on the Via del Corso, nearly all the way to the Piazza Venezia end, which means it’s right in the thick of things, from a sightseeing perspective, with the Trevi Fountain, the Forum and the Colosseum all a short stroll away. Meanwhile, inside, they promise luxury suites, and it’s luxury suites they deliver: twelve of them, all kitted out in the sort of crisp contemporary style that’s perfectly suited to Rome’s eclectic, era-spanning visual history.

This, after all, is an eighteenth-century palace, within walking distance of monuments that date back a millennium or more. Italy’s interior designers are far from intimidated by all that history, however. Parquet floors and antique-inspired chairs combine with a vaguely Deco color scheme to at least nod in the direction of the past, but the overall impression is thoroughly 21st-century. Anyway, you’ll take in plenty of ancient atmosphere during the day. Corso 281 may be all-suites, but it’s also only-suites — beyond breakfast, which is served in-room, you’ll be on your own. (Not a problem, this being Rome and all.)