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 are comfortable and spacious enough by local standards. There’s an art-adorned Lobby Bar, and light fare will be available at the Market, soon to open — fear not, though, for in addition to the art galleries and boutique shops of the surrounding Regola district, you’re in the very heart of Rome, which means an extraordinary meal is rarely more than a minute’s walk away.