Location and hotel facilities:
The fin-de-siecle Mecenate Palace hotel in Rome, Italy, is just off Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore, 500 metres from Stazione Termini railway station. The Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Colosseum and Via Condotti`s shops are within two kilometres. Hotel Guests enter the terracotta- fronted hotel, comprising of two 19th-century buildings, through a revolving door on Via Carlo Alberto. Palms and cut-glass chandeliers decorate the dark green and white lobby. The hotel has a roof terrace with orange trees and views over the city. Gold artwork, red fabric armchairs and marble- topped tables furnish the Mecenate Palace hotel`s ground- floor lounge bar, open for cocktails, coffees and snacks. Complimentary buffet breakfast is served on the terrace or in the adjacent breakfast room. The Mecenate Palace`s walnut-panelled meeting room with gold fabric walls hosts up to 40 people. Complimentary newspapers are available in the lobby. Orange trees and trellises decorate the rooftop terrace and garden, overlooking the 13th-century bell tower of Santa Maria Maggiore church where, during Corpus Domini celebrations, the Pope can be seen giving benediction. Views extend across Rome to the Colosseum and Vatican..
Room facilities:
The Mecenate Palace hotel`s 62 climate-controlled, soundproofed guestrooms have high ceilings, and feature walnut fittings, pink marble-topped coffee tables and prints on the walls. Beds have Italian linens and upholstered headboards. Rooms include satellite television, dial-up Internet ports, tea/coffee- making facilities and minibars. Marble bathrooms are equipped with marble-edged mirrors and radios. The six- storey hotel has a lift. Selling quality Italian footwear and fashion, Rome`s Upim department store is located steps away from the hotel on the corner of Via Carlo Alberto and Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore.
Hotel check-list:
- 24-hour front desk
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Audio-visual equipment
- Babysitting or child care
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee in lobby
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference room(s)
- Currency Exchange
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Laundry Facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Medical assistance available
- Meeting rooms (small groups)
- Multilingual staff
- Number of rooms: 62
- Patio
- Pets considered
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service (limited hours)
- Tour assistance
- Wedding services
Room check-list:
- Air conditioning
- Bathrobes
- Bathroom phone
- Bathroom scale
- Bidet
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Climate control
- Clock radio
- Coffee/tea maker
- Complimentary newspaper
- Complimentary toiletries
- Cribs (infant beds) available
- Desk
- Dial-up Internet access
- Direct-dial phone
- Hair dryer
- Handheld shower
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- In-room safe
- Internet access (surcharge)
- Makeup/shaving mirror
- Minibar
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Private bathroom
- Rollaway beds
- Satellite television service
- Smoking permitted
- Television Internet access (surcharge)
- Turndown service
- Wake-up calls
- Window opens
- Wireless high-speed Internet access (surcharge)