Hotel dei Gladiatori
Rome
View from the Hotel dei Gladiatori terrace
Painting and review are copyrighted work by Ginda Simpson
The Hotel dei Gladiatori, named for its proximity to the Colosseum, is a small, 17-room, four-star hotel in the center of ancient Rome. At the Hotel dei Gladiatori, combat is not necessary to get the lion’s share – of pleasure that is. The view of the Colosseum alone would make a stay here worthwhile. Add to that the management’s dedication to the comfort of their guests and a stay here becomes just about perfect.
Looking at the Colosseum from my bedroom window, and then again from the rooftop terrace, I was awed by the grandeur of this ancient structure, dominating and dwarfing modern Rome. A second bedroom window faced the Esquiline Hill, the site of Nero’s Domus Aurea, or “Golden House. I spent the afternoon enjoying just being in the quiet of my pretty room, tastefully furnished in colors that soothed. In the evening, the marbled bathroom invited a little self-pampering. Again, that view of the ancient arena, but now illuminated against a blue-velvet sky!
Being so close to the Colosseum enabled us to walk to many of the sites in the center of old Rome and a metro stop ensured that we could get just about anywhere in the city our itinerary warranted. It is a splurge to stay at the Hotel dei Gladiatori and well worth it.