What To Expect Around Villa Borghese & Via Veneto
A Visitors Briefing On One Of The Most Exclusive Districts To Stay In Rome
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| Boating Pond Inside Villa Borghese Park Rome |
Via Veneto
During the Roman Empire the Via Veneto area was inhabited by rich Roman families with luxurious villas. The area once again experienced a brief resurgence of fame and decadence after Italian film director Federico Fellini released his 1960 classic "La Dolce Vita."
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| Budget Hotels |
| Luxury Hotels |
| District Briefing |
| Visiting Villa Borghese |
| Visiting Spanish Steps |
The area may not be as famous as during its heyday but the hotels and restaurants are top of the market. Expect to pay premium rates. Most of the big hotel chains have their trophy hotel for Rome in this district.
The Via Veneto itself starts at Barberini, a nice square as well as a major traffic junction. Here you are on the boundary of the ancient city of Rome, the surrounding narrow streets contain exclusive shops and sights like the Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain.
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| Via Veneto |
The Via Venoto winds up the hill from Barberini, (which has a Metro Station) until after about 1km it comes to Villa Borghese.
All along the Via Veneto are grand hotels and exclusive restaurants and shops. The most exclusive of this already exclusive area are at the very top of the Via Veneto by the large park that is Villa Borghese.
All in all, the area has it all. The sights of ancient Rome on your doorstep. Your accommodation escapes all the noise and bustle at the bottom of the hill with leafy avenues and grand villas that makes the area much less stressful.
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| Villa Borghese Gallery |
Spagna and Barberini Metro are within 10 minutes walk and will get you to the Vatican and Colloseum in very short order and most of the popular city hop on, hop off sightseeing buses climb the Via Veneto itself where you can board.
Villa Borghese
At the top of Via Veneto is Villa Borghese, all accommodation in the area is no more than 10 minutes walk from this great escape of the city.
The park is akin to Hyde Park in London or Central Park in New York.
Villa Borghese is the largest public park in Rome. It features a lake, temples, fountains, statues and several museums.
The most famous is the Museo e Galleria Borghese, housed in the Villa Borghese, the building after which the park is named. It has a collection of sculptures with some important works by Canova and Bernini, including the latter's masterpiece 'Abduction of Proserpina by Pluto'. The Galleria Borghese also houses a collection of paintings from several masters including Titian, Rubens and Raphael.
Borghese Gallery - More Details
There are busy areas like the boating lake, but for the most part its very easy to find your own shady spot all to yourself. Its not manicured lawns, for the most part there the landscape is quite contoured.
Hotels Around Villa Borghese & Via Veneto
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| Sofitel Rome Villa Borghese |
As said a few times before, this area is an upmarket district to stay. Cheap budget hotels around Villa Borghese and Via Veneto have to be put into this context.
In Winter you may find accommodation below €100 per night, but if you stay here you are paying a premium over accommodation just a couple of kms away around say Termini Station, the most price competitive district in Central Rome.
However, there are some budget options in the district and we have a page devoted to budget hotels around Villa Borghese and Via Veneto.
The hotels for which the district is renowned for are mostly the top of the range hotels . The most exclusive area is at the top of Via Veneto, where you have the grand hotels, expensive restaurants and general ambience of the Via Veneto, but there are many more economic alternatives as well.
Luxury hotels around Villa Borghese and Via Veneto.
Getting Around Rome From The Villa Borghese & Via Veneto District
The ancient city of Rome is within easy walking district of the district. Line A of the Rome Metro at both Spagna and Barberoni stations are within 10 minutes walk of hotels in the district. The Metro will take you to the Spanish Steps and the Colosseum, both of which have Metro stations.
Local buses radiate out in all directions from the area. A cute little electric bus, route 116 goes down the Via Veneto and because of its small size is able to wind through the narrow streets below, normal vehicles cannot go. Its not suitable for sightseeing but is a way of getting from A to B passing the Trevi Fountain and Pantheon.
See our Rome bus page for more details of the bus services in Rome.
Most of the cities many Hop on Hop Off tourist buses pick up in the area and are an extremely popular means of seeing the main sights by visitors.
This particular area Of Rome is about the only one where the hop on, hop off sightseeing buses routes deviate from each other. Its worth comparing frequencies and routes of the various companies if you have a hotel in the area as there is such a difference between where various operators will have their nearest pick up point.
Transfers Between Villa Borghese & Via Veneto And Rome's Airports & Cruise Port
Termini is the main hub for public transport in the centre of Rome and is linked directly from Barberini and Spagna Metro. Though for most hotels its not a nice experience dragging luggage up the hill for some way to most hotels in the district. Maybe a taxi to/from Termini is a good option.
From Termini. the Leonardo Express train runs direct to the main Rome airport, Fiumicino. See our Fiumicino train page for further details.
To Ciampino Airport, Terravision run frequent airport coaches from Termini Station. From both Spagna and Barberini Metro stations you can go to end of Line A to Anagnina where a connecting local bus goes to Ciampino Airport. See our Ciampino bus page for further details.
Trains between Termini and Civitavecchia Cruise Port run twice hourly for much of the day from Termini.
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