Italy
19 ranked
hotels in Rome
27 MICHELIN Keys · 5 Forbes Five Star · 1 World's 50 Best placings
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Nineteen palazzo conversions between the Spanish Steps and Villa Borghese
Rome has 19 hotels ranked in the finehotels.world index. Bvlgari Hotel Roma leads on prestige score at 7.43 out of 10, followed by J.K. Place Roma and Hotel de la Ville, a Rocco Forte Hotel. Of those, 19 hold MICHELIN Keys, 5 hold a Forbes Five Star rating, 1 have placed in The World's 50 Best Hotels, 3 are rated by La Liste.
Rome's luxury hotels tend to be old buildings given new interiors rather than new buildings altogether. All nineteen ranked properties hold MICHELIN Keys, one of them at the three-Key level, and five carry a Forbes Five-Star rating. Bvlgari Hotel Roma occupies a rationalist block on Piazza Augusto Imperatore facing the Mausoleum of Augustus; the Hassler Roma has sat at the top of the Spanish Steps for generations.
Elsewhere the pattern holds: J.K. Place Roma near the Tiber crossings, Hotel de Russie in a Valadier building with terraced gardens climbing towards the Pincio, Hotel de la Ville above the Steps, and Orient Express La Minerva beside the Pantheon.
| Hotel | Prestige | Distinctions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bvlgari Hotel Roma3 Keys · 50 Best · 110 rooms | 7.43 | 3 MICHELIN Keys; World's 50 Best No. 22 in 2025 |
| 2 | J.K. Place Roma2 Keys · Forbes · La Liste · 27 rooms | 6.58 | 2 MICHELIN Keys; Forbes Five Star; La Liste 98.5 |
| 3 | Hotel de la Ville, a Rocco Forte Hotel2 Keys · Forbes · La Liste · 104 rooms | 6.45 | 2 MICHELIN Keys; Forbes Five Star; La Liste 97.5 |
| 4 | Hotel de Russie, a Rocco Forte Hotel2 Keys · Forbes · 122 rooms | 6.38 | 2 MICHELIN Keys; Forbes Five Star |
| 5 | Orient Express La Minerva2 Keys · 93 rooms | 5.99 | 2 MICHELIN Keys |
| 6 | Palazzo Talìa2 Keys · 26 rooms | 5.99 | 2 MICHELIN Keys |
| 7 | The St. Regis Rome2 Keys · 161 rooms | 5.99 | 2 MICHELIN Keys |
| 8 | Hassler Roma1 Key · Forbes · La Liste · 82 rooms | 5.72 | 1 MICHELIN Key; Forbes Five Star; La Liste 98.0 |
| 9 | Hotel Eden, Dorchester Collection1 Key · Forbes · 98 rooms | 5.59 | 1 MICHELIN Key; Forbes Five Star |
| 10 | Hotel Locarno1 Key · 49 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 11 | Hotel Vilòn1 Key · 18 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 12 | Maalot Roma1 Key · 30 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 13 | Palazzo Ripetta1 Key · 78 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 14 | Palazzo Roma1 Key · 39 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 15 | Portrait Roma1 Key · 14 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 16 | Singer Palace Hotel Roma1 Key · 32 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 17 | Six Senses Rome1 Key · 96 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 18 | The First Arte, Rome1 Key · 26 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 19 | Umiltà 361 Key · 47 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
Prestige score is shown out of 10. Sources: MICHELIN Guide hotel selection, Forbes Travel Guide 2026 Star Awards, The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2023 to 2025, La Liste Top 1000 Hotels.
Almost everything sits in the Tridente, the wedge between Piazza del Popolo, the Spanish Steps and Via del Corso, which puts the Hassler, Hotel de Russie and Hotel de la Ville within a short walk of each other; the Pantheon and Piazza Navona district adds Orient Express La Minerva, while Prati and the Aventine offer quieter residential alternatives away from the shopping crowds.
April, May, September and October are the peak months for the Tridente hotels; August empties the city, and January and February are the genuine low season, cold but clear and largely free of queues.
By prestige score, the three highest ranked hotels in Rome are Bvlgari Hotel Roma, J.K. Place Roma, Hotel de la Ville, a Rocco Forte Hotel. The score is a composite of MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five Star ratings, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025, and La Liste's hotel ratings. finehotels.world tracks 19 award holding hotels in Rome in total.
Rome has 19 hotels holding MICHELIN Keys in this index, of which 1 hold the top rating of three Keys and 6 hold two Keys.
Each hotel is scored on a fixed formula built only from award facts, then shown on a scale of 5.00 to 10.00. MICHELIN Keys carry the most weight, a Forbes Travel Guide Five Star rating adds a flat six points, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are weighted equally, and a La Liste rating moves the total slightly. Nothing a hotel supplies about itself enters the score, and the full formula is published on the methodology page so any figure in the table can be reproduced from the awards beside it.
April, May, September and October are the peak months for the Tridente hotels; August empties the city, and January and February are the genuine low season, cold but clear and largely free of queues.
Almost everything sits in the Tridente, the wedge between Piazza del Popolo, the Spanish Steps and Via del Corso, which puts the Hassler, Hotel de Russie and Hotel de la Ville within a short walk of each other; the Pantheon and Piazza Navona district adds Orient Express La Minerva, while Prati and the Aventine offer quieter residential alternatives away from the shopping crowds.