Authentic, charming, and an amazing spa, all at Villa Spalletti Trivelli.
Villa Spalletti Trivelli. It is the elegant family palazzo of a Roman Count and Countess. Neighbours include the Italian President, Giorgio Napolitano, whose 17th-century Palace is just across the leafy park. The Trevi Fountain is a stroll away. Guests here live as the Romans live. It is every inch a home-away-from-home, a salmon pink mansion from where everything one does takes on extra resonance: the joy of a performance of Verdi at the Teatro dell’ Opera; the spectacle of the Coliseum lit at night. A picnic on the banks of the River Tiber; a feast of fine art in the footsteps of Bernini and Michelangelo.
Many of Rome’s iconic sights are on your doorstep, starting with the Piazza del Quirinale and the Presidential Palace (open to visitors on Sunday). The piazza crowns the highest of the seven ancient hills of Rome, where Augustus’s Temple of the Sun stood; it now holds the giant statues of Castor and Pollux.
Another aspect of the Villa which sets it apart is the service of the resident chef, Adriano. The day begins with a large buffet of homemade cakes with ricotta cheese, fresh croissants, sugar brioches and bread rolls with that Roman speciality, fouettee cream, as well as cold cuts, cheeses, salads, fruits and yogurts. One may ask for pancetta and eggs, cooked specially, Italian style. For lunch or dinner Adriano prepares gourmet meals to make you swoon.
And in the midst of this authentic Roman splendor, a Hamman spa to relax after the walking. Enjoy the wellness treatments; they will make you feel relaxed, in another world. It is a marvelous feeling, both as you enter, and then, when you come back out, refreshed, back into the Villa, and all the grand city that surrounds it.