Hotel Locarno

Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale


With its stained-glass doors and rattling cage-lift, this 1925 hotel is an art nouveau classic – the kind of place Agatha Christie's famous detective Hercule Poirot might stay if he were in town. Rooms have period furniture, marble bathrooms and vintage charm. The roof garden, wisteria-draped courtyard, restaurant and fin-de-siècle cocktail bar with wintertime fireplace are major draws.

Rates plummet in the low season.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale attractions

2. Piazza del Popolo

0.1 MILES

This massive piazza was laid out in 1538 to provide a grandiose entrance to what was then Rome's main northern gateway. It has since been remodelled…

4. Obelisk

0.11 MILES

Towering over Piazza del Popolo, this 36m-high obelisk was brought to Rome by Augustus from Heliopolis in ancient Egypt. It originally stood in the Circo…

5. Porta del Popolo

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On the northern flank of Piazza del Popolo, the Porta del Popolo was created by Bernini in 1655 to celebrate Queen Christina of Sweden's defection to…

6. Casa di Goethe

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Once a gathering place for German intellectuals, the Via del Corso apartment is where writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe enjoyed a happy Italian sojourn …

7. Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo

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This is one of Rome’s richest Renaissance churches, with a particularly impressive collection of art, including two Caravaggios: the Conversion of St Paul…