Fabio Massimo Design Hotel

Vatican City, Borgo & Prati


Easily walkable from Ottaviano-San Pietro metro station, this design hotel is convenient as well as modestly stylish. From the 4th-floor reception and breakfast area, corridors lead off to nine rooms, each carpeted and coloured in slate greys and whites with touches of deep red, flower motifs and hanging lamps. It has an elevator and a tiny bar.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Vatican City, Borgo & Prati attractions

1. Vatican Museums

0.48 MILES

Founded by Pope Julius II in the early 16th century and enlarged by successive pontiffs, the Vatican Museums boast one of the world's greatest art…

3. Castel Sant'Angelo

0.55 MILES

This castle is an instantly recognizable landmark now home to the Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo.

4. Necropoli Via Triumphalis

0.6 MILES

Not to be confused with the Tomb of St Peter, this ancient Roman cemetery extends beneath the Vatican hill. Guided tours, which must be pre-booked, take…

6. St Peter's Square

0.61 MILES

Overlooked by St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican’s central square was laid out between 1656 and 1667 to a design by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Seen from above,…

7. Ponte Sant’Angelo

0.62 MILES

The emperor Hadrian built the Ponte Sant’Angelo in 136 to provide an approach to his mausoleum, but it was Bernini who brought it to life, designing the…

8. Palazzo di Giustizia

0.64 MILES

This vast landmark palazzo, built to a neo-baroque style between 1888 and 1911, is the seat of Italy's highest court, the Court of Cassation.