"Set directly on Piazza della Repubblica, this grand hotel’s 232 rooms and suites feel like mini-palaces with enormous beds, neutral-toned decor and, in some rooms, private whirlpools; many front-facing rooms look onto the piazza’s crescent colonnades, the fountain of naiads and the Baths of Diocletian (remains visible under glass floors in the conference rooms). Spa offerings blend ancient Roman thermal traditions with Ayurvedic and Asian treatments, while dining includes a piazza-facing hall, a rooftop Seen restaurant focused on Japanese–Brazilian cuisine and a ground-level pastry outpost in collaboration with a celebrated local baker stocking mont blancs and chantilly-filled jolies." - Laura Itzkowitz, Erica Firpo