The First Roma ArtevsHotel Ponte Sisto
Both hotels are rated highly by travel writers. Overall, The First Roma ranks slightly better than Hotel Ponte Sisto. The First Roma comes in at #22 in Rome with praise from 8 publications like Jetsetter, Lonely Planet and Michelin Guide.
The First Roma Arte
Via del Vantaggio 14, 00186 Rome
From $387/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
Michelin Guide
Star
"This elegant 19C palazzo features refined guestrooms and panoramic terraces overlooking the rooftops of the city centre." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"The 29 rooms and suites themselves are more appealing and spacious for Rome (the smallest clocks in at about 220 square feet)." Full review
Star Service
"A stone's throw from the Spanish Steps, Pizza del Popolo and Via del Corso with its excellent shopping, this luxury boutique-hotel...couldn't be better located for leisure travelers who love the arts." Full review
Jetsetter
"Play art collector for a day at The First Luxury Art Hotel, a new addition to the Rome hotel scene, sitting right in the bustling middle of the Eternal City." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"When is a hotel not a hotel? When it’s also an art gallery – one which showcases the work of Italian and international artists in both common areas and bedrooms." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
"A unique Roman bolthole for those who like their hotels to be as fabulous as the city they're visiting." Full review
Lonely Planet
"Noble 19th-century palazzo turned 'luxury art hotel' is the essence of this boutique, five-star hotel." Full review
Michelin Guide
"Here, just off the Via del Corso, at the First Roma Arte - by the Pavilions Hotels, you’re most comfortably ensconced in the sort of small luxury hotel that seems only to exist in Rome, where near-impossible refinement and cozy residential atmosphere go naturally hand in hand" Full review
Hotel Ponte Sisto
Via dei Pettinari 64, 00186 Rome
From $88/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
Frommer's
"Occupying prime real estate, this restored Renaissance palazzo... is one of Rome's choice small inns." Full review
Fodor's
"With one of the prettiest patio-courtyards in Rome (Europe?), this hotel—a gorgeously renovated palazzo—offers its own blissful definition of Pax Romana." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"A converted monastic complex, the hotel is modern in feel, with abundant terraces and a lovely cloister with restaurant and bar."
Time Out
"The buzzy campo dé Fiori and Trastevere neighbourhoods, equidistant from the hotel, are a short stroll away." Full review
Star Service
"In spite of its popularity with groups, the hotel boasts an off-the-beaten-path locale that is delightful." Full review
Oyster
Upper-middle-range
"The upper-middle-range Hotel Ponte Sisto’s location, smack in the heart of historic Rome, is just one reason to book a stay." Full review