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DescriptionThe Augustus Hotel is housed on the second floor of an aristocratic palace of the 1800s, recently restored to offer an extremely pleasant stay featuring comfort and relaxation.
Luxury fittings, comfortable and deeply satisfying rooms from the aesthetic viewpoint: this elegant three star hotel in Rome is in perfect harmony with the exclusive area in which it is situated. A few yards from Porta Pia and the celebrated Via Veneto, the Augustus Hotel will welcome you with the antique furniture, fitted carpet, precious fabrics and gilded stuccos create a unique atmosphere, intimate and at the same time refined. Your day will start with a plentiful breakfast served starting 8 o'clock in a bar nearby the hotel and without limit time. We do inform our guests the Italian breakfast included in the rate consists of 1 hot drink and 1 croissant per person.
And after a day spent admiring the innumerable beauties of this extraordinary city, you can enjoy the pleasure of relaxing in our comfortable lounge.
In the rooms of the Augustus Hotel there is complete harmony between two different but complementary dimensions. Old and new blend together to create a unique and unforgettable environment. The furniture in Arte Povera style, in solid walnut, and the complementary furnishings inspired by Ancient Rome, live side by side with comfort and high technology like flat-screen satellite television, dvd reader, pc with ADSL line, with free access to internet whenever you like.
Another unique feature is the panoramic view: some rooms of the Augustus Hotel overlook the ancient Aurelian Walls, built by the emperor Aurelius in around 270 b.c. to defend the city of Rome. The Hotel, apart from single, double, triple and quadruple rooms, also has 2 apartments with cooking facilities complete with microwave oven and double bath.
Other comforts in all the rooms are: safe, direct-line telephone, radio, private bath with shower equipped with vertical hydro massage, hairdryer and complete courtesy accessories line.
You will immediately find yourself immersed in the architectural beauties of this splendid city: as soon as you go out of the Augustus Hotel you will find Porta Pia, Michelangelo's last work, commissioned in 1561 by Pope Pius IV. All around, between Piazza Fiume and Via Piave, rise important buildings such as that housing the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. A few yards from the hotel there is Via Veneto, the beating heart of the Dolce Vita of the sixties, and still famous today for the historic luxury cafés along its sidewalks. Just a little way off, instead, you can admire the splendid Villa Borghese, which houses one of the largest art collections in the world.
The Hotel is in an extremely strategic position: not only extremely close to the Termini Station, but with excellent links by the efficient public transport network to all the places of major artistic and cultural interest. And for those who decide to move around by car, there is an available private garage and a public car park just next to this Rome hotel. The Augustus Hotel is above all the ideal base from which to discover the grandiose architectural remains of Imperial Rome. On foot or by public transport, you can very quickly reach the Coliseum, the Roman Forum, the Domus Aurea and the Caracalla Baths.
AddressVIA PIAVE 61, ROME, 187
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DirectionsBy train
Arriving at the Termini Station, you can get to the Augustus Hotel by taxi (3 minutes), on foot (15 minutes) or by n° 36 or 90 bus getting off at the Porta Pia stop, where just a few meters away you will see the hotel.
By car:
If you arrive from the North of Rome, take the Grande Raccordo Anulare (the Rome ring Road) in the direction of Fiumicino as far as the "Salaria" exit. Take Via Salaria and go as far as Piazza Fiume, then continue along Via Piave.
If you arrive from the South of Rome, at the motorway exit take the Grande Raccordo Anulare (the Rome Ring road) in the direction of "Casilina". Leave the Ring Road at the "Casilina - direzione centro" exit and continue until San Giovanni. From San Giovanni, take Via Merulana towards Santa Maria Maggiore. Follow the road signs for the Termini Station, in the direction of Via XX Settembre, and then in the direction of Via Piave, where you will find the Augustus Hotel.
By plane
Rome has two international airports, both with excellent links to the center.
From the Rome "Leonardo da Vinci" airport, you have several options for reaching the Augustus Hotel:
- the Terravision Shuttle will take you to the Rome Termini Station. From here, take n°36 or 90 bus and get off at the Porta Pia stop, where you will see the Augustus Hotel just a few yards away;
- the direct "Leonardo Express" train will bring you to the Termini Station in 20 minutes. From here, take n° 36 or 90 bus and get off at the Porta Pia stop;
- by hired car, follow "Cristoforo Colombo" to the end, then go in the direction of the Coliseum, continuing beyond it. Turn left and then right, as far as Via Cavour. Continue towards the Termini Station, and finally towards via Piave;
- by private taxi.
From the Rome "Ciampino" airport, you have several options for reaching the Augustus Hotel:
- by the Shuttle bus, you will arrive in Via Marsala, near the Termini Station. From here you can take a taxi (3 minutes), come on foot (15 minutes) or take a n° 36 or 90 bus getting off at the Porta Pia stop;
- by hired car: take the direction of "Roma Appia Nuova" and after about 12 Km you will reach Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano. Here, take Via Merulana towards Santa Maria Maggiore, then follow the road signs for the Termini Station, continuing then along Via Piave;
- by private taxi.
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