Baglioni Hotel Regina, Rome
Fancy the finale of your trip playing out in a bygone world of opulent Art Deco luxe? Then park up and allow white-gloved doormen to welcome you to this place. The setting is old-time elegance, with chandeliers and an epic marble staircase that will have you sashaying towards the bougainvillea-laced terrace feeling like you’re a ’20s film star. You’re five minutes from Villa Borghese here, Rome’s Central Park – 200 acres of statue-lined paths leading to 18th-century temples, a lake with boats to rent and swans. If you can’t find your romantic picnic spot here, you never will. Too relaxing? You’re a short stroll from the Spanish Steps and the Trevi Fountain (inset, above), and not far from the Vatican and Colosseum. Finally, be warned: in our hotel bathroom was a set of scales. Don’t get on them. There’s a price to pay for all that pici cacio e pepe (don’t leave Rome before trying this), tiramisu and gelato – but you don’t need to know that now. From around £228 per night, bed and breakfast; Baglionihotels.com