• 1. Where to Stay
• 2. Where to Eat
• 3. What to Do
• 4. Insider’s Tip
• 5. An Oddball Day

Hotel Art is a former chapel strewn with modern paintings and sculptures.   (Photo: Courtesy of Hotel Art)

Follow in the footsteps of great Italian artists at Hotel Art (from $390), a chapel turned hotel on the Via Margutta, where Fellini, Stravinsky, Picasso, and Puccini once lived. Find frescoed ceilings, neon-hued hallways, and modern paintings throughout.

Relax in the Turkish bath at Casa Howard (from $190), an internationally inspired guesthouse with rooms decorated in fabrics and knickknacks from India, China, and France. Save 30 percent by paying with U.S. dollars.

Escape the bustle of the city from the secluded rooftop bar at Hotel San Francesco (from $93), a ten-minute walk from the Piazza Campo de' Fiori market. The breakfast rooms overlook an ornate fifteenth-century cloister.

Published on Apr 1, 2010 as a web exclusive.