HOTEL MAJESTIC ROMA HISTORY

The Hotel Majestic inaugurated in 1889, is the first hotel that was built on the via . Previous to the construction of the street, this neighbourhood was known as the Villa .

The building where the hotel was to be created is part of the first belvedere of the new street cut through the Cappuccini friars’ garden. The view on Piazza Barberini was achieved by carving the height overlooked by the conventual church of Saint Isidoro and by the Villa Boncompagni. Thus, the designer Gaetano Koch, known as the prince of architects of those times, was forced to give the building that unique “piano-like” layout which characterizes its plan. The architectural design and the modern features of the Hotel Majestic reveal its intent to stand out, from the start, as the leader in this town’s accommodation of that time.

The hotels fame and fortune reached its peak during the Twenties, when high-society members used to choose this hotel for their stay in . At The Majestic Roma, royal, prince & princess and show biz stars could find luxurious details together with the comforts of progress in addition to the thrill of being in a town of ancient civilization. Real antique objects decorated rooms and suites, while lounges showed the richest among tapestries and furniture. Artist Domenico Bruschi from Perugia frescoed the ballroom, located on the 1st floor, and named after musician Giuseppe Verdi, in the year 1900. Allegorical scenes depict the glory of the Roman Empire and that of the Italian Royal family, Casa Savoia.

In this hotel and in alternative to common hotel cuisine of those days, the chefs who revealed their preference for local cookery and wines played a remarkable role. All those local specialties were however presented with the most refined display, on fine linen, china, crystals and tableware.

During the Sixties, the hotel became the scenery of Fellini’s “Dolce Vita” for moviegoers all over the world.

In 1990, after an accurate restoration and technical upgrades, the hotel regained all of its past splendour. It is at that time that began the contemporary history of the Hotel Majestic Roma.

It is at that time that began the contemporary history of the Hotel Majestic Roma.

Terrace

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HOTEL MAJESTIC ROMA PROFILE

Created in 1889 by the architect Gaetano Koch on the exclusive Via Veneto, the Hotel Majestic Roma was a grande dame from the beginning, with a Carrara-Marble lobby, a ballroom with a fresco ceiling that could hold 120 people and all you would expect of downtown’s premier hotel.

The Majestic Roma is a veritable jewel of neoclassic elegance, within walking distance from the Borghese Art Gallery and Gardens and the heart of the city shopping district, and Via Condotti where all the major houses of fashion have their ateliers.

98 rooms share an understated elegance that manages to deliver the sophistication one expect. A brand new concept of elegant modernization of traditional forms and techniques.

Hotel Services & Facilities

 Room service  Laundry Service  Turndown service  Restaurant  American Bar  Free WIFI Internet connection public area and in room with own laptop  Fitness Room (in-house)  Business centre area equipped with fax, printer and internet point  Currency exchange  Meeting Room equipped Overhead projectors, VCR/DVD players, audio amplifiers, flip charts, plasma screens, various types of microphones. Simultaneous translations videoconferencing and audio recording portable computers(upon request). Technical assistance on site.

Junior Suite

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MAJESTIC RISTORANTE BISTROT

Hotel Majestic has always been home to the art of haute cuisine ever since it was built in the late 1800s. Its first floor rooms with their stunning architectural design and the beautiful terrace overlooking Via Veneto have always been known for hosting fine dining and entertainment.

Ristorante Bistrot will not only be a restaurant but also an artisan’s workshop, constantly seeking quality in order to offer its guests a unique dining and wine experience, a magical blend of carefully studied details.

“There is no such thing as great cooking without excellent ingredients. My assistants and I put all our passion into transforming these ingredients into dishes capable of combining nutritional balance, taste and pleasure for the palate.”

The dishes, classic yet original, are prepared in a creative way with the energy and experience of he who has always put his own independence first and foremost with respect to recent culinary trends. The Majestic Ristorante Bistrot plans to transfer the desire to offer clients a moment of pure pleasure by creating surprising delicacies.

The menu naturally features seafood but also pays homage to Rome in its meat dishes, use of European ingredients and dishes which emphasize the chef’s Mediterranean roots. Genuine organic ingredients originating from small local farms are carefully selected, to enhance different catering methods: restaurant, bistrot, raw bar, Sunday brunch buffet.

Majestic Ristorante Bistrot will guarantee the quality of all products having to do with the restaurant. Thanks to a large seating capacity, the restaurant will also have different proposals for the public permitting a moderate bill which takes into consideration this time of economic recession.

Majestic Ristorante Bistrot

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R COCKTAIL BAR

The Bar at Hotel Majestic Roma, gives you the opportunity to enjoy, from breakfast to lunch, from the cocktail hour to after dinner, the lovely nineteenth century rooms and fabulous terrace overlooking Via Veneto. Even the simple pleasure of savouring a cup of coffee or tea with petit fours can become a moment of relaxation.

When the splendor of a historic building like Hotel Majestic Roma is united with the desire to discover, amaze and excite, unique cocktails are born.

This is the school of thought of the Bar at Hotel Majestic Roma: to create new extracts, new short circuits.

Cocktails are above all a liquid celebration of remembrances, flavors and colors that will take you back in time to experience emotions and flashbacks that can be relived in a glass. Our barmen are always ready to surprise, skillfully handling cocktail shakers and jiggers, flasks and antique glasses, chunks of ice and drops of secret mixtures.

For those who love spirits there is a wide selection of labels, which, should you like, can go together with a good cigar selected to your personal taste. You are welcome to use the hotel’s wine cellar which counts choice bottles and extraordinary natural wines among its 250 labels.

And lastly, to make the setting of Via Veneto even more magical, there is often live music during the evening.

R Cocktail Bar

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LOCATION

Via Veneto "Sophia Loren is with Errol Flynn and with Anthony Quinn". That mythical ditty sums up the recent history of this short boulevard which is the Champs Elysee or the Fifth Avenue of Rome.

In the roaring 1950's it reflected the glamour of the Dolce Vita, with Cafes where beautiful people sat all day hoping to be either photographed or discovered, and with the elegant shopping haunts of Hollywood-on-the-Tiber.

“Fashions fade, style is eternal.“

Yves Saint Laurent

The cafes are still here, as are most of the nice shops. The new feature is glass-enclosed outdoor restaurant areas which succeed each other down the street like circus elephants holding each others tails.

At the top end of Via Veneto you will see the monumental that have surrounded Rome for seventeen centuries.When the Aurelian Walls were built, during the last quarter of the Third Century AD, Rome's decline had already started. For the several centuries before that, Rome's protective barrier had been at the outer edges of the Empire: Spain, Syria and Northern England (where Hadrian's Wall in still today an imposing sight like the Wall of China). In the last quarter of the 19C the Ludovisi princes took advantage of the real estate boom to carve up their huge estate into the upper middle class blocks you see today. They laid out a new boulevard, Via Veneto, with a wide curve to help the carriage horses make it up the hill from the Piazza of their neighbors, the Barberini. The last vestiges of the Ludovisi family (descended from Pope Gregory XV) are the Casino dell'Aurora among the trees high above Via Aurora, and the original Villa Ludovisi hidden behind Palazzo Margherita, the American Embassy.

Shopping on Via Veneto can be summed up in three words: leather, jewelry and fashion. These shops are interspersed with many of Rome's best hotels and coffee bars.

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General information

Hotel contacts Directions Via Veneto 50 Airports Rome 00187 – Leonardo da Vinci Airport (FCO) Phone: + 39 6 42 14 41 37 km – 45 minutes Fax: + 39 6 48 80 984 Ciampino Airport (CIA) www.hotelmajestic.com 20 Km- 35 minutes [email protected] Public transportation Various lines nearby the hotel Underground Linea A – Barberini station Train Termini train station 16 Km – 10 minutes

Rooms & Suites

Tipologia Totale Camere

Via Veneto Suite 1 Saint Isidoro Suite 1 One Bedroom Suites 2 Junior Suites 8 Triple Deluxe Rooms 6 Double Deluxe Rooms 40 Double Superior Rooms 32 Classic Single Rooms 8 TOTAL 98

Meeting & Events

Square Meters Square Feet Size Meters Size Feet VERDI 135 1450 16,7x8.0x6.0 55.0x25.0x20.0 VIVALDI 40 430 8,5x5,2x4.2 28.0x17.0x14.0 CHOPIN 30 320 5,5x5,2x4,2 18,0x17,0x14,0 RESTAURANT 130 1399 - - TERRACE 250 2690 - -

Theatre Boardroom U-Shape Classroom Banquet Buffet

VERDI 100 45 40 80 120 150

VIVALDI 35 22 22 18 22 35

CHOPIN 15 15 10 12 15 20

RESTAURANT - - - - 70 100

TERRACE - - - - 70 100

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