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Rome/Spagna
The Spagna district of Rome lies in the northern part of the central city, to the west of the Park of the Villa Borghese, and is so-called after the famous Spanish Steps. It is one of the most fashionable and well-heeled districts of the Italian capital.
Travel to Spagna, visa requirements
Get around
Spagna attractions and sightseeing
Landmarks
- the Spanish Steps (Scalinata di Spagna) and the Piazza di Spagna - a truly monumental stairway of 135 steps, built with French funds between 1721‑1725 in order to link the Bourbon Spanish embassy to the Holy See (still located in the piazza below), with the Bourbon French church (its monastery founded in 1495) above.
- Piazza del Popolo
- the Mausoleum of Augustus (Mausoleo di Augusto)
City tours
- Keats-Shelley Memorial House[1], Piazza di Spagna 26 - the house in which the famous English poet John Keats succumbed to consumption, now preserved as a memorial to his life and that of his friend Shelley, both of whom are buried in Rome's Protestant Cemetery
Shopping, Spagna souvenirs
Good restaurants and cheap meals
To the Right of the Spanish Steps there is a McDonalds yes good old McDonalds all your usual foods . The whole place is amazing looks very Italian!
Spagna nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs.
- Babington's Tea Rooms, Piazza di Spagna 23, open 9.30am-8.30pm, closed Tuesdays - situated right next to the base of the Spanish Steps, a veritable tourist trap, so be warned....! Ridiculously over-inflated prices... Cheapest pot of tea, €8!! First opened in 1896 in order to fortify homesick English tourists, once famous as a tranquil English haven in a Latin ocean, now serving tea and scones (and more) with considerably less charm and even less value. Take a look inside if you must, otherwise, avoid like the plague.
Hotels, youth hostels, lodging
- Hotel Homs, Via della Vite, 71/72, ☎ +39 06.6792976 (info@hotelhoms.it, fax: +39 06.6780482), [2]. A 4 star boutique hotel located on the fashionable Via della Vite in the heart of the historical center of Rome's finest shopping just around the corner from Piazza di Spagna and the Spanish steps.
- Relais Rome, Via del corso, 93, ☎ +39.06.45481987 (info@relaisrome.com/, fax: +39.06.45481987), [3]. Apartments located in Rome’s historic center
- Residence Frattina, Via Frattina, 104, ☎ +39 066783553 (info@residenzafrattina.it, fax: +39 066783701), [4]. Located on a street with a distinctive Roman atmosphere embracing a building dating back to 1700, it is cast in the heart of Rome, rich with history, between the Fountain of Trevi and Spanish Steps
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