Daphne Inn
Rome, Italy
Central, chic, American-Italian owned B&B, with friendly multilingual staff who offer lots of local information
Chic and B&B are not concepts you often put together. But this
is Italy, where style matters, and Rome’s Daphne is a
boutique B&B. There are two branches, each minutes from Piazza
Barbarini, bang in Rome’s historic centre –
seven-room Daphne Trevi on a cobbled lane, and
eight-room Daphne Veneto on a slicker-feeling street
parallel to once-fashionable Via Veneto (which starred in
Fellini’s La Dolce Vita). Both offer a calm retreat from
Rome’s cultural thrills or somewhere to drop once
you’ve shopped.
Décorwise Daphne is like diving into a cappuccino, with lots
of cream, coffee and chocolate sprinklings. Style is an
international hybrid: with Japanese-style wiggly twigs in burnished
vases, and touches of Aboriginal, African and Chinese art.
It’s young, funky, and family-friendly, and all thoughtfully
put together by Elyssa and Alessandro, an American-Italian couple.
Their welcoming, helpful staff will (if you want) offer plenty of
insider tips on what to do.
Reviewed by Abigail Blasi
Last updated 18 August 2011
Highs
- Superb location in the Trevi area – central yet calm and quiet - at reasonable (for Rome) prices
- Contemporary design coupled with a level of comfort and luxury unusual in a B&B
- Mobile phone loan and free WiFi
- Friendly, extremely knowledgeable staff
- Entry card for doors and floors allows easy, secure access
- Excellent buffet breakfasts
Lows
- No room service or minibar
- No 24hr reception (though the mobile phone has 24hr emergency numbers to contact staff out of hours)
- In Daphne Trevi, there are shared bathrooms (two rooms only)
- No lift at Daphne Trevi
- A couple of rooms are small
A petite, superior b&b that makes up for a lack of frills and bows with its chic rooms...
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