Hotel Bramante

About

The pick of the hotels in the Vatican area, the Bramante is a model of effortless elegance. Tucked away in a side street behind St Peter's, it occupies the 16th-century building that was home to Swiss architect Domenico Fontana before Pope Sixtus V banished him from Rome. Five centuries later and the original wood-beamed ceilings top rooms furnished with stylish restaint and best mod cons.