Bettoja Hotel Mediterraneo

The Hotel Mediterraneo, a 4-star hotel in Rome, was initially designed to be a hotel in the grand European style and this goal has indeed been fulfilled. With 254 rooms on 10 floors, the building stands over fifty metres and is the highest building in the historical center, built on the highest of Rome's seven hills, the Esquilino. Its interior design is inspired by a monumental and understated luxury. The lobby is adorned with marble busts of Roman Emperors and mosaics portraying the departure and return of Ulysses to Ithaca, the young Telemacus, Penelope and his dog Argus. The interior design is dominated by fine woods and marble, found throughout the entire hotel, and a sea theme which includes a clock with waves and a wheel which turns on it. The beautiful Breakfast Room with its high ceilings is decorated with tritons and mermaids in carved oak, with two large chandeliers decorated with mermaids and matching lanterns. The Hotel Mediterraneo is one of the best examples of Art Deco in Rome.

The 254 rooms are spread among ten floors of understated classical rationalism enriched with marble and fine woodwork like the grand marble staircase with steps and landings built with solid pieces of marble suspended in air. The bar has an alabaster counter and wood panels inlaid with fine woods depicting Bacchus in the company of grape harvesters. On the upper level in the grand lobby one of the walls boasts a painted vellum map of the Mediterranean Sea.

The Hotel's central position, near the Termini railway station, permits one to visit the Fountain of Trevi, Coliseum, Imperial Forums, the Opera Theatre, the National Museum, and Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore on foot.