Hotel Eden Roma
Rome, Italy
Grand Hotel Plaza
Rome, Italy. Located on Via del Corso in the heart of historic Rome, a few steps from the Spanish Steps.
- Opened
- 1860
- Rooms
- 193rooms and suites
- City
- RomeItaly
- Setting
- CityEurope
Practical information
- Address
- Grand Hotel Plaza
Via del Corso 126
00186 Rome
Italy - Telephone
- +39 06 67495
- Official website
- www.grandhotelplaza.com
- Best available rate
- Check availability
At a glance
- 193 rooms, suites and family suites behind a Liberty-style interior of crystal chandeliers and stained-glass skylights.
- Ristorante Mascagni, Mascagni Bar Bistrot, Ristorante Sorelle Fontana and the Lobby Bar; grand hall by Armando Brasini, later decor by Renzo Mongiardino.
- Grand Ballroom of about 300 m², several event rooms, panoramic terraces, a winter garden and a fitness room.
- Located on Via del Corso in the heart of historic Rome, a few steps from the Spanish Steps.
History
9 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.
The palazzo is built as the residence of Count Antonio Lozano (sources give 1832 or 1837) and soon houses a bank branch.
The building is converted into a hotel, the Grande Albergo Roma, and its central position makes it an immediate success.
Empress Carlotta of Mexico prefers the hotel's ornate rooms to lodgings at the Vatican; Pope Pius IX comes there to honour her.
Architect Edgardo Negri redesigns the interiors in Art Nouveau style and the hotel takes the name Hotel Plaza.
American financier J.P. Morgan, staying in the royal suite since the spring, dies at the hotel; his body is shipped back to New York.
Composer Pietro Mascagni, who lived in room 114, dies at the Plaza; fellow resident Beniamino Gigli stages Cavalleria rusticana in his memory.
The hotel hosts preliminary meetings between European states ahead of the treaty conference on a common European market.
TV presenter Enzo Tortora is arrested in room 224 at 4 a.m.; a plaque recalling this wrongful arrest was unveiled in 2024.
Il Foglio reports that the owning Paladino family has put the hotel up for sale, with an asking price of €325 million.
Sources: Official website · Il Foglio, “All the stars at the Plaza Hotel of Rome” (15 August 2026) · Historic Hotels Then and Now, “Grand Hotel Plaza” · Conference Hotel Group, “Grand Hotel Plaza” · Official website – History. Text rewritten and translated by Grand Hotels of the World.
