Hotel de Russie, a Rocco Forte Hotel

What the classifiers highlight

Picasso, Stravinsky and Cocteau all stayed at this 1818 palazzo, whose plain façade hides a 30,000-square-foot terraced garden designed by Giuseppe Valadier, Le Jardin de Russie. A 2000 renovation gave it the sleek look that made it Rome's top address again. The Stravinskij Bar mixes a French mojito with champagne, and Sunday brunch draws Romans as much as guests.