Villa Agrippina Gran Meliá

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Emperor Nero's mother once had a villa on this site, later a convent, before it became this hotel on the edge of Trastevere, steps from the Vatican. Forbes counts four stars. A 1920s-style pool and cabana garden give it the feel of a private enclave, and Renaissance and Baroque paintings hang reinterpreted against contemporary furniture throughout the public rooms.