Spring Equinox 2026 / Exclusive Rome Guide / A Roman Legacy: Villa Spalletti Trivelli’s Family Guide To The Eternal City / By Tricia Welsh

From a noble villa in the Quirinale district, sixth-generation hotelier Andrea Spalletti Trivelli shares his four-day insider’s journey through Rome

Sixth-generation Roman hotelier Andrea Spalletti Trivelli takes quiet pride in his noble heritage and the transformation of his ancestral home into a refined Roman retreat. Born and raised in Villa Spalletti Trivelli – a stately 1901 residence in the Quirinale district, Andrea recalls pony rides in the garden and earning €5 an hour as a delivery boy when the villa first opened to guests.

Once home to royalty and intellectuals, including Queen Marguerite’s Lady-in-Waiting and visitors like the Nobel Prize–winning Bengali poet and philosopher, Rabindranath Tagore, the villa has been lovingly restored into a boutique hotel.

With just 12 elegant suites, Italian gardens, rooftop hot tubs, a Jacuzzi pool, spa and historic salons filled with Flemish tapestries, Persian rugs, antique prints and family photos, it retains its aristocratic charm. Additional suites and apartments are located in the adjacent building.

Andrea now runs the hotel alongside his sister, Raimonda, while their parents manage the family winery in Umbria.

A stay here is less a hotel visit and more a glimpse into a living Roman legacy. I persuaded Andrea to give me his top recommendations for how to spend four days in his beloved Rome.