For a long time there were only two ways to Rome: Via the golden baroque hotels with their outrageous interior design or via the avant-garde hotels with their hysterical modernism, which seems to cater more to museum rooms than to living creatures. The gap between both philosophies was filled by the Hotel Capo D’Africa: It is service-oriented without being overbearing, modern without seeming sterile, and it has a long history. What else is new in Rome?

The former schoolhouse is not the severe type: Bright colours, bright wood and very spacious rooms easily make you forget the times when exams still took place in those same rooms. Those with some nostalgia for the cane can hire a personal trainer at the fitness center. You can easily catch up with the lost calories in the rooftop restaurant, which offers great food, a beautiful view and lots of calm near the collosseum.

The Capo D’Africa is surely less spectacular than other hotels, and it isn’t high art. Yet for those who seek the golden mean it means they have hit home. Doubles starting at 189,- Euro per night.

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