HOTEL EDEN, ROME Hotel Eden celebrated its 130th birthday in 2019. The building was constructed around 1887, as a series of elegant residential apartments, and was designed by the prominent Italian architect Francesco Settimi, who was involved in much of the influential building in Rome around this time. When hotelier Francesco Nistelweck set eyes on the apartment building, he was immediately inspired to transform it into a luxury hotel, convinced that the popularity of the new railway would guarantee him plenty of guests. Generations of Nistelweck’s family owned and ran the hotel for almost a century. When Hotel Eden opened on October 10, 1889, it was the first hotel in Rome to feature a lift, electricity, heating and running water. It became an instant success and a firm favourite with guests touring Europe. The hotel was a favourite of prolific director Federico Fellini, who directed La Dolce Vita. Fellini, a Roman by adoption, always chose the hotel’s legendary rooftop for his interviews.
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