Hotels Near the Colosseum

Looking for hotels near the Colosseum? 

This ancient Roman monument is just one part of a large archeological park that also includes the Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, Capitoline Hill, and the via dei Fori Imperiali.

The neighborhoods that surround this area we call “Ancient Rome” encompass a huge swath of land, and as they are spread out in different directions, they each have very distinct characteristics.

Hotels near the Colosseum - 3 different areas to choose from

On this page, we’ll give you suggestions for places to stay in the main three areas that surround the Colosseum and Ancient Rome:

• Celio
• Monti
• Ripa

Hotels near the Colosseum – Celio

Celio (Caelian Hill) is one of the Seven Hills of Ancient Rome.

It's one of the most sheltered from the traffic that swirls on its edges, and is less densely populated than the other six.

At dawn of the 90s, the area began to flourish with restaurants, pizzerias, and cooking workshops. 

Celio area offers restaurants for all tastes: traditional, slow-food, innovative, revisited Roman cuisine, and gourmet pizzerias.

There is a convenient Metro stop nearby (Colosseo), and you really will be just a stone’s throw from the Colosseum.

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Our suggestions for hotels near the Colosseum in the Celio neighborhood include:

• Hotel Palazzo Manfredi – Relais & Chateaux 5* luxury hotel
• Mercure 4* hotel
• Capo d´Africa 4* hotel
• Hotel Lancelot 3* hotel - a great option for those in a wheelchair 
• Colosseum Palace Star guesthouse
• Top Floor Colosseo Guesthouse
• La finestra sul Colosseo B&B
• Li Rioni Bed & Breakfast B&B

Hotels near the Colosseum – Monti

Rione Monti (the first designated neighborhood in Ancient Rome) is located at the fringes of the Roman Forum and the Esquiline Hill on one side and the slopes of the Viminal and Quirinal hills on the other.

This vast area was familiar among the ancient Romans as Sub-Urbe or Suburra.

On the lower part of this neighborhood, today closest to the Colosseum, there were many working-class structures (insulae), where a large number of plebeian families lived in miserable overcrowded conditions.

Overlooking luxurious houses owned by wealthy patrician families and senators, the slums of Suburra hosted the most infamous brothels and the most salubrious taverns and inns.

The area was the most typical of Ancient Roman daily life among the masses: dirty and dangerous. 

Over the centuries, the ruins of the Suburra were replaced by buildings of various kinds: from towers to mansions to small noble palaces.

Only since the second half of the last century, Monti neighborhood slowly began its rebirth. 

Rione Monti stretches across parts of several of Rome’s seven hills as described above.

But the neighborhood most people consider Monti today is just a small portion of the actual rione. 

The Monti people want to live, stay, eat, and shop in today is pretty much where Suburra was in Ancient Rome.

Which puts it just behind the Colosseum and via dei Fori Imperiali.

This pearl of antiquity attracts crowds of tourists, for its location, for the renowned Roman-Cuisine trattorie, wine bars, exclusive shopping, and a mecca for high-end vintage clothes enthusiasts.

Because this is one of the most popular neighborhoods to stay in in Rome, it’s choc-a-block with accommodation from luxury hotels to cozy B&Bs.

So we have quite a few suggestions for hotels near the Colosseum in the Monti neighborhood:

• Villa Spalletti Trivelli - Small Luxury Hotels of the World – In Rione Monti but part of Quirinal Hill and a little removed from the quainter part of Monti.
• NH Collection Roma Fori Imperiali 5* hotel
• The Fifteen Keys Hotel 4* hotel
• The K Boutique 4* hotel (maybe)
• Condominio Monti 3* hotel
• Nerva Boutique Hotel
• The inn at The Roman Forum 
• Aenea Superior Inn B&B
• Made in Rome B&B – probably the best rooftop terrace of any B&B in Rome
• Glance in Rome Guesthouse – slightly away from the main streets of Monti but closer to the historic center of Rome and sites like the Trevi Fountain
• Domus Real Cardello Guesthouse
• Residence Argileto Guesthouse
• Residenza Maritti Guesthouse 

Hotels near the Colosseum – Ripa - Palatine/Aventine Hills

In an area nestled between the Aventine Hill, the Murcia Valley (Circus Maximus), and the Tiber Island, and the foot of the Palatine Hill lies a rione called Ripa.

During the age of the Emperor Augustus, this densely populated area was so jam-packed, there was no space for public buildings.

Sometime in the 18th century this community began a slow urbanization.

Small villas, a unique building type in Rome’s center for that era, sprang up.

Promenading along its streets and avenues, you will have an opportunity to get to know one of the most elegant patterns of residential architecture of the city, developed literally on the remains of the Roman Domus where wealthy patricians have been replaced over time by renowned statesmen of the era of the war of independence, officers of the fascist regime, avant-garde entrepreneurs of the 50s, and most recently film and sports celebrities.

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A few ideas for where to stay near the Colosseum in the Ripa rione include:

Hotels near the Colosseum in the Ripa rione on the Palatine Hill:

• Kolbe Hotel Rome 4 * hotel
• 47 Boutique Hotel 4* hotel
• The Rooms of Rome - Palazzo Rhinoceros | Designed by Jean Nouvel 
• Foro Romano Luxury Suites
• Boscolo Circo Massimo Luxury Rooms

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Hotels near the Colosseum in the Ripa rione on the Aventine Hill:

• Hotel San Anselmo 4* hotel
• Hotel Villa San Pio 3* hotel
• Fauno Urban Resort
• Pepoli9 Design Suites Rome guesthouse
• Circo Massimo guesthouse
• Vecchia Roma Resort B&B