Aldrovandi Villa Borghese is a luxury 5-star hotel at the edge of

Villa Borghese Villa Borghese is a landscape garden in Rome, containing a number of buildings, museums (see Galleria Borghese) and attractions. It is the third-largest public park in Rome (80 hectares or 197.7 acres), after the ones of the Villa Doria Pamphil ...

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, Italy. A member of

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. It is also adjacent to Bioparco, a zoological garden located on part of the original Villa Borghese estate.

History

Prior to becoming a hotel, this late 19th century Umbertine palace hosted the ''Istituto Cabrini'', a prestigious young ladies' college operated by the Sœurs missionnaires du Sacré-Cœur, and attended by pupils mainly from the aristocracy. The hotel name is a combination of the street name Via Ulisse Aldrovandi - in honour of the Italian naturalist

Ulisse Aldrovandi Ulisse Aldrovandi (11 September 1522 – 4 May 1605) was an Italian naturalist, the moving force behind Bologna's botanical garden, one of the first in Europe. Carl Linnaeus and the comte de Buffon reckoned him the father of natural history stud ...

- and the name of the adjacent

Villa Borghese gardens Villa Borghese is a landscape garden in Rome, containing a number of buildings, museums (see Galleria Borghese) and attractions. It is the third-largest public park in Rome (80 hectares or 197.7 acres), after the ones of the Villa Doria Pamphi ...

. Aldrovandi Villa Borghese is a family-owned property. Before becoming general manager of the hotel,

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was director of sales and marketing and its executive director.

Features

The hotel has 92 rooms and 16 suites, two restaurants, two bars, an outdoor swimming pool, private gardens, nine meeting rooms and banqueting facilities. In 2011, the

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awarded two Michelin stars to its restaurant ''Oliver Glowig''. In 2014, Aldrovandi Villa Borghese opened a brand new spa in collaboration with the high-end cosmetics brand La Mer.

Gallery

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References

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