Edward F. Nesta

This grand-dame of Rome hotels, part of the Le Meridien hotel collection has 121 total rooms with 13 suites, 2 studio/Junior Suites and 1 Penthouse.

Hotel Majestic Roma is an intimate, romantic hotel with 81 stunningly appointed rooms and 19 suites. It is old-world opulence at its best with outstanding service.

The Hotel Raphael is a charming 90-room hotel built in 1925, and is located near the Avenue Champs-Elysées, Arc de Triomphe and the Tour Eiffel. This hotel evokes another era with its décor and service.

Shining crystal chandeliers, round tables elegantly draped with white linen tablecloths and accessorized with exotic flower arrangements in red pots and candles in silver candlesticks, sumptuous white fabric swathed floor to ceiling windows and antique mirrors completed the romantic ambience.

Enticing Italian recipes from Executive Chef Gaetano Costa of the Hotel Majestic Roma in Rome, Italy, and from Tuscan Chef Giovanna Decaro of Il Borgo di Villa Bossi-Pucci.

Enticing Italian recipes from Executive Chef Gaetano Costa of the Hotel Majestic Roma in Rome, Italy.

During a trip to Rome in October 2004, Edward F. Nesta and I “discovered” some really outstanding restaurants in Rome, which we added to our repertoire, which we are sure you will want to add to yours.

La Salle à Manger, located at the Hotel Raphael, to add to your Paris restaurant repertoire.

From the time I was a small child, my father always called me his Princess, so when Edward F. Nesta and I were invited to dine at the 10th century castle Sonesta Castello di Santa Maria Novella, I felt right at home.

It is a gorgeous restaurant with green and creamy white walls, architectural prints, with wingback chairs, a woven fabric sofa and zebra print ottoman flanking the fireplace.