31 Might 2023: Rome’s Lodge de Russie opens bookings for its newly renovated presidential suite – the Nijinsky Suite. Set on the sixth and last ground, the suite is designed as a personal rooftop enclave, opening up into an open-air terrace spanning 240m² with a 172m² inside (excluding the non-compulsory connection to the second deluxe room), making it the lodge’s largest suite.

At a look, the suite blends an eclectic mixture of classic Italian items with modern furnishings, exuding a clear but luxurious look. Director of Design, Olga Polizzi, reveals that the refresh was meant to ascertain a “tangible hyperlink between the suite, the constructing and the town of Rome”, the end result of a three-year renovation venture together with the restoration of the lodge’s well-known (and never so secret) Secret Backyard, initially designed in live performance with the lodge by Giuseppe Valadier within the nineteenth century.

The suite pays tribute to Vaslav Nijinsky, esteemed ballet dancer and choreographer in addition to beloved visitor of the lodge. He’s a part of an illustrious listing of historic luminaries who’ve been drawn to the lodge since its opening in 1814, most famously Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau who dubbed the lodge as “paradise on earth”. Lodge de Russie sits proper within the coronary heart of Rome between Piazza del Popolo and the Spanish Steps, on the precipice between previous and new. With every thing nice concerning the everlasting metropolis inside handy attain, the Nijinsky suite presents a novel alternative for digital nomads and holidayers alike to take pleasure in luxurious privateness whereas preserving in rhythm with the heart beat of a busy metropolis. 

The Fading Attract of Luxurious Motels

But, there stays one thing to be stated concerning the disruptions within the hospitality trade over the previous decade. Specifically, the meteoric rise of multi-billion greenback short-term rental platform Airbnb. The corporate’s gorgeous IPO debut at 144.71USD in 2020 stated sufficient of the rising shopper development of staying in “properties” versus motels. Maybe it’s the ever-rising prices of house possession or the arrival of quiet luxurious, however more and more extra travellers are choosing the authenticity of “lived-in” lodging over the overt luxurious of fancy motels. 

There’s certainly a sure sense of consolation in arriving in a overseas land all by your self, quietly making your personal approach right down to a personal residence in an unassuming avenue, unlocking the entrance door with a passcode solely recognized to you — it’s the feeling of residing like an area. Therein lies a core pitfall within the lodge trade. Staying in motels can spotlight the truth that one is merely a customer, a passer-by. In spite of everything, it’s usually the overseas visitor for whom overt hospitality is reserved for. These emotions of alienation push travellers away from motels of which one too many miss the mark in quelling what appears to be an emergent need for homeliness. 

Inside The Nijinsky

It’s maybe this need for belonging that the Nijinsky suite was designed to be the reply to. A form of unique hospitality that removes itself out of your consideration, such that you simply really feel like you’re in your house (besides, in none apart from the gorgeous metropolis of Rome). 

The suite is constructed like an residence with every room linked to the following. The doorway atrium leads immediately into the open examine and the principle hall, appearing because the backbone of the suite. The principle hall enjoys plentiful daylight from the outside terrace on its proper whereas the main bedroom and lounge take pleasure in some privateness on the left, segregated by a tangent hall. 

Inside, the decor is painted in vibrant hues of inexperienced, yellow and brown to match the panoramic view of the neighbouring Villa Borghese from the terrace. The kitchen boasts a complicated nook bar and connects to an open eating space in a position to accommodate an honest sized occasion of round 10 folks, making the suite excellent for internet hosting small gatherings or personal work occasions. The cosy main bedroom comes with an opulent walk-in closet and its personal ensuite toilet wearing marble and fitted with a Turkish bathtub — a refined ode to the Roman bathhouse. 

Exterior, the terrace is furnished with picket chaise lounges and plush sofas round lengthy teak teak tables, allotting each ample cosy corners for visitors to benefit from the Roman sundown in silence, and gathering areas to return collectively for an alfresco meal. The household of regional crops adorning the outside house act like an extension of the Secret Backyard beneath, with the light sounds of the waterfall flowing between the backyard’s three nymphaea floating as much as the suite like music to 1’s ears. Make a fast go to to the backyard and luxuriate in a drink on the linked Stravinskij Bar, a preferred central hangout spot for folks within the metropolis. Visitors may have the posh of really doing because the Romans do, or folks watching in solitude from the consolation of the suite above.

Go to Rome in Consolation and Type

Rome could also be referred to as a energetic, generally frantic place, however the Nijinsky suite gives reprieve in each consolation and magnificence. Visitors can keep near the centre of the town and nonetheless take pleasure in a fast getaway route again to their room, having fun with luxurious with comfort.

A keep on the Nijinsky Suite contains transport each to and from the airport or prepare station, in addition to personalised concierge providers that can assist you navigate the busy streets of Rome. Go for the complementary skilled information (as much as 4 hours for a tour of the town) or go about your journey free and simple. Babysitting providers as much as three hours are additionally obtainable. The Nijinsky Suite begins at  €15,400 per night time, inclusive of VAT and breakfast. For extra particulars on the suite, click on right here.

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