Edgy Italian design
Palazzo Ripetta is a 17th-century complex that has gone from “convent to Art-Deco icon”, says Maresa Manara for Condé Nast Traveller. Now, it is one of the few remaining independent five-star hotels in Rome, embodying the “kind of edgy elegance” for which Italian design is famous. It’s a “big visual treat” from the moment you enter the lobby, “with meticulously restored artefacts” and contemporary art on the