Il Palazzetto

Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale


Enjoy fine views of the Spanish Steps over an expertly shaken cocktail at this terrace bar. Ride the lift up from the discreet entrance on narrow Vicolo del Bottino or look for stairs leading to the bar from the top of the steps. Given everything is alfresco, the bar is only open in warm, dry weather.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale attractions

2. Fontana della Barcaccia

0.03 MILES

This 1627 fountain of a sinking boat is believed to be by Pietro Bernini, father of the more famous Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It was supposedly modelled on a…

3. Keats-Shelley House

0.04 MILES

This house next to the Spanish Steps is where English poet John Keats died of tuberculosis aged only 25. Its bookshelf-lined rooms, practically unchanged…

4. Chiesa della Trinità dei Monti

0.04 MILES

Sitting in majesty above the Spanish Steps, this landmark church was commissioned by King Louis XII of France and consecrated in 1585. Apart from the…

5. Via dei Condotti

0.11 MILES

High-rolling shoppers and window-dreamers take note: this is Rome’s smartest shopping strip. At the eastern end, near Piazza di Spagna, Caffè Greco was a…

6. Villa Medici

0.14 MILES

Built for Cardinal Ricci da Montepulciano in 1540, this sumptuous Renaissance palace was purchased by Ferdinando de' Medici in 1576 and remained in Medici…

7. Via Margutta

0.22 MILES

Visit the antique shops, commercial art galleries and artisanal boutiques of Via Margutta, one of Rome's prettiest pedestrian cobbled lanes.

8. Galleria d'Arte Moderna

0.22 MILES

This gallery housed in an 18th-century Carmelite convent has a collection of art and sculpture from the 20th century that includes works by Italian…