Most of you know that come 7 o’clock, a cocktail is what I’m thinking about. Sometimes a perfect martini will do, sipped while I make dinner. But while on vacation, or up in Todi, the cocktails usually come with the perfect garnish: a view. One definitely improves the other.
And while I live in Rome, and often take the city for granted, I realize that most of world comes here for vacation. And so are probably expecting views with their Negronis.
A few weeks ago I met some visiting New Yorkers for what has got to be one of the most elegantly Roman drink/view combos in town: the rooftop of the Grand Hotel della Minerva. Located smack next to the Pantheon, the hotel bar takes up the best corner of their terrace.
Get there by 7 and settle in for the spectacle of a Roman sunset. As the light changes, the blue sky starts to turn pink, the already glowing roof tiles seem to catch on fire and the Pantheon’s dome hovers against a city scape that is right out of a Zeffirelli opera production. Elephants and all.
Minerva Roof Garden
Grand Hotel della Minerva
Piazza della Minerva 69
+39.06.695201
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Veni, vidi, bevi. I adore this place. Thank you for the reminder.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite views in Rome!
ReplyDeleteA spritz makes it that much better.
Before renting an apartment in Rome we used to stay at the Santa Chiara, in a balcony room where I would sit in the morning and watch the sun rising over the Minerva Terrace.
ReplyDeleteMaybe this time I will go over and get that negroni with a view.
And a cocktail to match the sunset! We've stayed at the Albergo del Senato, which also has a lovely roof bar + view, but the Minerva looks even more spectacular!
ReplyDeleteOh, but this is my kind of post, but you already knew that. Thank you for the simply wonderful view. While I sit on my patio, I will make believe.
ReplyDeleteSigh, I have never done a roof top bar in Rome, for shame! Next time for sure.
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