The Hotel Imperiale is an impressive five floor hotel with a nineteenth century style faτade, located in downtown Rome on Via Vittorio Veneto; it is just 300 metres from both the Spanish Steps and the Trevi Fountain. All 96 air conditioned rooms have wood floors, red and gold décor with wooden furniture, and are equipped with minibars, cable television and dial up Internet access. Marble and mosaic bathrooms provide hair dryers, bathrobes, telephones, and hydromassage tubs or showers.

The hotel restaurant is a 19th century styled dining room and guests also have the option of being seated in the air conditioned glass house located directly on the Via Veneto. The hotel has two well equipped meeting rooms capable of holding up to 70 delegates.

Parking is available for those arriving by car; alternatively the hotel can arrange airport transportation. Multilingual staff at the 24-hour front desk are also on hand to provide tour assistance. Art lovers should take a short 500 metre walk to the Palazzo Barberini where they will find the works of classical painters Raphael and Caravaggio among others. Villa Borghese, just 300 metres away, is well worth a visit for a stroll in the tranquillity of its gardens.

The hotel is approximately 35 kilometres or a forty minute drive from Rome Fiumicino Airport. There is an express train service every 30 minutes to Rome's Termini train station (journey time 30 minutes). A single ticket costs around Ç10.

Taxis are readily available at the airport, but take a licensed metered taxi only.

An airport surcharge is payable. A taxi to the city centre will cost Ç50 60.