Minutes from the Vatica, the Colosseum and Circus Maxims stands the Ripa Hotel. Just 15 kilometers from the Airport, the hotel is the 1999 holder to the title Design Hotel awarded by Design Lebens Art Group in Berlin. The hotel's innovative style, both rational and existential encompasses the hotel's modern concept of hospitality; the complete relaxation of the guest. Situated among historical monuments, shops, restaurants, theaters and parks, the Ripa Hotel boasts a strategic position in Rome's oldest and most colorful quarter Trastevere. Hotel Ripa strives to stand apart. The hotel has always chosen to make a cultural and artistic statement about itself, daring to use a modern minimalistic style in a city that has made "classical" its trademark. Hotel recently completely renovated. The renovation, however maintained the contemporary modus vivendi: simple, linear and utterly essential comfort. The result was the original interior, breathtaking simplicity that provides an atmosphere of functional luxury in one of Rome's most historical and suggestive district. Ripa Hotel has 170 suites fully equipped with living room, bedroom and bathroom with tub, centralized air conditioning and heating.