With Zaha Hadid on design, Alain Ducasse in the kitchen and a seemingly limitless budget, what could possibly go wrong?
The stuccoed facade of an old palazzo at the top of Via di Ripetta is unassuming by Roman standards. Sure, there’s a handsome stone portico and nicely restored window shutters, but nobody strolling south from the nearby Piazza del Popolo, with its remarkable twin domed basilicas, would have given number 246 a second glance. They might now, at least if they were to peek inside.
I’m told the wood’s marine topcoat was applied to protect Romeo’s investment . But the high gloss adds to the overall, slightly claustrophobic feeling of entering a sheikh’s superyacht. Those sculptural fireplaces are all fake, meanwhile, and have been equipped with remote controlled fake fires with fake logs and a tinny, crackling sound effect. They seem irredeemably naff.
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