Grand Hotel Plaza Rome is a 10-minute walk from the Spanish Steps and designer shopping on the Via Condotti and approximately 15 miles from Rome Fiumicino Airport. The former royal convent became a hotel in 1860 and has hosted popes, princesses, and ambassadors ever since. It sits half a mile from the Pantheon, a mile from Trevi Fountain and Piazza Navona, and two miles from Capitoline Hill and Museums, the Vatican, the Roman Forum, and the Colisseum. <P> Hotel amenities include the mahogany-paneled bar, frescoed breakfast room, and ornate Salone delle Feste's antique furniture, gilt mirrors, marble-topped tables, and chandeliers. Lemon Terrace has panoramic views over the Via Condotti. The hotel also offers room service, concierge assistance, eight conference rooms, business center, dry cleaning, babysitting, currency exchange, and 24-hour front desk service. <P> All rooms are individually furnished and feature high ceilings, windows that open, complimentary bottled water, Art Deco bedsteads, Italian linen sheets, oriental rugs, silk-upholstered sofas or armchairs, satellite TV and pay movies, separate sitting areas, minibars, turndown service, safes, and large marble bathrooms with designer toiletries, telephones, and two-person tubs or power shower stalls.