Cardo Roma stands at Viale del Pattinaggio 100 in the EUR business district. It opened in early 2024 with four stars and three hundred and twenty four rooms, fifty seven of them suites. This is the first property from Cardo Hotels, operating under Marriott's Autograph Collection.
It is also the first hotel in this series outside the historic center. EUR lies about eight kilometers south of the middle of Rome, and the nearest metro station is roughly 1.8 kilometers away. That single fact reshapes how every day of a trip runs, so page 2 handles it first. Thirteen pages, about seventeen minutes.
The last page carries a tickable list of twelve things. Most cost nothing, and a few depend on the hour. Tick them slowly. Nothing here needs rushing.
中文版：羅馬 Cardo Roma，EUR 的 324 間房，不在歷史中心 →
01 · The basics
The largest house in this series, and the newest brand
Three hundred and twenty four rooms makes this the largest of the ten hotels covered in this series. The others run to twenty three, thirty three, thirty six, ninety one, one hundred and four, one hundred and six, one hundred and twenty two, and one hundred and fifty seven. A different order of size produces a different logic for the facilities.
| Address | Viale del Pattinaggio 100, 00144 Rome |
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| Opened | Early 2024 |
| Rating | Four stars |
| Rooms | 324, of which 57 are suites. Eight categories across seven guest floors |
| Brand | The first property from Cardo Hotels, within Marriott's Autograph Collection. Cardo Brussels followed later the same year |
| Original architecture | By the Italian architect Lucio Passarelli, extensively renovated since |
| Interiors | Saar Zafrir, a designer based in Amsterdam |
| What stood here before | The sources need setting side by side. This address previously held the Sheraton Roma Hotel and Conference Center, and several booking platforms still use that record's URL and identifier. The opening release describes an extensive renovation without naming a predecessor |
| Languages | English, Italian, French, Spanish and Arabic at a 24 hour desk |
| Metro | Marconi about 1.8 kilometers, Basilica San Paolo about 1.9. Neither is walkable |
| Pets | Accepted |
| Parking | Free self parking, plus a free area shuttle |
| Scores | Between 8.6 and 9.0 across platforms, with one showing 8.8 from over a thousand reviews |
02 · Positioning
Eight kilometers, and a metro you cannot walk to
The nine hotels covered earlier in this series all stand inside the historic center of Rome, within walking distance of the monuments. This one sits in EUR, about eight kilometers south, with the nearest metro station roughly 1.8 kilometers away. Put those two numbers together and the shape of each day changes.
| From the center | About eight kilometers, to the south |
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| Nearest metro | Marconi about 1.8 kilometers, Basilica San Paolo about 1.9. Both need a vehicle or a walk of twenty minutes and more |
| What a guest wrote | One published review puts it plainly: the one drawback is the location, with little to see or explore within walking distance, and a taxi needed to reach nearby shopping centers or attractions |
| What the hotel offers instead | A free area shuttle and free self parking |
| Within walking distance | The EUR central park and its artificial lake, Tre Fontane Stadium, Luneur amusement park, and a shopping center holding over two hundred shops |
| Out of walking range | The Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Spanish Steps and the Vatican. All of these need transport |
| Elsewhere in this series | The three neighbourhood articles do not apply here. They are anchored on Piazza Augusto Imperatore, eight kilometers away |
The itineraries this position actually serves
An itinerary built around the Colosseum, the Pantheon and the Spanish Steps costs two journeys a day from here. Across four days that comes to eight. The price is concrete rather than a matter of feeling.
Three situations make it work instead. Anyone attending a meeting or a trade fair in EUR, anyone driving into Rome who would rather avoid the restricted traffic zone, and anyone treating Rome as a stopover rather than the destination. The hotel's own positioning addresses that group, describing itself as serving business and leisure together rather than sightseeing.
03 · Where the district came from
A quarter built for a fair that never opened
EUR stands for Esposizione Universale Roma, the Rome world's fair. The district was planned for the exposition of 1942 under Marcello Piacentini. War prevented the fair from taking place, and the quarter was finished anyway, following the original drawings.
| The name | Esposizione Universale Roma, shortened to EUR. It forms the ninth municipality of Rome |
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| Origin | Planned for the world's fair of 1942, which the war prevented |
| Lead planner | Marcello Piacentini |
| Central park and lake | Part of the original scheme, with the lake laid out by Piacentini |
| Its role now | The principal business district of Rome, holding government offices, corporate headquarters and exhibition facilities |
| The prehistoric and ethnographic museum | Italy's main institution in that field stands in this quarter |
| Architecture | Rationalist, in white stone, with regular colonnades and large scale axes |
This series has already covered that decade three times
One regime did a great many things in the same span of years. Rome began clearing the blocks around the Mausoleum of Augustus in 1934, the square opened in 1937, and the social security building beside it later became the Bvlgari hotel. During the same stretch, a hotel on the hill carrying a Swiss surname was told to change its name. EUR is the largest and most completely preserved piece of that same building program.
The difference is that the earlier work cut into an existing city while this quarter was drawn from nothing on open ground. Walking into EUR therefore produces a sensation available nowhere else in Rome: everything lines up too well. The Bvlgari and Hassler articles in this series each cover a corner of that period.
04 · The name
A cardo was the north to south street of a Roman town
The brand takes its name from the cardo, the north to south main street in Roman town planning. It crossed the east to west decumanus, and their junction formed the center of the town. The head of the brand describes the cardo as the heart of economic life and a figure for an energetic view of a city.
| cardo | The north to south main street of a Roman town |
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| decumanus | The main street crossing it from east to west. Their junction marked the center |
| The brand's reading | The cardo as the central point of a town's economic life, standing for a lively and energetic idea of a city |
| How the design answers it | An interior palette meant to recall the Roman Empire: olive green, warm terracotta, a grayish off white |
| One coincidence | The streets of EUR were themselves laid out on axes, giving a far more regular plan than the old city |
The name suits the address
Placing the idea of a cardo in EUR holds up. The streets of the old city are the accumulated result of two thousand years and follow no grid, while EUR was drawn on paper in the twentieth century along straight axes. To find somewhere in Rome where the ancient idea of a main street is legible, EUR shows it more clearly than the old city does.
05 · Rooms
Eight categories and fifty seven suites
Fifty seven of the three hundred and twenty four keys are suites, across eight categories spread over seven guest floors. The signature suites run in three tiers, from fifty square meters to a hundred, named POP, FAB and TOP.
| Categories | Eight in total, across seven guest floors |
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| Suites | Fifty seven |
| POP Suite | About 50 square meters |
| FAB Suite | About 75 square meters |
| TOP Suite | About 100 square meters, the highest tier |
| Deluxe Room | One king bed with a sofa bed, sleeping three. Platforms list soundproofing, a garden view and connecting rooms |
| Classic Room | A twin bedded category also appears |
| Common to all | Premium bedding, a pillow menu, hypoallergenic bedding, air conditioning, a refrigerator, a flat screen television and a safe |
| Bathrooms | Fitted with bidets, and either a tub or a shower depending on the category |
| Families | Free cots, connecting rooms, and in room childcare for a surcharge |
| Wi-Fi | Free, listed at 25 Mbps and above |
| Sustainability | Recycling and LED lighting in the rooms |
Choosing inside a house of three hundred rooms
At this scale the differences between categories usually exceed the differences between rooms in one category. Decide on a suite first, then on the floor and the orientation. With seven guest floors and a pool below, a high floor and a pool facing room are two different summers.
- Two peopleA Deluxe is enough. The public facilities here reward time more than the rooms do.
- With childrenAsk about connecting categories and the free cots. Family provision here runs fuller than at a small house.
- In summerAsk for a pool facing room, which holds the best outlook in the building.
- Attending a meetingAsk which floor the event space occupies and how far your room sits from it.
06 · In the room
Olive green, terracotta, Taschen and a scent
The interiors came from Saar Zafrir in Amsterdam, drawn from antiquity, in olive green, warm terracotta and a grayish off white. The rooms also hold several things that rarely appear at four stars.
| Palette | Olive green, warm terracotta, grayish off white. The designer describes it as recalling the Roman Empire |
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| Entry | Keyless |
| Tablet | A tablet in the room acting as a digital concierge |
| Books | Coffee table books from Taschen |
| Fragrance | A bespoke room scent called Muro |
| Pillows | A pillow menu |
| Also | Hypoallergenic bedding, an iron and board, daily housekeeping |
What that selection says about the guest
Taschen photography books, a bespoke fragrance and a tablet concierge point at a design minded business traveler rather than a family holiday or a coach tour. The hotel's published positioning says the same, describing itself as serving work and leisure at once. That specification at a four star rate is among the main things this house is selling.
07 · Water
The first pool in this series you can actually swim in
None of the nine hotels covered earlier holds a pool for swimming, at most a plunge or hydro pool inside a spa circuit. This one has a seasonal outdoor pool with a poolside bar, and the cabanas, loungers and umbrellas carry no charge.
| Pool | Seasonal, outdoors. Cabanas, sun loungers and umbrellas are free, with a poolside bar |
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| Fencing | The pool area is fenced |
| Spa | Full service, with a massage room |
| Thermal | Sauna, steam room and a hot tub |
| Gym | Open 24 hours, with fitness and yoga classes |
| Sunbathing | A dedicated area |
| To confirm first | One guest review notes that spa and pool services carried an additional charge. Establish at check in which parts are included and which are not |
A pool changes how the hotel gets used
Hotels in the historic center have no ground to build a pool on, so the daytime there always runs outward. This house has water, lawn and free loungers, which makes it possible to stay in all day. On a trip with children, that may outweigh the eight kilometers from page 2.
- In summerGive an afternoon to the pool, which none of the central houses can offer.
- At check inEstablish which spa and pool services cost extra.
- Early morningThe gym never closes, which suits anyone woken by the time difference.
08 · Dining
A restaurant over the pool, and a class in making pasta
Vertici is the signature restaurant, cooking Italian food with the dining room looking onto the pool, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. It also runs pasta making classes and events hosted by the chef. Vertici Bar sits alongside it.
| Vertici Restaurant | Italian cooking at breakfast, lunch and dinner, with seating over the pool |
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| Classes | Pasta making classes, along with chef hosted events |
| Vertici Bar | Cocktails with small plates and light bites |
| Also | A poolside bar, a lobby bar, a cafe and a 24 hour bar |
| Breakfast | Buffet, charged separately. Guest reviews describe a wide selection |
| Guest reviews | One review records the restaurant's service and cooking as exceeding expectations |
| Worth remembering | As page 2 sets out, dining options within walking distance are limited. Dinner will mostly happen in house |
09 · A second identity
Three thousand one hundred square meters
The event space here runs to 3,100 square meters, which the hotel describes as among the largest in Rome. It stands as one of the principal reasons for choosing EUR, since EUR is the business and exhibition core of the city.
| Total area | About 3,100 square meters |
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| Rooms | Fourteen meeting rooms plus a reception hall |
| Layout | Modular, with every room reconfigurable |
| Equipment | Current audiovisual technology throughout |
| Uses | Corporate meetings, workshops, product launches, banquets |
| For a leisure guest | During a large event, the breakfast room, the lifts and the pool all carry noticeably more traffic |
| Within this series | The conference center at FH55 Grand Hotel Palatino takes 332 people. This is another order of scale |
One question before booking
Three thousand one hundred square meters means several events may run at once. If your dates coincide with a large exhibition or a corporate conference, the pool, the breakfast room and the lifts will all be busier than usual. Asking about the calendar when booking settles it.
10 · Getting about
Parking costs nothing, and so does the shuttle
Self parking is free and a free area shuttle operates alongside it. Set inside this series that carries weight: Casa Monti in the center charges seventy euros a night for valet parking, and EUR falls entirely outside the restricted traffic zone.
| Parking | Free self parking |
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| Shuttle | A free area shuttle |
| ZTL | EUR lies outside the restricted traffic zone of the historic center, so no permit question arises |
| Within this series | Casa Monti charges 70 euros a night for valet parking; FH55 Palatino sits outside the ZTL with parking charged separately; all five Tridente houses sit inside the ZTL |
| Metro | Marconi about 1.8 kilometers, Basilica San Paolo about 1.9 |
| Also | Taxi booking, station transfers, luggage storage |
| Airport | EUR lies between the center and Fiumicino, so the airport run is shorter than from the historic center |
The arithmetic differs entirely for anyone driving
Across four nights the central house costs two hundred and eighty euros in parking and this one costs nothing, with no permit question and no need to return the car for three days in Rome. On an Italian driving holiday this line alone offsets part of the positional disadvantage.
The airport gives a second practical gain. EUR sits on the road from the center to Fiumicino, so an early flight requires no crossing of Rome.
- DrivingParking here costs less than at any house in the series, so bring the car.
- Heading into townAsk about the shuttle route and timetable before deciding whether to call a taxi.
- Early flightFiumicino is closer from here than from the historic center.
11 · Booking
Three Marriott houses, three different answers
This series now covers three Rome hotels inside the Marriott system, and their answers on points diverge completely. This one gives the most straightforward: Autograph Collection is a Marriott Bonvoy brand, so earning and redemption both apply.
| This house | Autograph Collection, a Marriott Bonvoy brand where points can be earned and redeemed |
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| Bvlgari Hotel Roma | The only Marriott brand outside Bonvoy. No points, and an entirely different booking logic. See page 10 of that article |
| Elizabeth Unique | A Design Hotels member inside the Marriott system, where most properties do participate. Confirm the actual terms |
| Rating | Four stars. Autograph Collection members vary in rating, and this one holds four |
| Advisor bookings | 85 |
| Advisor score | 5.0 across 11 reviews |
| Indicative rate | One comparison platform has shown rooms from about 138 dollars a night. Rates move, and this shows the order |
| Breakfast | Charged separately and not included in the base rate. Bonvoy status may affect this, so confirm |
| Rome city tax | The four star rate differs from the five star one, settled at checkout |
| Not established | No complete advisor platform benefit list was obtained for this article, so none appears here |
Points change the arithmetic used in the earlier articles
The independent houses covered earlier carry no points, so judgement there rests on advisor benefits and reputation alone. This one adds a variable. Anyone already collecting Marriott points, or holding nights to redeem, may find the real cost well below the face figure.
The reverse also needs counting. Breakfast charged separately is a mark against a house that includes it. Bonvoy status can cover that, though it depends on your tier rather than applying to everyone.
- Collecting Marriott pointsRun the redemption numbers first. The base rate here is the lowest in the series.
- On breakfastThe base rate excludes it, so establish what your tier covers.
- BudgetingAdd the four star city tax, which differs from the five star rate.
12 · Around it
What this quarter does hold
Page 2 covered what lies out of reach. This one covers what does not. EUR has public space of its own, laid out at a far larger scale than the old city, which suits an unhurried afternoon.
| EUR central park and lake | Part of the original 1942 scheme, with the lake laid out by Piacentini. Boats can be hired |
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| Shopping center | A multi story contemporary mall with over two hundred shops, restaurants and a hypermarket |
| Luneur Park | An amusement park, useful with children |
| Tre Fontane Stadium | Beside the hotel |
| Prehistoric and ethnographic museum | Italy's main institution in that field |
| Trastevere | The old quarter across the Tiber, south of the Vatican, dense with restaurants and bars. It needs transport |
| Needing transport | The Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Spanish Steps, the Vatican, and everything covered in the other nine articles in this series |
EUR asks to be looked at differently
Approaching EUR the way one approaches the old city leads to disappointment, since there are no lanes here, no accidents, and no two thousand years of accumulation. It was drawn in one go, and drawn very large. Reading it as a work of twentieth century town planning makes far more sense than reading it as a sightseeing quarter.
13 · Routing and conclusion
How to spend a day, and who this one is for
This house gets used differently from the nine before it, because the daytime can happen on the property. Two things need handling ahead: the event calendar, and which spa and pool services carry a charge.
- When bookingAsk about the event calendar and confirm whether breakfast is included.
- At check inAsk for the shuttle route and timetable, and where the charges begin at the pool and spa.
- MorningTake the shuttle or a taxi into town. This happens every day.
- Back in the afternoonThe loungers and cabanas cost nothing, which no central house can offer.
- Early eveningWalk to the lake in the central park, or along a street to look at the colonnades.
- DinnerMostly at Vertici. Options within walking distance are limited.
- To make somethingBook the pasta class, asking in advance about dates.
- Early flight next dayFiumicino is closer from here than from the historic center.
Suits
- Anyone attending a meeting or a fair in EUR. This is the use the position was built for
- Anyone driving. Parking is free and the restricted traffic zone never applies
- Anyone collecting Marriott points. This house earns and redeems, and its base rate is the lowest in the series
- Families, with a pool, an amusement park, free cots and connecting rooms
- Anyone on an early flight, since the airport is closer from here
- Anyone treating Rome as a stopover rather than going into town daily
Does not suit
- Anyone whose trip centers on the Colosseum, the Pantheon and the Spanish Steps. That costs two journeys a day
- Anyone who wants something to see on stepping outside. Options nearby are limited, as guest reviews record
- Anyone relying on the metro. The nearest station is close to two kilometers away
- Anyone who wants the narrative of an old building. This is a renovated modern block
- Anyone who treats included breakfast as a baseline. It is charged separately here
- Anyone whose dates fall on a large event and who would rather avoid crowds
This is the first house in the series outside the historic center, and it is also the largest, the lowest priced, the only one with a pool and the only one where parking costs nothing. Every strength and every weakness follows from a single decision, which was to build in EUR. Whether to stay here comes down to which half of Rome your trip belongs to.
This article is written prospectively, describing what you will encounter. Facilities, categories, hours and costs are compiled from hotel and brand material, the opening press release, booking platform category and facility data, and published guest reviews. I have not stayed at this property, and nothing here is presented as first hand experience. This address previously held the Sheraton Roma Hotel and Conference Center, and several booking platforms still use that record's URL and identifier, while the opening release describes an extensive renovation without naming a predecessor. Both appear above. Which spa and pool services are included, whether breakfast is covered, and the scope of Bonvoy status benefits all need confirming at booking or check in. No complete advisor platform benefit list was obtained, so page 11 carries none. Rates, the city tax figure, shuttle routes and the event calendar all follow the currently published terms.