Where to actually take her in Rome

Rome lets you spread an evening across Monti, the centre and Trastevere without it becoming ridiculous: these are walking distances. What you want to avoid is the front desk that asks questions at midnight and the place where you have to shout. A hotel in the centre with a 24-hour desk solves both, and solves a third thing: there is a camera and somebody awake at the entrance.

Hotels that do not make it awkward

The single most common way an evening goes wrong in Rome is the front desk. Some houses charge a visitor fee, some ask for her passport, some simply do not allow a second person in the room after midnight. The houses below are the ones worth booking in this city - and because policies change with the season and the manager, the one question worth asking at reservation is whether a registered guest may come up to the room.

• Hotel de Russie Centro Storicodiscreet entrance, front desk asks nothing · quiet enough to talk · hotel bar - she can arrive without crossing a lobby
• J.K. Place Roma Centro Storicoquiet enough to talk · proper suites, not a box with a bed · discreet entrance, front desk asks nothing
• Palazzo Manfredi Colosseoa view worth the first ten minutes · proper suites, not a box with a bed · hotel bar - she can arrive without crossing a lobby
• Singer Palace Hotel Centro Storicowalkable to everything · a view worth the first ten minutes · staffed 24h, late check-in is normal
• Hotel Locarno Flaminioquiet enough to talk · hotel bar - she can arrive without crossing a lobby · no dress code drama

Bars for the first drink

Forty minutes in a bar before anything else is not a formality - it is how two adults find out whether the evening is worth having. Pick somewhere you can hear each other.

• Drink Kong Montiserious cocktails, no queue at the bar · open late · no dress code drama
• Stravinskij Bar Centro Storicohotel bar - she can arrive without crossing a lobby · quiet enough to talk · discreet entrance, front desk asks nothing
• Il Marchese Centro Storicoserious cocktails, no queue at the bar · busy and loud after midnight
• Court Colosseoa view worth the first ten minutes · serious cocktails, no queue at the bar · dress properly or you will feel it
• Argot Centro Storicoquiet enough to talk · serious cocktails, no queue at the bar · open late

The areas, honestly

Every city has a district everyone names and a district where things actually happen. In Rome they are not always the same place.

• Centro Storico Romawalkable to everything · tourist-priced, watch the bill
• Monti Romathe nightlife spine of the city · walkable to everything
• Trastevere Romathe nightlife spine of the city · busy and loud after midnight · open late
• Via Salaria Roma nordstreet scene, not a venue · busy and loud after midnight

Three things that cost nothing

• Be where you said you would be, at the time you said it. Punctuality reads as respect, and it is the cheapest respect there is.
• Settle the practical part at the start, once, and never bring it up again.
• Book the room in your own name and go up first. Never ask her to check in for you.

Everyone listed on Red Light District Rome is an independent companion with a verified identity and a verified face. Where you take her is still your call - this page is only so you do not have to guess.