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Piazza della Repubblica follows the curve of the Diocletian Baths, and the Anantara Palazzo Naiadi occupies the marble palace built along that curve in the 19th century. This is the base of the Concorso Roma, with the showfield a short distance north at Casina Valadier and Piazza Bucarest in the gardens of Villa Borghese, overlooking the city. It was the first concours d'elegance held in Rome in six decades when it debuted in 2026.
The second edition runs April 1 to 4, 2027, confirmed after a debut that settled any doubts about whether Rome needed another luxury car event. Eligibility remains limited to Italian marques, from pre-war machinery to modern hypercars, with entries drawn from collections worldwide. The 2026 field of over 70 cars was topped by the 1932 Maserati V4 Sport Zagato, one of only two 16-cylinder V4s ever built and a former world speed record holder, shown in Rome for the first time in 90 years.
The programme follows the established format: a welcome reception on the hotel rooftop, the Giro d'Anantara grand tour through the city streets on Friday, judging on Saturday and the awards on Sunday. Day passes gave the public access to the showfield in 2026 and are expected to return, though 2027 ticketing had not opened at the time of writing. The positioning is unapologetically closer to Villa d'Este than to a public motor show, and the entry list justifies it.
Driving into central Rome is its own concours of patience, so approach from the north instead: leave the A1 at Orvieto and take the SR2 Cassia south past Lago di Bolsena, through Viterbo and along the shore of Lago di Bracciano before dropping into the city. The Cassia is one of the old consular roads, and arriving in Rome the way traffic has arrived for two thousand years feels appropriate for the occasion.
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