Rome stay in November

Sofitel Rome Villa Borghese?

Can’t help with the hotels except suggest to use bookings.com and sort for five star hotels. For location, look for something close to the Pantheon.

For things to do, look at the Borghese Gallery and the Pantheon.

The Borghese is an art museum filled with masterpieces (Caravaggio, Raphael, Bernini) and the building itself is a masterpiece. It’s relatively small, so if you have just a passing interest in beautiful art, you can be in and out in an hour. You have to book a two-hour window but can leave earlier if you want.

The Pantheon is a 2000 year old Roman temple that is now a church and is the best preserved ancient Roman building. it’s beautiful inside and could take you 15 minutes.

Both of them are low commitment / high reward attractions.

i would like to suggest Hotel Smeraldo, ideal location for walking. They have a nice rooftop bar, exceptional service & clean rooms. There's one room on the second floor with a hallway down to a closet with a day bed you can use for the kid. That would give you some space. I seem to recall it's a 'superior comfort', this isn't a chain hotel so not high end. You can email the hotel to ask about this room specifically. But their rooms aren't large, if that's a problem. We sat outside at Christmas time on their terrace, November might be fine. If your wife enjoys Baroque churches, you could easily spend part of each day with some glorious art. There's a very nice restaurant above the main fountain in Piazza Navona overlooking the square, but I don't recall the name.

Boccano, near Trevi Fountain, was our favorite restaurant on our last visit. Open all day, not inexpensive but delightful service and wonderful food. Enjoy!

The Hotel Smelda is in an excellent location for exploring grear historic neighborhoods. Many good dining and transit options nearby.

A nice aspect of the Borghese Gallery, in addition to the exceptional sculptures, paintings, micro mosaics, and the cool old mansion itself, is that it limits how many visitors are admitted at a time (so it’s never going to be excessively crowded), and those visitors are also limited to two hours, so it’s hard to stay beyond the patience limit (if there is one) of a Birthday Girl or her own girl. If you happen to be visiting the Borghese Gallery and/or staying nearby, the Rome Zoo (Bioparco di Roma) is in the same Borghese Gardens park, a fairly short distance from the Gallery. They share the same pathway in the park, with the Zoo down that pathway to the left, if you’re facing the Gallery. Maybe a nice family outing, that’s not tied to Ancient Roman history.

The last time we visited the Borghese Gallery (but not the Zoo) was on a weekend during September, and lots of parents with kids were cycling along that pathway in multi-person pedal contraptions, two, three or four-wheeled bikes. Lots of laughing and not necessarily great control of the vehicles, as steering didn’t seem to be a big concern for some of them, even with lots of pedestrians on the same pathway. November will have a lot fewer people, but bicycles and other vehicles would still be available for rent.

The Borghese Gallery even appears to have a combined offering that includes entry to the Gallery, plus rental of a golf cart in the park, if pedaling wasn’t appealing.

If you are going to pursue staying near the Villa Borghese, you might try Hotel Modigliani. I’m not sure if it’s high end enough for you; it’s not oligarch pricey, though. The reason you might like it is that a couple of the top floor rooms are big enough for three or four and have balconies and fridges. I would have loved a set up like that with our son when he was that age.
Plus the start are really kind and they have a really nice breakfast, too. I would enjoy going again.