The most art-gallery
Rome's Antico Caffè Greco, with over 300 works on display in its galleries, is the largest private art gallery open to the public in the world....
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The highest
The Albergo Italia at the Great St. Bernard Pass is the highest historic hotel in Italy: sixteen beautiful suites at an elevation of 2,474 meters....
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The oldest abroad
Barbetta Restaurant, which is 100 years old, is the oldest Italian restaurant abroad and the oldest restaurant in New York still run by the same family....
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The oldest in Italy
The Hotel Cavalletto e Doge Orseolo in Venice and the RIstorante Oste Scuro Finsterwirt in Bressanone, both dating from the 13th century, the Locanda del Cerriglio in Naples, dating from 1288, the Parkhotel Luna Mondshein in Bolzano, dating from 1320, and the Antica Locanda Mincio...
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Salon Fellini
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the enchanting Sala Grande of Caffè Poliziano in Montepulciano, the film director Federico Fellini used to enjoy sitting in the little lounge number two (the first on the left in the photo). In August 1992, Fellini came, with his wife Giulietta Masina, to the Caffè...
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Dedicated suites
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The suites at the Grand Hotel Vittoria in Pesaro bear the names of famous people, from both present and past, who have stayed here over the past hundred years. These personalities include Luigi Pirandello, Baron and Baroness Rothschild, the Aga Khan and the Agnelli family,...
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Baker and number 15
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]During his long stay in Europe in the 1960s, the American trumpeter Chet Baker, who is famous for his lyrical style and his enormous contribution to cool jazz, stopped off at the Albergo Universo in Lucca, where for a few days he took room number...
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Marconi and suite 105
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]1933, on the scenic terrace of the Grand Hotel Miramare of Santa Margherita, Guglielmo Marconi made the world’s first broadcast of telegraph and radio-telephone signals. The 60-cm microwaves were received at a distance of 150 kilometres. As well as doing research work, during his stay...
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Laurence Olivier and suite 118
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In February 1947 Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh spent a holiday at the Grand Hotel Miramare in Santa Margherita. They stayed in Suite 118. For the occasion, a private screening of Gone with the Wind was shown at the Teatro Centrale in Santa Margherita, in...
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The Caruso Suite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The large veranda overlooking the Gulf of Sorrento and the mementos it contains make the suite both splendid and magical. It is dedicated to the famous tenor, who often enjoyed booking into the Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria, and he chose to do so again in...
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