“First-rate house, banquet hall, central heating and guesthouses” claimed the first advertisement for the hotel, which was part of an urban development project opposite the railway station. Its spirit was already international, with one of its first restaurant directors from the Ritz in Paris. “Tea Room” was written large on its windows. The last of the vintage hotels in Pavia, it has lost none of its splendid Liberty style, which interacts with modern sculptures by Marco Lodola. A favourite among scientists and professors visiting the University and actors on tour at the Teatro Fraschini.