A Tale of Two Hotels in One of the Oldest Cities in the World: The Hotel Grand Vesuvio, The Hotel Excelsior Naples Italy
We are sitting with Franco Milano on an evening in the beautiful classical lounge of the Hotel Excelsior. Cream-colored Roman shades have been lowered over the French doors and windows that line the room of this historic property. Soft light from antique Murano chandeliers spills over tall glass vases filled with white and fuchsia orchids. [...]
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On An Island In The Most Beautiful City Of Them All: Hotel des Ètrangers et Miramare
“The greatest Greek city and the most beautiful of them all,” said Cicero, the Roman philosopher. He was speaking of Syracuse, the city along the southeast coast of Sicily founded by the Corinthians in the eighth century B.C. They were followed by the Romans, Arabs, Byzantines, Bourbons, Aragonites, Normans and Swedes, and all have left [...]
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La Quinta Resort & Spa Blooms Beautifully in the Desert
Like his Old Testament namesake, Rafael Corona is an angel, albeit an earthbound one who works his miracles in the desert of Palm Springs, California.Turn up Eisenhower Drive, and a mass of petunias, pansies, poinsettia, geraniums, begonias, dahlias and daisies will rise up before you, a riot of red and fuchsia, purple and pink, lavender [...]
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Life in Venice at the Hotel Gritti Palace
“No matter how far I travel, I will always come back to Rome. Rome is my home.” How many times had we heard Paolo Lorenzoni utter those very words. And then came the news: the legendary general manager of the Excelsior Hotel had left Rome for Venice. Paolo abandon the bustle of the Via Veneto [...]
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