Grand Hotel Et Des Palmes Palermo

Grand Hotel Et Des Palmes Palermo

Walk through the doors on Via Roma and the Grand Hotel et Des Palmes drops you straight into 1907, when architect Ernesto Basile reworked the original 1874 building in Art Nouveau style, leaving frescoed ceilings, Liberty windows, and a Winter Garden that still catches the light the way he intended. The Salone degli Specchi, once the Ingham family's ballroom, now anchors the hotel's social life, and one of the 98 rooms holds a piece no other Palermo address can claim: a grand piano that belonged to Richard Wagner, set inside a suite built around his memory. This suits someone who wants Teatro Massimo, the Politeama, and the Regional Archaeological Museum within an easy walk, who reads a hotel's architecture as part of the trip rather than a backdrop to it, and who doesn't mind ornate over minimal. It will frustrate anyone chasing a beach resort, since this is a city hotel on Via Roma, and Mangia's runs separate coastal properties in Sicily and Sardinia for that kind of trip. Practical matters are covered without fuss: a gym, a library, a conference hall for the work trip that tags along, multilingual staff across English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, and pets are allowed if yours travels well. Breakfast runs as a buffet with vegetarian options, and half board is available for guests who'd rather not think about dinner reservations every night. Rooms vary considerably in size and view, from compact Classic doubles to suites built for families, so it pays to check before booking. Check-in is 14:00, checkout at noon, standard timing for a building that has been receiving guests since long before either mattered. A 98-room Art Nouveau landmark on Via Roma, reworked by Ernesto Basile in 1907, with a suite built around Richard Wagner's own piano. Teatro Massimo and the Politeama are a walk away, and pets are welcome. Skip it if you're after a beach resort; Mangia's keeps those on the coast.