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 HISTORY OF THE HOTEL
Since as far back as 1874, it has offered the most demanding of guests the best of hospitality in the true Palermo tradition. Gold and marble, mirrors and velvet together create a unique setting for the most important events. For many years it was the obligatory meeting point for the greatest names of Sicilian society, the arts, culture and international finance. A favourite place of Richard Wagner, who found here the inspiration to complete his Parsifal, the Hotel welcomes its own guests into all the charm and fascination of a great epoch.
DESCRIPTION OF THE HOTEL
It is located in the heart of the city of Palermo, just a few steps from the Teatro Massimo. Rooms and suites with air conditioning, mini-bar, room service, telephone with direct outside line, television with remote control, satellite TV, pay TV, cable. The La Palmetta restaurant, opened towards the end of the 1800s when a salon in the Ingham-Whitakers' old Patrician residence was refurbished, offers the opportunity to savour creative Mediterranean cuisine. The Bar, furnished in Bordeaux velvet, is redolent with all the nineteenth-century charm of the famous novel Il Gattopardo (The Leopard). It is the perfect place to enjoy cocktails and drinks in a warm, refined atmosphere. Services : car hire with or without driver, paying garage, secretarial services, dry cleaning, laundry and ironing services, shoe-cleaning. Conferences : several different rooms available for business meetings and private occasions. The Congress areas have been planned for every occasion, from the salon to the historic stuccoed Wagner Room, to the smallest of the other rooms - and they are all a perfect blend of modern comforts and the splendour of the past.
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