Des Etrangers et Miramare Hotel in Syracuse, Italy

General information: Those two buildings are finding in one of the most beautiful places in Ortigia,then,in Sicily,Z Cause the Syracuse ZScoglioZ in opinion of everyone, has a marvelous landscape and the mystery of myth that here is developed. Here is born the myth of Love, that binds for eternityZ (Alfeo and Aretusa),and here too, has been a particular cult, Demetra and Kroe, symbols of the continue regeneration of Nature. Only a glance to understand why ZUNESCOZ has well accepted OrtigiaZs in the list of places named ZHuman PatrimonyZ.Magnificent and mighty, that looks out places on big harbor, elegant in all the lines, that mark delicate neoclassic Sicilian style. ZHotel des EtrangersZ and ZMiramareZ, the closer, only just binds by a low building, show directly on ZPasseggio AdornoZ and look on one side the big lookout and ZFonte AretusaZ.The Etrangers Hotel et Miramare, raise up on five up on floors above the ground and is develop toward ZPiazza DuomoZ with irregular plan, as regards of the ancient scheme of medieval city.Ashlars are relief between the lines that pass through it horizontally, the balconies are refinement by balustrade in little stone pillar and in wrought iron, the main door is spacious and imposing, that divides the plant construction in the centre on the low floor, with four windows on one side, and four on the others.The style and the scheme reminds since the first Z900 civic glory, with a neoclassic tasteful typically Sicilian. Into the Hotel, the floors have precious marbles, the walls and the ceilings are enrichment with Zstucco workZ and gilt frame decoration, Giove , Medusa, Gelone and Aretusa faces, welcome guests that come illuminate from an ancient bronze pendant lamp of the first Z900.Bedrooms are almost all open on the Porto Grande sea. On top floor, there is a restaurant that offers an high and suggestive panoramic view: up OrtigiaZs roofs, up the quite and shiny sea, in front of bell towers, face to face with the sunset. On the ground floor, an ample congress hall reception with sea-view, and finally a luxurious wellbeing centre.Location:The grand Des Etrangers Et Miramare hotel is located in Syracuse, Italy, within 500 metres of the cathedral and the historic isle of Ortigia.Area details:An isle in the isle, that float into the seaZ that never forget the PastZ Greek, Roman, Arab, Byzantine, Bourbon, Aragonese, Norman and Swavian. An inheritance that reveal the ancient Siracusa heart, ZHumanity PatrimonyZ of UNESCO.Siracusa is anchored at Sicily by three bridges and protect toward the open sea by the ZFedericiano di ManiaceZ castle that rise on extremity of a little peninsula, OrtigiaZs acropolis is an limestone hemicycle pearly that descend into the sea, transmognify like a turtle. Two natural harbour, the biggest and the little, go inside the urban city, where come out all the ApolloZs temple remainder, the most ancient Doric sacrarium in Sicily. Greeks and roman architecture are fusioning, while baroqueZs frieze style remind at the medieval fortification.A beautiful and suggestive example of this marvellous architectonic fusion is the Greek theatre, and AthenaZs temple colonnade, that support the Christian Duomo structure. EurialoZs castle is the synthesis of both architectures while Ciane river papyrus, whispering to the wind, seems to tell the legends of Aretusa nymphZ transformed in source to escape from Alfeo god attentions. The echoes of ancient legends it feel outing out the famous Dionysius ear, a cleft in the rock, where seems that Dionysius tyrant get the secrets dialogs of his prisoners. The Siracusa greatness, Athen, Rome and CartagineZs rival, it is picked totally in the Archaeological Museum ZPaolo OrsiZ. The ancient city is reawaken by Euripide, Sofocle and Eschilo lines, ZprotagonistZ every year of a suggestive exhibition into the famous Greek Theatre.Here many famous personages have stay: Alberto and Paola of Belgium in 1961,Frederik IX and his wife Ingrid, monarch of Denmark, Bernard Berenson in 1953,Gustavo VI and Louise Mountbatten rulings of Sweden in 1952, Simone de Bouvoire with her husband Jean Paul Sartre in 1952, Alcide de Gasperi, Cristian Dior and many others that they have carried in their city the memory of a dream lived in this sweet earth and accommodates them.Recreation:The Etrangers hotel offers an exclusive restaurant, Roof Garden, where you can appreciate traditional Mediterranean haute-cuisine. In summer time, the room open into the beautiful flowered deck where you get the view of SyracuseZs harbour.Bar is an ideal place where you can taste cocktails and high-quality wine in a welcoming atmosphere. In summer you can sit on the deck, surrounded by charming sky and sea colours enjoying the view. Also, there is a reception hall ZMedusaZ where is possible organize banquets, and receptions.Rooms:Every bedroom reflect the refined style of the hotel. Out the windows and balconies you can admire SyracuseZs harbour sea. Bedrooms are well served with air conditioning adjustable, frigo bar, outside telephone line, safe-deposit box, satellite flat TV and SKY, room service, laundry, disabled rooms.