Grand Hotel Et Des Palmes and nearby sports venues in Palermo, Italy

General information: The Grand hotel of Palmes emerged in 1874 from the antique household of Patrizia of the Ingham Whitaker family, built previously in 1856 and connected with a secret passage that led to an Anglican church, that today you can find in front of the Hotel. The Patrizia house had two floor levels, a winter garden (the present hall) and an exotic garden that extends to the sea. The union between the widow Ingham and Giacomo Medici changed the destiny of the Zhouse', that given to a local workman transformed it into the Grand Hotel et des Palmes, known by all those living at Palermo as ZLe Palmes'. Ernesto Basile, one of the major teachers of the liberty style in 1907 transformed the Hotel. A wooden ceiling was created in the hall, inlaid in the present Caminetto room, similar to the present ceiling in one of the rooms of the Palazzo Montecitorio.Today the history, the characters that have approached the Hotel, the beauty of the rooms, not only makes it one of the most famous hotels of the world , but it assigns it as a 'Hotel with a Soul'.Location:Offering an excellent and convenient location for every need, the Grand Hotel Et Des Palmes is situated in the commercial centre of Palermo.Area details:The history of Sicily is transparent at the Grand Hotel : Here Richard Wagner in 1885 finished his ZParsifal', in 1882 Francesco Crispi taught lessons of politics, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando would often stopover at the Hotel, the French writer Raymond Roussel abided at Grand Hotel et des Palmes, till his death, the General Charles Poletti made it his general head quarters, during the second world war and finally, the Baron Di Stefano Zthe secluded of the Hotel', condemned to a mafia sentence, death carried out immediately or exileZ. chose the seclusion at the ZPalmes' , where he stayed for 50 years, till his death.The old city centre of Palermo, with its area of over 240 hectares - about one square mile - is one of the largest in Europe and also one of the richest and most varied. It contains over 500 palaces, churches, convents, and monasteries, plus seven theatres. The city has steadily expanded since the period of Phoenician colonisation, with successive waves of Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Swabians, Normans, and Spaniards, until the more recent town-planning initiatives in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As a result, Palermo is extremely variegated and complex in its layout, although it has also succeeded in maintaining a clearly recognisable overall uniformity of structure and character.Recreation:Our Chef and our Maitre are delighted to cradle, spoil and tempt the guests of Grand Hotel et des Palmes, with delicious dishes, of simple and natural flavours, but that are at the same time seeked for and original, altogether with an impeccable service, attentive to all your wishes. At the restaurant Z La Palmetta ' it is possible to dine flavouring regional and international specialities. Created about the end of 1800, from a lounge of the old house of Patrizia of Ingham Whitaker, it can hold up to 100 guests. The bar Zthe Gattopardo' with it's bordeaux velvet and silk furnishing, with evening-night piano- bar, turns out to be an ideal meeting point, while sipping a drink or a cocktail in refined surroundings.Rooms:The rooms offer the possibility to stay in a prestigious environment, an unique atmosphere, The hotel in these last three years has seen to revive the common spaces, the restaurants, the hall and a good part of the rooms through one taken care of restructure still in work course that will bring back the hotel to the old makes you of a time.Inside the Storical wing of the Grand Hotel et des Palmes, fully refreshed, you find a combination ideal between traditional elegance and modern technology.