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Saturday March 23rd 1863, in the central "Corsia del Giardino", now Via Manzoni, the "Hotel Milano" was born.
Tuesday December 14th 1993, after three years of accurate restoration keeping the old architectural charm, the Grand Hotel et de Milan was reborn.
The Hotel is located right in the centre of Milan on Via Manzoni, in the heart of the social and cultural life of the city.
It is next to Via Montenapoleone and Via della Spiga, famous itineraries for Milan shopping.
At a stone's throw are La Scala Theatre, the Poldi Pezzoli Museum and the Pinacoteca of Brera.
In the refurbished lounges of the Grand Hotel et de Milan still gather, as they did in the past, guests belonging to important Italian and foreign families, to the world of the arts, culture, cinema, sports, finance and fashion.
Amongst the personalities who have honoured the hotel with thei presence, the most noteworthy is Giuseppe Verdi.
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From their "Libro d'Oro" (Golden Book) they can cite: King Vittorio Emanuele of Italy; Amedeo of Savoia Aosta King of Spain; President U.S. Grant of the United States of America; King Leopoldo of Belgium; Emperor Federico Guglielmo of Germany; Emperor Dom Pedro 2nd of Brazil; the Sultan of Zanzibar; "Nababbo" of Jyderabab. And still: Marconi, Manzoni, Carducci, D'annunzio, Zolà; Tolstoj; Anatole France; Wagner; Mascagni; Riccardo Strauss; Caruso; Toscanini; Giordano; Tamara de Lempicka; Mussolini; Cornelius Vanderbilt; Rotschild; Prince Metternich; Eleonora Duse; the Duke and Duchess of Windsor; Magritte; De Chirico; Medardo Rosso; De Sica; Nureyev; Guttuso; Fellini; Maria Callas... |
There are suites in the hotel dedicated to important personalities such as Giuseppe Verdi, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Eleonora Duse, Giacomo Puccini, Umberto Giordano and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, in which original documents and photos witness their stay at the hotel.
Rooms
and Suites
All the rooms and suites are furnished with antique pieces of
furniture, accurately restored, and have precious wooden
floors. The spacious en suite bathrooms have been renovated using precious Italian
marbles.
Restaurants
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CARUSO
So called in memory of the great tenor's stay at the Grand Hotel, who in one of our rooms, under Ricordi Records Company commission, recorded the world's first flat matrix record. The Caruso Restaurant is ideal for a swift business lunches or gastronomical, lunch time meetings. It has a luminous environment, where the greenery of the neighbouring Piazzetta Croce Rossa creates an atmosphere of an ideal "winter garden".
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DON
CARLOS
The Restaurant takes its name from Verdi's Opera. The Maestro lived for more than 30 years at the Grand Hotel et de Milan. It is a very intimate Restaurant, ideal for the evenings, with a typical regional cuisine, staying open throughout the evenings also for after theatre suppers. The Restaurant has a separate entrance from Vicolo Manzoni, alongside the hotel. The atmosphere is warm and the lights are dimmed. The walls are adorned with paintings, prints, photographs, programmes and scenes from the La Scala Theatre
Museum.
BAR
FALSTAFF
Ideal for a quick lunch or an aperitif.
FIREPLACE HALL
Rafinate thea room.
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