A passenger who was stuck on a sweltering plane before her flight was canceled told the airline staff she was unhappy with how she'd been treated. She had no idea a fellow passenger was filming her, and that it would eventually go viral.
15.08.2023 - 16:15 / forbes.com / queen Elizabeth
When The White Lotus chose a breathtaking cliffside resort—the Domenico Palace, Taormina, A Four Seasons Hotel—in Sicily as the playground for all the drama of the second season, they unintentionally raised the bar for what is considered impressive when it comes to Italian hotels. But one hotel in Milan doesn’t feel the need to compete: Hotel Principe di Savoia.
Since opening its doors as the Principe di Savoia, Milan in 1927, the hotel has offered the traditional hospitality of a grand resort—not unlike the kind you would find in Sicily—in an unapologetically urban setting. While its location far removed from the heart of Milan, just south of the central railway station, was at first seen as illogical, it soon became its advantage, as it made the hotel easily accessible for the burgeoning business tycoons of the early 20th century.
The influential crowd who stayed here would expand beyond the Italian elite to include everyone from international royalty such as the Prince of Monaco and the Duke of Windsor to political figures—Evita Peron and Aga Khan—to celebrities like Elizabeth Taylor and Madonna. While notable guests were likely drawn to the hotel for its shared spaces that embody the stylish city of Milan—think: dining surrounded by sparkling Swarovski crystals in the Tavoli Crystal Room—the hotel’s presidential suite is arguably their greatest selling point.
Upon arriving on the 10th floor, a private entrance makes way to a grand arched hallway with a frescoed ceiling and marble floors. Each of the three bedrooms off this hallway are unique. The first bedroom is enveloped in emerald velvet walls, accented with Damascus style curtains. In the second, a romantic wall painting of Paris’ Bagatelle Gardens serves as the backdrop for a lavish green velvet couch. The third and largest bedroom is the antithesis to minimalism with its yellow striped walls, Aubusson-style floral carpet and melange of sumptuous textures. A framed mirror on the wall of the bedroom can be transformed into a television.
The same mirrored TV concept is found in the living room which is similarly a lesson in maximalism. Here, both the walls and ceilings are made of a rich mahogany, which, rather than make the space feel smaller, imbue it with an air of intimate sophistication. With its grand piano, full dining room and handcrafted sofas, it’s hard not to imagine the parties that have been thrown here. Wrapped around the living room is a balcony overlooking the Piazza della Repubblica.
But it’s the pool room that makes this presidential suite fit for a queen (yes, Queen Elizabeth has stayed here), or better yet—a Roman emperor. For it was the Pantheon and villas of Pompeii that served as the inspiration for the hand-painted
A passenger who was stuck on a sweltering plane before her flight was canceled told the airline staff she was unhappy with how she'd been treated. She had no idea a fellow passenger was filming her, and that it would eventually go viral.
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It's an early spring morning in Milan. The cosmopolitan hub of Italy's north is awakening with a shot of espresso. Many are bleary-eyed after a whirlwind week celebrating the Salone del Mobile, the world's largest furniture-and-design fair. Outside Palazzo Serbelloni, I'm standing in a queue that's snaking around the neoclassical palace. If its weathered stucco walls could talk, they'd tell tales of the palazzo's notable inhabitants, including Napoleon Bonaparte and King Vittorio Emanuele II. Yet this crowd of international and local style setters and design aficionados (mostly in smart sneakers, not the suede loafers of yore) isn't searching for history; it wants to see something new. And Milan, which suddenly feels like the most forward-thinking city in Italy—a place of big ideas, investment, and innovation, busily spouting new subway lines, cutting-edge hotels, and infrastructure ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics—is more than ready to oblige.
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