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Women Who Travel Podcast: An Italian Hotelier Living La Dolce Vita on Lake Como
16.05.2024 - 14:25 / cntraveler.com / Lake Como / Vita La-Dolce
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What is it like growing up in one of the most storied and iconic hotels in Italy? Ask Valentina de Santis, who was raised in the kitchens and ballrooms of Lake Como's Grand Hotel Tremezzo and now runs the charismatic Passalacqua along with her parents nearby. Lale chats with the hotelier to hear stories of life on Lake Como, get tips on traveling in both summer and the off-season, and what it really means to live La Dolce Vita.
Lale Arikoglu: Hi there, I'm Lale Arikoglu and this is an unashamedly escapist episode. Our picture book setting is Lake Como in Italy, and my guest is a third generation hotelier Valentina De Santis. She operates two glamorous historic properties, each with spectacular views of the lake.
Valentina De Santis: You have the lake in front of you, maybe it's morning, and you have the sun that is sparkling on the surface of the lake. Because you really see the surface of the lake with two million diamonds on it because the sun is reflecting its light. And this creates this incredibly magical atmosphere.
LA: Valentina's grandfather bought the Grand Hotel Tremezzo in the 1970s and restored it to its former glory. It was built in 1910 and hosted popes and Italian aristocrats. In the Arnufo style, the hotel had soaring ceilings and two elevators.
VDS: The story behind the hotel is very beautiful because it was built by a couple that was from Bellagio. So just in front of Tremezzo. They were super big travelers. They loved to travel, so once they got married... The husband was coming from a family of hoteliers while the wife was coming from a family of artists. And they started to travel all over Europe and they did what is now the iconic grand tour of Europe. So they visited all the European capitals. So they did this very, very long trip.
And when they came back on their beloved lake, they just had this dream that was to build a grand hotel that was similar in terms of elegance, charm, character and personality to the ones that they were so lucky to experience during their grand tour. And here comes the Grand Hotel Tremezzo. So they chose that piece of land which belonged to the botanical gardens of Villa Carlotta next door. So very lush, very verdant, very rich.
LA: It sort of feels like a book or another time. I don't know, romantic place.
VDS: Yeah, it's really romantic. You really found the perfect adjective that sums it all. The hotel... Many times it has been compared from the outside only to the Grand Budapest Hotel.
LA: Valentina's parents tracked down a diary from the early days of the hotel.
VDS: So incredible to see the kind of life that was happening at
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