Hotel Parco dei Principi is located in a garden of 27.000 sq m overlooking the sea, in one of the most popular locations loved by tourists from all over the world. This luxury and unique Italy wedding venue is a true piece of Italian hospitality and design history.
Location
The hotel, a vivid representative of the luxury Italy wedding venue, is located a few km from the centre and the port of Marina Piccola, at the centre of a must-see tourist-cultural itinerary. It is 1 hr away from Naples and Naples International Airport.
Story
The land on which the hotel is located belonged to the Order of the Jesuits until the eighteenth century when the King of Naples, Ferdinand IV of Bourbon acquired the property and gave a part of it to his cousin Paul Leopold of Bourbon, Count of Syracuse.
In 1792 the Count built Villa Poggio Siracusa whose sumptuous rooms hosted dames and barons eager to leisure in that joyful Eden. The tragic death of the beloved of the Count, started a period of decline that lasted until 1885 when the Cortchacow family bought the area.
The villa returned to its original glory by becoming the theatre of stories, passions and famous receptions. The new owners started the striking creation of a dacha in the English Gothic style to be used for a future visit of the illustrious cousin, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. The hotel is located right on the remains of the never completed dacha.
Later on Roberto Fernandes, the Neapolitan engineer, bought the land in 1959 and commissioned the architect Gio Ponti to transform the place into a hotel. The historical legacy, the extraordinary location and natural colours inspired Ponti to create a structure rooted in the earth, characterised by the verticality of the ancient dacha and the Sorrento coast.
Parco dei Principi hotel was inaugurated on April 11, 1962 and since then has remained evidence of the absolute and joyful intuition of the engineer Fernandes.
“Blue sky, blue sea, blue islands, blue majolicas, green plants, roses at the princess’s feet, a dancer’s footprints.” – Gio Ponti.
Seawards: a path through tunnels in the rock leads from the hotel to the private beach. The two cliffs equipped with solarium offer the thrill of being in the sun, but in close contact with the crystal clear water.
The pool: for Gio Ponti: “A stretch of water for wood nymphs”. Inside the gardens, surrounded by rare botanical specimens, there is a salt water pool designed by Gio Ponti. Small relaxing islands emerge from the pool and the diving board seems to be suspended over the water.
The poetry of the gardens: romantic scene of legendary love stories. The three-hectare botanical garden contains rare plant species and lost loves: among the many romantic spots, the Bridge of Love that wows a plaque with verses of Princess Desirée of Sweden and the Temple of Venus, which stands in the place where once grew the aphrodisiac plant grown at that time when the land belonged to the Jesuit friars.
Spaces
An intimate emotion with the blue background in this stunning Italy wedding venue! An amazing botanical garden, an ancient villa, a majolica terrace overlooking the sea, a cliff in the blue sea of Sorrento and an ancient and poetic charm of a temple dedicated to Venere…
This luxury and unique Italy wedding venue boasts a majolica terrace that can be a perfect setup for the breathtaking destination wedding ceremony, followed by impressive aperitif and fine dining experience.
An enchanting scenery pervaded by a magical aura, that will make every moment of the best day of your life last forever. We are looking forward to meet you in order to show you the property and our menu proposals.
Restaurants
Parco dei Principi has 2 restaurants and a bar.
The Gio Ponti restaurant, designed to give a perspective on the endless sea. The Gio Ponti restaurant gives an immediate telescope effect, which magnifies the view of the sea with its wide spaces and the absence of wall backdrops.
During the summer months, the deck of the beach hosts the Poggio Siracusa, marina restaurant. Thanks to its location, it is perfect to taste seafood specialities, accompanied by the sound of the waves.
Enjoy some relax at the Blu Bar. Sip a nice drink while admiring the ceramic pebbles on the walls, designed by Gio Ponti, to which the designer entrusted “levity… gracefulness and light and sky reflections”, and the extraordinary embossed ceramics by the sculptor Fausto Melotti.
