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Address: Piazza Della Repubblica - 20124 Milan
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Phone: +39 02 62301
Description and facilities
Dominating the Piazza della Repubblica the Hotel Principe di Savoia is a luxury five-star hotel that has been the natural home for international travellers and cosmopolitan society since the 1920's. Its imposing neoclassical facade hides one of the world's most luxuriously appointed hotels. With its superb location, superlative facilities and outstanding standards of service, the Hotel Principe di Savoia offers a winning combination of old-fashioned opulence combined with the latest innovations in technology and design. Easily accessed from all parts of the city and close to Milan's many attractions and elegant shopping districts, the Hotel Principe di Savoia is within 50 minutes of Milan's main airport, Malpensa.
The hotel's grand main entrance is a welcoming gateway to the hotel's 401 richly appointed rooms and suites, and to an unforgettable stay in Milan. The Hotel Principe di Savoia offers a vast array of services as would be expected of Milan's oldest and most well-renowned five-star hotel.
Each of the 401 spacious guest rooms and suites at the Hotel Principe di Savoia is decorated and furnished to reflect the warm and elegant atmosphere of 19th-century Lombard interior design combined with the unobtrusive integration of modern technology. Wainscote wood panelling frames wall-coverings of precious damask and the furniture is inspired by the creations of the celebrated Maggiolini, so each room conveys a note of elegance and refinement. The bathrooms are spacious with marble tiling in soft colours and provide soft bathrobes and a telephone outlet.
The rooms are perfectly soundproof and feature wireless high-speed Internet access, air-conditioning and thermostatic heating control, a refrigerator bar and a direct dial telephone. All our bedrooms have large opening windows allowing fresh air to circulate. Occupying ten floors there are 269 rooms and 132 suites to choose from.
In January 2006 the 48 new Deluxe Mosaic Rooms, all overlooking Piazza della Repubblica, were opened to the public.
Three basic interior décor themes prevail:
Venetian-style rooms feature rich gold and ochre silks and velvets within a warm neutral setting with contrasting turquoise and Murano glass mirrors. Sculptured desks have been forged from white onyx and steel. Imaginative mosaic walls decorate the bathrooms which also feature Brazilian rosewood vanities topped with ochre glass.
Florentine-style rooms are framed in very soft blue-grey walls and punctuated with the inspired use of rich blue damask silks. Embossed ice-blue leather cover the smoked oak of the study/dressing room doors. Headboards are of Brazilian rosewood. The glass mosaic walls in the bathrooms echo the soft blue hues of the bedroom.
In the Neo-Classical rooms, bronze floor lamps and crystal-drop chandeliers highlight the touches of rich ruby and amethyst set against the cool neutrals of the background. The bathrooms feature fanciful glass and mosaic walls and European walnut vanities topped with ruby red glass.
The design inspiration and key feature of every bathroom is the wall mosaic – a contemporary vision of classical Italian design. Frosted and clear glass panels work in tandem to provide both privacy and the illusion of space. Instead of tiles, entire slabs of Bianca Lasa, the premier white marble, have been used to convey a sense of expansiveness. Redesigned traditional rosewood or walnut vanities have been contemporized with boldly coloured glass tops.
Deluxe Single Room
The rooms have a warm and elegant atmosphere featuring turn-of-the-century Lombard decoration with silk wall panels. All rooms have a very large marble bathroom: it is spacious and enlivened with marble tiling in soft colours. Some rooms can be connected, on request, with another Deluxe room. Total of 12 smoking or non-smoking rooms available. One single bed or French bed available.
Classic Room
The rooms, their furnishings and accessories have been designed in order to integrate modern technical equipment unobtrusively into the soft and elegant ambiences. The spacious marbled, soft-coloured bathrooms have two washbasins. Some rooms can be connected, on request, with another Classic room.
Deluxe Room
These rooms offer very spacious accommodation, with an entrance area, luxurious furniture and marble bathrooms with two washbasins and elegant boiserie with silk wall panels. Some rooms can be connected, on request, with another Deluxe room. Total of 137 smoking or non-smoking available. Two single twin beds or one king-size bed. A third bed can be accommodated.
Deluxe Mosaic Room
Luxurious accommodation measuring 40 m2. Front view of public gardens. Newly refurbished in January 2006 in a contemporary style. Large glass mosaic in bright spacious bathroom featuring luxurious white marble slabs as well as a separate dressing room and study with leather clad walls and doors. Comfortable armchairs in the bedroom area, the beds feature bed throws instead of bed covers. Carefully selected feature group of artwork on walls.
Junior Suites
Located in the Principe Tower building, curtained doors divide the sitting area from the bedroom. All suites have large white marble bathrooms and a large walk-in closet. Some rooms can be connected, on request, with another Junior Suite.
Elegant Suites
Comprising four areas, these suites have an entrance area, a sitting room, a bedroom and bathroom. Some rooms can be connected, on request, with a Deluxe twin room. Total of 39 smoking or non-smoking available. Two single twin beds or one king-size bed. A third bed can be accommodated. All measure a minimum of 50 square metres (538 square feet).
Executive Suites
Located on the corner of the building, these suites consist of an entrance, a large bedroom, a spacious sitting room and one main bathroom plus an extra WC and washbasin. Some rooms can be connected, on request, with a Deluxe twin room. Total of 19 smoking or non-smoking available. Two single twin beds or one king-size bed. A third bed can be accommodated. All measure a minimum of 75 square metres (807 square feet).
Deluxe Suites
Each one of these suites overlooks the Piazza della Repubblica's gardens in the front of the hotel. With different layouts, all the suites measure a minimum of 135 square metres (1453 square feet) and have two entrances - one to the bedroom and one to the sitting room. The bedroom entrance includes a large wardrobe / dressing space as well as the entrance to the bathroom. Some suites can be connected, on request, with a Deluxe twin room. Total of four smoking or non-smoking available. Two single twin beds or one king-size bed. A third bed can be accommodated.
Royal Suite
Located on the 1st floor of the hotel overlooking the Piazza della Repubblica, the Royal Suite is 160 square metres (1721 square feet) including the second bedroom. The suite features a spacious hall with smart, polychromatic marble floor, a sitting room with lacunar ceiling, walnut wall panelling and inlaid wooden floors, with inlaid geometric designs, two bedrooms and two bathrooms. The suite can be connected, on request, with a smart room. Total of one. Two single twin beds or one king-size bed. A third bed can be accommodated.
Presidential Suite
The luxurious Milanese Hotel Principe di Savoia, one of the Dorchester Collection, has restyled the world famous Presidential Suite with its typical prestige and unequalled class. The unrivalled suite includes among its guests the most famous international names, from Royals to stars of the movie and music industry: Queen Elizabeth II of England, George Clooney, Lenny Kravitz and Woody Allen, to name a few. Following his direction of the Suite’s initial redesign in 1992, architect Michael Stelea, has successfully created a synergy between the extremely elegant and refined, classically designed rooms and the latest technology of the modern generation. Moreover, the living room and each of the three bedrooms, have individual personal touches that add a little extra interest and sense of unique style. The Presidential Suite, located on the 10th floor of the hotel, is over 500 square metres and offers its guests an unparalleled standard of outstanding luxury and great comfort. Extreme excellence characterises each room and there has been immense attention paid to detail. In the first bedroom, the sumptuous emerald-green velvet walls are entirely decorated with brassy nails giving a beautiful boiserie effect and these are, in turn, completed by elegant Damascus-style curtains. In the second bedroom the striking headboard is the highlight of the room, while the walls are embellished with the finest handcrafted wall-paintings showing the most exclusive views of the famous Paris Bagatelle Gardens. The gem of the prestigious newly refurbished suite is the Master Bedroom. Immense thought has gone into the design, which is evident in the details of the room: from the Damascus straw-coloured walls produced by Rubelli House, to the bespoke carpet especially created for the Principe di Savoia in Thailand and inspired by an Aubusson design. To ensure that each guest enjoys the maximum comfort and relaxation, the vast bathroom has its own Jacuzzi, for those moments of much needed rest and recuperation. The Master bedroom features a high-definition plasma “all in one” which can be easily transformed from an elegant framed mirror, to a television with numerous innovative functions such as ip television, PC, Media centre, home theatre, Ipod and several others. The living room has also been completely restyled with the addition of opulent handcrafted sofas and a framed mirror that transforms into a new HD plasma screen but the room retains its distinctive sense of tradition and style in the finest panelled ceiling and mahogany boiserie. This room is enlightened by wide glass windows with views of the picturesque terrace and the Milanese skyline. In addition, an internal window overlooking the Pompeian style private swimming-pool, with muralled walls, polychrome marble tiles and a wide pool with dolphin mosaics, gives guests a taste of the atmosphere of the Ancient Roman thermal baths. A water massage, sauna and Turkish bath are the finishing striking elements of this pearl of Italian hôtellerie.
Hotel Principe di Savoia lavishes discerning palates with a variety of gourmet dining experiences. The five-star Acanto is celebrated for impeccable cuisine. Enjoy a relaxing breakfast, lunch or afternoon tea at the Lobby Lounge, which also offers all-day dining, or opt for the intimate atmosphere of the Giardino d'Inverno Bar.
Acanto Restaurant
Opened in May 2006 another absolute innovation: a new veranda and restaurant entirely integrated with the inside dining room of the Galleria restaurant. Elegantly refurbished in its design, materials and colour scheme, and with a new independent entrance. The architecture of the veranda conceived by Celeste Dell'Anna Design, enhances the view to the garden, an ideal solution for pleasant dining. During the day the light comes from a transparent octagonal-shaped cupola fit to feel immersed in nature, and the atmosphere becomes magical in the evening when the garden lights up. The style will be both contemporary and refined, with walls of natural beige fabric and the use of two different kinds of woods. Lighting the room will be a series of glass chandeliers from Murano, expressly designed by Dell'Anna using as inspiration the great masters of the 1900s. The menu is classic Italian cuisine, its flavours exalted by the talent of the Chef who combines a lightness of touch with newly gauged cooking times and presents dishes of high aesthetic value. The primary inspiration for The Acanto menu has been the local Lombard culinary tradition, which the Chef has melded with flavours from the Mediterranean and beyond to create delicate dishes infused with a world of flavour. Nothing but the finest of fresh seasonal fare is used throughout.
Lobby Lounge
The Lobby Lounge at the Hotel Principe di Savoia is an elegant café specialising in delicious pastries, traditional English afternoon teas and informal, but nonetheless high quality, à la carte all-day dining. The room recaptures the stylistic and architectural theme of Milan at the turn of the century. A perfect continuation of the bar, it retains the characteristic concept of a winter garden with boiserie and magnificent, hand-painted decorations of springtime motifs and picture windows overlooking the lovely Italian garden. An informal venue for breakfast or a light lunch buffet, served Monday to Friday. Afternoon tea and an à la carte menu are available all day.
Giardino d'Inverno Bar
The Principe di Savoia's bar is a winter garden that envelops its guests in a sumptuous atmosphere with a baroque flavour, featuring variegated marble, crystal, exquisite fabrics and a coloured glass dome ceiling. Giardino d'Inverno is an elegant, exclusive meeting place with an intimate salon, a quiet corner where you can meet for coffee, or at cocktail time, sip the specialities prepared by the bartender. Enjoy a relaxing moment in the evening, enhanced by discreet melodies from the piano. Finding time for yourself is the greatest luxury these days. Acknowledging this fact, the Hotel Principe proposes a daily Afternoon Tea, a refined break in the day to rediscover the quality of life. Held in the elegant hotel bar every day from 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm, Afternoon Tea is a sophisticated voyage through the aromas and flavours of 24 of the world's most illustrious teas.
In-Room Dining
Hotel Room Service is available 24 hours a day and is served on a beautiful, superbly decorated table. The menu includes a wide selection for breakfast such as Continental Breakfast, Wellness Breakfast, American Breakfast and À la Carte Breakfast. You can also find a variety of menus for lunch and dinner and special menus such as a Kids' Menu, Vegetarian Dishes and Take-Away Menu.
Chef's Profile
Fabrizio Cadei was appointed Executive Chef of the Hotel Principe di Savoia at the beginning of 2006. A native of Bergamo, Cadei (38) comes to the Principe with a lengthy haute cuisine background developed in the most prestigious and exclusive hotel restaurants in the world. Fabrizio Cadei has chosen to return to his country of origin in order to undertake a new professional adventure, marked by a strong determination and a great desire to develop his knowledge, experiment with new creations and fuse to his heart's content traditional Italian and international cuisines.
Hotel Principe di Savoia offers the largest meeting space available among Milan's five-star hotels. The new Sala Cristalli is equipped with the most advanced audio-visual solutions including the Creston integrated system control, where a single command on the colour LCD touch-screen panel is all it takes. You'll find it easy to host unique meetings and banquets for 10 to 1000 people in one of the hotel's 13 elegantly appointed meeting and banquet rooms. All the meeting rooms can be equipped with the latest technology for conferences, and our highly qualified hotel staff is available to help organisers of meetings and small conventions of every type, both in the planning stage and during the event. Our kitchen staff will prepare exquisite traditional regional and international dishes, as well as kosher meals, with the same customary care for a group of 1000 as for 11.
The hotel's grand main entrance is a welcoming gateway to the hotel's 401 richly appointed rooms and suites, and to an unforgettable stay in Milan. The Hotel Principe di Savoia offers a vast array of services as would be expected of Milan's oldest and most well-renowned five-star hotel.
Each of the 401 spacious guest rooms and suites at the Hotel Principe di Savoia is decorated and furnished to reflect the warm and elegant atmosphere of 19th-century Lombard interior design combined with the unobtrusive integration of modern technology. Wainscote wood panelling frames wall-coverings of precious damask and the furniture is inspired by the creations of the celebrated Maggiolini, so each room conveys a note of elegance and refinement. The bathrooms are spacious with marble tiling in soft colours and provide soft bathrobes and a telephone outlet.
The rooms are perfectly soundproof and feature wireless high-speed Internet access, air-conditioning and thermostatic heating control, a refrigerator bar and a direct dial telephone. All our bedrooms have large opening windows allowing fresh air to circulate. Occupying ten floors there are 269 rooms and 132 suites to choose from.
In January 2006 the 48 new Deluxe Mosaic Rooms, all overlooking Piazza della Repubblica, were opened to the public.
Three basic interior décor themes prevail:
Venetian-style rooms feature rich gold and ochre silks and velvets within a warm neutral setting with contrasting turquoise and Murano glass mirrors. Sculptured desks have been forged from white onyx and steel. Imaginative mosaic walls decorate the bathrooms which also feature Brazilian rosewood vanities topped with ochre glass.
Florentine-style rooms are framed in very soft blue-grey walls and punctuated with the inspired use of rich blue damask silks. Embossed ice-blue leather cover the smoked oak of the study/dressing room doors. Headboards are of Brazilian rosewood. The glass mosaic walls in the bathrooms echo the soft blue hues of the bedroom.
In the Neo-Classical rooms, bronze floor lamps and crystal-drop chandeliers highlight the touches of rich ruby and amethyst set against the cool neutrals of the background. The bathrooms feature fanciful glass and mosaic walls and European walnut vanities topped with ruby red glass.
The design inspiration and key feature of every bathroom is the wall mosaic – a contemporary vision of classical Italian design. Frosted and clear glass panels work in tandem to provide both privacy and the illusion of space. Instead of tiles, entire slabs of Bianca Lasa, the premier white marble, have been used to convey a sense of expansiveness. Redesigned traditional rosewood or walnut vanities have been contemporized with boldly coloured glass tops.
Deluxe Single Room
The rooms have a warm and elegant atmosphere featuring turn-of-the-century Lombard decoration with silk wall panels. All rooms have a very large marble bathroom: it is spacious and enlivened with marble tiling in soft colours. Some rooms can be connected, on request, with another Deluxe room. Total of 12 smoking or non-smoking rooms available. One single bed or French bed available.
Classic Room
The rooms, their furnishings and accessories have been designed in order to integrate modern technical equipment unobtrusively into the soft and elegant ambiences. The spacious marbled, soft-coloured bathrooms have two washbasins. Some rooms can be connected, on request, with another Classic room.
Deluxe Room
These rooms offer very spacious accommodation, with an entrance area, luxurious furniture and marble bathrooms with two washbasins and elegant boiserie with silk wall panels. Some rooms can be connected, on request, with another Deluxe room. Total of 137 smoking or non-smoking available. Two single twin beds or one king-size bed. A third bed can be accommodated.
Deluxe Mosaic Room
Luxurious accommodation measuring 40 m2. Front view of public gardens. Newly refurbished in January 2006 in a contemporary style. Large glass mosaic in bright spacious bathroom featuring luxurious white marble slabs as well as a separate dressing room and study with leather clad walls and doors. Comfortable armchairs in the bedroom area, the beds feature bed throws instead of bed covers. Carefully selected feature group of artwork on walls.
Junior Suites
Located in the Principe Tower building, curtained doors divide the sitting area from the bedroom. All suites have large white marble bathrooms and a large walk-in closet. Some rooms can be connected, on request, with another Junior Suite.
Elegant Suites
Comprising four areas, these suites have an entrance area, a sitting room, a bedroom and bathroom. Some rooms can be connected, on request, with a Deluxe twin room. Total of 39 smoking or non-smoking available. Two single twin beds or one king-size bed. A third bed can be accommodated. All measure a minimum of 50 square metres (538 square feet).
Executive Suites
Located on the corner of the building, these suites consist of an entrance, a large bedroom, a spacious sitting room and one main bathroom plus an extra WC and washbasin. Some rooms can be connected, on request, with a Deluxe twin room. Total of 19 smoking or non-smoking available. Two single twin beds or one king-size bed. A third bed can be accommodated. All measure a minimum of 75 square metres (807 square feet).
Deluxe Suites
Each one of these suites overlooks the Piazza della Repubblica's gardens in the front of the hotel. With different layouts, all the suites measure a minimum of 135 square metres (1453 square feet) and have two entrances - one to the bedroom and one to the sitting room. The bedroom entrance includes a large wardrobe / dressing space as well as the entrance to the bathroom. Some suites can be connected, on request, with a Deluxe twin room. Total of four smoking or non-smoking available. Two single twin beds or one king-size bed. A third bed can be accommodated.
Royal Suite
Located on the 1st floor of the hotel overlooking the Piazza della Repubblica, the Royal Suite is 160 square metres (1721 square feet) including the second bedroom. The suite features a spacious hall with smart, polychromatic marble floor, a sitting room with lacunar ceiling, walnut wall panelling and inlaid wooden floors, with inlaid geometric designs, two bedrooms and two bathrooms. The suite can be connected, on request, with a smart room. Total of one. Two single twin beds or one king-size bed. A third bed can be accommodated.
Presidential Suite
The luxurious Milanese Hotel Principe di Savoia, one of the Dorchester Collection, has restyled the world famous Presidential Suite with its typical prestige and unequalled class. The unrivalled suite includes among its guests the most famous international names, from Royals to stars of the movie and music industry: Queen Elizabeth II of England, George Clooney, Lenny Kravitz and Woody Allen, to name a few. Following his direction of the Suite’s initial redesign in 1992, architect Michael Stelea, has successfully created a synergy between the extremely elegant and refined, classically designed rooms and the latest technology of the modern generation. Moreover, the living room and each of the three bedrooms, have individual personal touches that add a little extra interest and sense of unique style. The Presidential Suite, located on the 10th floor of the hotel, is over 500 square metres and offers its guests an unparalleled standard of outstanding luxury and great comfort. Extreme excellence characterises each room and there has been immense attention paid to detail. In the first bedroom, the sumptuous emerald-green velvet walls are entirely decorated with brassy nails giving a beautiful boiserie effect and these are, in turn, completed by elegant Damascus-style curtains. In the second bedroom the striking headboard is the highlight of the room, while the walls are embellished with the finest handcrafted wall-paintings showing the most exclusive views of the famous Paris Bagatelle Gardens. The gem of the prestigious newly refurbished suite is the Master Bedroom. Immense thought has gone into the design, which is evident in the details of the room: from the Damascus straw-coloured walls produced by Rubelli House, to the bespoke carpet especially created for the Principe di Savoia in Thailand and inspired by an Aubusson design. To ensure that each guest enjoys the maximum comfort and relaxation, the vast bathroom has its own Jacuzzi, for those moments of much needed rest and recuperation. The Master bedroom features a high-definition plasma “all in one” which can be easily transformed from an elegant framed mirror, to a television with numerous innovative functions such as ip television, PC, Media centre, home theatre, Ipod and several others. The living room has also been completely restyled with the addition of opulent handcrafted sofas and a framed mirror that transforms into a new HD plasma screen but the room retains its distinctive sense of tradition and style in the finest panelled ceiling and mahogany boiserie. This room is enlightened by wide glass windows with views of the picturesque terrace and the Milanese skyline. In addition, an internal window overlooking the Pompeian style private swimming-pool, with muralled walls, polychrome marble tiles and a wide pool with dolphin mosaics, gives guests a taste of the atmosphere of the Ancient Roman thermal baths. A water massage, sauna and Turkish bath are the finishing striking elements of this pearl of Italian hôtellerie.
Hotel Principe di Savoia lavishes discerning palates with a variety of gourmet dining experiences. The five-star Acanto is celebrated for impeccable cuisine. Enjoy a relaxing breakfast, lunch or afternoon tea at the Lobby Lounge, which also offers all-day dining, or opt for the intimate atmosphere of the Giardino d'Inverno Bar.
Acanto Restaurant
Opened in May 2006 another absolute innovation: a new veranda and restaurant entirely integrated with the inside dining room of the Galleria restaurant. Elegantly refurbished in its design, materials and colour scheme, and with a new independent entrance. The architecture of the veranda conceived by Celeste Dell'Anna Design, enhances the view to the garden, an ideal solution for pleasant dining. During the day the light comes from a transparent octagonal-shaped cupola fit to feel immersed in nature, and the atmosphere becomes magical in the evening when the garden lights up. The style will be both contemporary and refined, with walls of natural beige fabric and the use of two different kinds of woods. Lighting the room will be a series of glass chandeliers from Murano, expressly designed by Dell'Anna using as inspiration the great masters of the 1900s. The menu is classic Italian cuisine, its flavours exalted by the talent of the Chef who combines a lightness of touch with newly gauged cooking times and presents dishes of high aesthetic value. The primary inspiration for The Acanto menu has been the local Lombard culinary tradition, which the Chef has melded with flavours from the Mediterranean and beyond to create delicate dishes infused with a world of flavour. Nothing but the finest of fresh seasonal fare is used throughout.
Lobby Lounge
The Lobby Lounge at the Hotel Principe di Savoia is an elegant café specialising in delicious pastries, traditional English afternoon teas and informal, but nonetheless high quality, à la carte all-day dining. The room recaptures the stylistic and architectural theme of Milan at the turn of the century. A perfect continuation of the bar, it retains the characteristic concept of a winter garden with boiserie and magnificent, hand-painted decorations of springtime motifs and picture windows overlooking the lovely Italian garden. An informal venue for breakfast or a light lunch buffet, served Monday to Friday. Afternoon tea and an à la carte menu are available all day.
Giardino d'Inverno Bar
The Principe di Savoia's bar is a winter garden that envelops its guests in a sumptuous atmosphere with a baroque flavour, featuring variegated marble, crystal, exquisite fabrics and a coloured glass dome ceiling. Giardino d'Inverno is an elegant, exclusive meeting place with an intimate salon, a quiet corner where you can meet for coffee, or at cocktail time, sip the specialities prepared by the bartender. Enjoy a relaxing moment in the evening, enhanced by discreet melodies from the piano. Finding time for yourself is the greatest luxury these days. Acknowledging this fact, the Hotel Principe proposes a daily Afternoon Tea, a refined break in the day to rediscover the quality of life. Held in the elegant hotel bar every day from 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm, Afternoon Tea is a sophisticated voyage through the aromas and flavours of 24 of the world's most illustrious teas.
In-Room Dining
Hotel Room Service is available 24 hours a day and is served on a beautiful, superbly decorated table. The menu includes a wide selection for breakfast such as Continental Breakfast, Wellness Breakfast, American Breakfast and À la Carte Breakfast. You can also find a variety of menus for lunch and dinner and special menus such as a Kids' Menu, Vegetarian Dishes and Take-Away Menu.
Chef's Profile
Fabrizio Cadei was appointed Executive Chef of the Hotel Principe di Savoia at the beginning of 2006. A native of Bergamo, Cadei (38) comes to the Principe with a lengthy haute cuisine background developed in the most prestigious and exclusive hotel restaurants in the world. Fabrizio Cadei has chosen to return to his country of origin in order to undertake a new professional adventure, marked by a strong determination and a great desire to develop his knowledge, experiment with new creations and fuse to his heart's content traditional Italian and international cuisines.
Hotel Principe di Savoia offers the largest meeting space available among Milan's five-star hotels. The new Sala Cristalli is equipped with the most advanced audio-visual solutions including the Creston integrated system control, where a single command on the colour LCD touch-screen panel is all it takes. You'll find it easy to host unique meetings and banquets for 10 to 1000 people in one of the hotel's 13 elegantly appointed meeting and banquet rooms. All the meeting rooms can be equipped with the latest technology for conferences, and our highly qualified hotel staff is available to help organisers of meetings and small conventions of every type, both in the planning stage and during the event. Our kitchen staff will prepare exquisite traditional regional and international dishes, as well as kosher meals, with the same customary care for a group of 1000 as for 11.
Meeting Room Facilities
- 13 meeting rooms
- Capacity of the largest meeting room: 700 square metres
- Capacity of the smallest meeting room: 35 square metres
- Audio-visual equipment and technicians
- High-speed Internet access
- Meeting suite(s)
- Meeting and event facilities with natural lighting
The hotel offers unrivalled services and facilities including 269 guest rooms and 132 suites, a renowned gourmet restaurant, a luxurious health centre and spa with heated swimming pool, and 16 meeting and banquet rooms. There is also Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) high-speed Internet access available from all rooms and public areas.
Concierge
Our Concierge is at guests' disposal 24 hours a day for information about Milan, what to see and where to shop. He can arrange theatre tickets, dinner reservations and transfers by limousine, private car or taxi.
Kids
We can arrange babysitting on request. Our Room Service menu features a kids' section with a special selection of tasty treats. In our Club 10 Fitness & Beauty Centre, kids can enjoy the indoor rooftop pool and we can organise private swimming lessons.
Hotel Limousine
The hotel offers complimentary transfers to the city centre in our Mercedes limousine. The service is available from 8:30 am to 6:45 pm except on Saturday and Sunday, when the service is available every 30 minutes from 9:30 am to 6:30 pm.
Disabled Access
The hotel offers four rooms that are especially equipped for the comfort of disabled guests. The rooms are located near the lift on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th floors (one on each floor) and are equipped with a special handle in the bathtub. Our public areas are easily accessible and disabled persons have no problem circulating inside the hotel.
Pets
Small pets are allowed in the hotel at no extra charge. We even have a dedicated Room Service menu for our four-legged friends, featuring dishes like cooked or raw tartare of beef, chicken or veal or vegetable croquettes.
General Guest Services
- Valet parking
- Complimentary limousine service to the city centre from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm except on Sunday
- 24-hour Room Service
- Extensive laundry and dry-cleaning services
- Non-smoking floors
- Safes in every guest room
- Small pets allowed
- Mobile phone rental
- Currency exchange
- Handicapped-accessible facilities
- Tours and excursion services
- Fully equipped Business Centre
- Babysitting on request
- Blue Collection luxury accessories
All rooms and public areas feature Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), the new high-speed Internet access service. In the rooms interactive televisions are equipped with LCD screens, an avant-garde technology combining tradition and the future. The set box, stereo with speakers and CD player are all integrated in the television so that there are no external devices present in the room. Also featured is a multimedia portal and Internet access through the television via an infrared keyboard. Additional facilities include a wide variety of entertainment options such as online video games, films and music-on-demand and the convenient option of being able to view hotel services directly on the screen. Moreover, it is now possible to accede to the new and innovative Luxury Portal, FourMuses by the TV screen, which caters for online shopping where you can enjoy the exclusive Personal Shopper and Image Consultant services, remaining in the comfort of your own room. Thanks to FourMuses you can shop for yourself, or by purchase souvenirs for your family and friends from a wide choice of the best in Italian fashion, design, art and food products.
From the very beginning, the Hotel Principe di Savoia has been a classy contradiction in terms - symbolising gracious living for a clientele focused on business, offering the traditional hospitality of a grand resort in an unapologetically urban setting, hosting captains of industry, counts of nobility and cultural icons with equal aplomb.
In 1927, the year the Principe opened its doors as the Principe e Savoia, Milan had already begun building its reputation as Italy's business centre. So the hotel's location in what was then a nondescript plaza called Piazza Fiume, far north of what was considered the heart of Milan, was less illogical than it first appeared. Although staunch traditionalists among the Milanese believed that everything that really mattered in the city had to be located between Piazza del Duomo and Piazza della Scala, the fact that the plaza - then as now - overlooked the 19th-century-style facade of the city's central railway station, Stazione Centrale, made it logistically convenient for the burgeoning business tycoons of the era.
The Principe e Savoia was developed by a limited company called S.A. Acquisto ed Esercizio Alberghi Savoia. The company entrusted the design of their project to Cesare Tenca, a prominent Milanese architect.
The site was chosen on well-reasoned grounds:
- It stood in a fairly open space amidst trees
- It was close to the railway station
- The city centre could be reached both easily and quickly
- La Scala (the world's most famous opera house and Milan's leading social attraction), where Arturo Toscanini conducted until 1928, was less than ten minutes away by carriage
Nevertheless, the proximity of Milan's industrial area was determinant in its success, as the hotel was originally intended, above all, for businessmen.
The Opening Announcement
Proof of the hotel's intended clientele can be deduced from the advertising decisions made for its opening on 6th April 1927. Although all the local newspapers carried the information, only one daily carried a full-page advertisement. This paper was Il Sole, a business publication - then as now - read for its coverage of stock market and raw material prices, wholesale and retail price trends. This decision was akin to choosing The Wall Street Journal or the Financial Times to carry a hotel ad today, rather than The New York Times or The Times of London.
The text of that first ad is also revealing. Although the name of the architect, Cesare Tenca, is mentioned, significant space is dedicated to a meticulous listing of room prices, suggesting that the target customer is someone attentive to making financial decisions based on value for money. Mention of the featured 'direct dial phone in every room', is geared to the appeal of practical business calls rather than leisurely social conversations.
The ad also mentions that an orchestra was to play classical music for dinner every evening from 8 till 11 o'clock. This offering was intended to enhance the prestige and social standing of the hotel's clients, who might wish to invite guests to dinner to work out the final details of a contract nearly ready for signing.
Celebrities Among the Hotel's Guests
From the outset, the hotel's success exceeded all expectations. The first guests were international business people and power brokers. But soon, attracted by the novelty of the hotel, by the lure of a quiet stay in the midst of the trees and gardens surrounding the building, by 'all the comforts one could possibly think of' (as the opening-day advertisement promised), other guests arrived: kings, queens, international royalty and world-renowned artists and intellectuals. They quickly realised that La Scala was less than ten minutes away by carriage.
Legend also has it that among the guests of the new Milanese hotel was Italy's dashing literary icon, Gabriele d'Annunzio. And in the years both before and after World War II the Principe e Savoia registered the names of guests more associated with the world of society and letters than with business: the Duke of Windsor and Erich Maria Remarque, Charlie Chaplin and Josephine Baker, Evita Peron and Maria Callas. The Aga Khan and Aristotle Onassis were also regulars. Thus the fame of the hotel spread through the quality of the guests who patronised it.
In more recent times, an American magazine, well qualified in matters of tourism, commented: 'The Principe di Savoia is a kind of private club both for the aristocracy of money and for that of great names. If you want to catch a glimpse of Gianni Agnelli and his wife, Marella, together with Henry Ford and David Rockefeller, or Elizabeth Taylor, Rudolf Nureyev, the Prince of Monaco and the Visconti di Modrone all having an aperitif together, just pop into the bar at the Principe di Savoia in Milan'.
Milan in the 30s
The Great Depression of the 1930s was a difficult time for many businesses, including the S.A. Acquisto ed Esercizio Alberghi Savoia. In 1938, the company was incorporated into the Ciga Hotels group. This signalled the start of a greater international prominence for the Principe and marked a shift in direction for Ciga, whose well-known properties included the Danieli and Gritti Palace in Venice. Such hotels catered to upmarket holidaymakers, not business people, so the decision to acquire the Principe, in the words of Paolo Guarneri, the hotel's General Manager, 'had a revolutionary air about it: the divorcing of the idea of hospitality from that of leisure, the prospect of operating in a city where the word "holiday" seemed completely out of place'.
The military and political upheaval of World War II took an even greater toll on Milan and its economy than the economic upheaval of the Depression. The Principe became a headquarters for the Germans and later for the Americans. By the time the smoke cleared in post-war Italy, Milan's geography had changed markedly. What had been the suburbs of the city was now part of the centre. Wide new streets had been laid out, and the factory chimneys of the early photo were no more. Factories had begun migrating to the suburbs and beyond. The Central train station, damaged during the war, had been rebuilt on what is its current site north of Piazza della Repubblica.
From the 50s Up To the Present Day
After 1950, the Principe, not seriously damaged by wartime events, was also renovated and enlarged. Two new wings, called Principe Rosso and Metallico, were opened between 1956 and 1957. When this renovation was complete, the management of the hotel was taken over by Ciga Hotels. They decided to rename the hotel the Principe di Savoia in the 1980s. This change was prompted by the fact that Principe di Savoia is the correct way to refer to the Italian royal family, rather than Principe e Savoia.
A change of greater underlying significance occurred in 2003 when the Dorchester Group, a company entirely controlled by The Brunei Investment Agency, took over the Principe. The new owners have embarked on a programme to ensure that Milan's leading hotel maintains its position, a commitment that will be seen in everything from interior design to remodelling of rooms and meeting areas, and a large number of suites, a sophisticated spa and gym with swimming pool, a fully equipped Business Centre, Michelin-starred chef in the restaurant and the most avant-garde technology such as Wi-Fi and interactive television. All is clothed in classic Liberty style, which evokes the hotel's original character.
Service is of course paramount, and the hotel staff come from the finest schools, receive careful training, have experience dealing with a demanding clientele and often also have experience abroad.
These high standards of service and style are appropriate to a city that is the financial, fashion, media and design capital of Italy. Milan is both the southernmost of European financial capitals and the most northern of the great Mediterranean cities. Milan is also an international centre for conferences, congresses, scientific meetings, fashion events and social happenings, events in which the hotel plays a highly visible role.
Today the Principe di Savoia continues the tradition it has culled since its founding - a place where the international elite of business and leisure meet in an atmosphere of cutting-edge class and sophisticated style.
Enter Club 10 Fitness & Beauty Centre on the top floor of the hotel and immerse yourself in an oasis of beauty and total well-being. You'll find spacious rooms where you can shower and change into a soft terrycloth robe and slippers, convenient lockers for your clothing and a gamut of products that will render your experience more pleasurable. Our beauty professionals will welcome you in an elegant and prestigious setting and pamper you with special attention. Hairdryers and cosmetics are at your disposal so that you may leave Club 10 in impeccable form. The Club is pleased to offer its guests personalised treatments and exclusive products, based on the most advanced scientific research and technology, selected to suit your specific requirements. Club 10 is also open to outside clientele.
Club 10 features:
- Pool area - 150 square metres in a glass-enclosed area, with heated swimming pool (5.5 x 10.5 metres), a hydro-massage tub, sauna and Turkish bath
- High-tech gymnasium - 120 square metres, with computerised equipment for cardiovascular training including a treadmill, bike, recumbent bike, Syncro elliptical trainer and weight-training equipment such as leg curl, leg press, pectoral, multi hip and total abdominal. All the machines include headphones linked to a personal television and radio
- Beauty treatment area - 80 square metres, composed of five treatment and massage rooms, a team of beauty consultants and trainers using products and methods prescribed by prestigious international cosmetic companies for face and body mise en beauté
- Personalised make-up - for day and evening
- Spacious and luxurious locker rooms
- Surrounding terrace as an open-air solarium
- Bar serving refreshing beverages and snacks
- Hairdresser and solarium
By appointment:
- Toning or relaxing massages
- Lymphatic massages
- Reflex zone massages
- Shiatsu
- Traditional Thai massages
- Facial and eye treatments
- Slimming and toning body treatments
- Manicure and pedicure
- Waxing
Hotel Principe di Savoia encompasses the true spirit of Milan, providing an exceptional experience of hospitality and ease. Dominating the largest square in Milan, Piazza della Repubblica, the hotel's landmark neoclassical building has been the natural home for international travellers and cosmopolitan society since the 1920s. Always with service and facilities of the highest order and style.
A vibrant and cosmopolitan city, Milan is rich in art, history and culture and is the business, design and fashion centre of Italy. The economic heart of the country, the city offers visitors an interesting blend of modern innovation and deep-rooted cultural tradition, and Hotel Principe di Savoia's central location in the heart of Milan means the hotel is perfectly placed for visitors to discover all its intriguingly different aspects. Famed for its concentration of designer shops and boutiques, Milan is also home to the world-famous La Scala opera house, the magnificent Duomo (cathedral) and Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, all of which are within easy access from the hotel.
Milan's fashion district houses the great designers' showrooms in Via Sant'Andrea, Via della Spiga, Via Gesù, Via Borgospesso, Via Santo Spirito, Via Verri and of course Via Montenapoleone. Important jewellery, design and furnishing showrooms can also be found here.
The Duomo
One of the largest churches in Europe and the symbol of Milan, its construction started in 1386 and ended in the late 19th century. It is characterised by 3400 statues and its fabulous stained-glass windows.
Teatro alla Scala
One of the world's most famous opera houses, it owes its name to the fact that it stands on the site of Santa Maria della Scala, a church built in 1381. The traditional gala opening night of the opera season always takes place on 7th December, the feast day of Sant'Ambrogio, the patron saint of Milan.
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