Grand Hotel Quisisana
Grand Hotel Quisisana is located in Italy
Grand Hotel Quisisana
Location within Italy
General information
LocationCapri, Campania, Italy
Coordinates40°32′58″N 14°14′39″E / 40.54944°N 14.24417°E / 40.54944; 14.24417
Opening1861
Other information
Number of rooms148
Number of restaurants3
Website
quisisana.com

The Grand Hotel Quisisana is the largest hotel on the island of Capri.[1] It is located in the old town of Capri, opposite to the Hotel Residenza Capri and the Villa Sanfelice, to the south of the Piazza Umberto I.[2] It was founded as a sanatorium in 1845 by the British doctor George Sidney Clark, who turned it into the Grand Hotel Quisisana in 1861.[3] "Qui si sana" means "here one heals" in Italian.[3]

The hotel contains 148 rooms.[2] It has eight conference rooms, one of which can accommodate up to 500 people.[2] The hotel's indoor restaurant, Restaurant Quisi, serves Italian cuisine and has been cited as one of Italy's finest hotel restaurants.[2]

Notable guests of the hotel include Russian writer Maxim Gorky, Russian singer Feodor Chaliapin, Oscar Wilde (together with Lord Alfred Douglas) and Friedrich Alfred Krupp.[4][5] Other notable guests have been Tom Cruise, Sidney Sheldon, Gianni Agnelli, Claudette Colbert, Jean-Paul Sartre, Gerald Ford, and Sting. After escaping Egypt in 1952, King Farouk I was a guest of the hotel during part of his exile in Italy.[6]

Since 1986, the Grand Hotel has been a member of The Leading Hotels of the World.[3]

References

  1. ^ Rosa, Alessandra De; Murphy, Bruce (12 April 2010). Frommer's The Amalfi Coast with Naples, Capri and Pompeii. John Wiley & Sons. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-470-49734-0. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d Stern, Steven B. (1 May 2006). Stern's Guide to the Greatest Resorts of the World. Stern's Travel Guides, Ltd. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-9778608-0-7. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "The Quisisana by Mario Morgano". Grand Hotel Quisisana. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  4. ^ Gardella, Mariella; de Alvea, Gonzalo (phot.) (2007). Capri Style. Images Publishing Dist Ac. p. 14. ISBN 978-1864701531.
  5. ^ De Simony, Pia (2011). MARCO POLO Reiseführer Capri: Reisen mit Insider-Tipps. Mit Reiseatlas. MAIRDUMONT. p. 51. ISBN 978-3829706155.
  6. ^ "Farouk in Capri". British Pathe. 4 August 1952.

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