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A Naples tradition and national monument that can look back over 130 years, the Grand Hotel Parker's has in recent times undergone lavish refurbishment that now allows this last august property to take its rightful place at the forefront of the city's leading 5 stars deluxe hotels. Behind the beautiful architectural details of its imposing Liberty faade, under the preservation of Works of Arts, lies a setting of refined Old World charm, whose antique furnishings and reassuring air unhurried calm are a complete antithesis to the clamour of the city. The hotel is located in Corso Vittorio Emanuele, one of the most old-fashionable streets in Naples, which has a half-cost itinerary in Chiaia district. Close to the elegant Martiri square and via dei Mille, shopping areas of fine boutiques, as well as the Capodimonte Museum & Gallery, the Royal Palace and the Archaeological Museum. The Parker's has 5 floors, each of them furnished in different styles: Louis XVI, Directory, Empire and Charles X. At the 6th floor Clients can have lunch or dinner in the exclusive George's panoramic restaurant overlooking the Bay with Capri, Sorrento coast and the Vulcan. For Guests 83 elegant spacious and distinctively styled rooms, including nine comfortable and prestigious panoramic split-level suites and a grand Presidential Suite with Jacuzzi, all with air conditioning, satelittle-tv, pay-tv,radio, mini-bar, elegant writing-desk, parquet and precious marble. Always paying care to Guest's desires, the hotel has recently opened a Health Center managed by Marc Messgu, the expert in herbs and balanced nutrition that propose the new program Day Light: a day per week dedicated to total well-being. The Health Center Marc Messgu propose a complete program to reach your good figure: a gym, massages, hydro-massages, steam bath, sun shower, special body and facial treatments with herbs. The Parker's had a lot of notorious Guests: Oscar Wilde and Virgina Wolf loved talking at the Bar, Umberto di Savaia, princess of Sweden and Grand duchess Anastasia Makembourg Kannes appreciated the elegance of the rooms, the playwright George Bernard Shaw, Filippo Marinetti and Lenin were enchanted by the breathless view. In the Fifties the popular Neapolitan actors stayed at the hotel: Tot, Eduardo and Vittorio De Sica are just some.
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