Grande Real Villa Itália

Cascais, Portugal. Located on the Cascais seafront, facing the Atlantic.

Grande Real Villa ItáliaCascais, Portugal

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Address: Grande Real Villa Itália Hotel & Spa
Rua Frei Nicolau de Oliveira, 100
2750-319 Cascais
Portugal
Telephone: +351 210 966 000
Official website: www.granderealvillaitalia.realhotelsgroup.com
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124 rooms, including suites and penthouses, in the restored former houses of King Umberto II of Italy.
Several restaurants and bars, all with sea-view terraces.
Real Spa Therapy of over 1,000 m² with a thalassotherapy circuit, an outdoor seawater pool and event spaces.
Located on the Cascais seafront, facing the Atlantic.

6 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

15 Sept. 1904
Umberto of Savoy, future and last King of Italy, is born at Racconigi Castle.
9 May 1946
Umberto II becomes King of Italy; his reign lasts barely five weeks.
13 June 1946
The king leaves Italy for exile, handing his powers to the Prime Minister without abdicating.
1950 – 1961
In Cascais, the Pinto Basto family lend their house, today Villa D’Este, to Umberto and his family; he lives there for eleven years.
After 1961
Loyal monarchists fund a new home on a plot of some 2,000 m² next to Villa D’Este, which the king names Villa Itália.
2004
The Grande Real Villa Itália Hotel & Spa opens after the restoration of the king’s former houses.