Grand Hotel Vesuvio

Naples, Italy. Located on the seafront Via Partenope, facing Castel dell’Ovo and the Gulf of Naples.

Grand Hotel VesuvioNaples, Italy

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Practical information

160 rooms including 21 suites, some furnished with antique collections and sea views.
Caruso Roof Garden restaurant on the ninth floor and the Sky Lounge cocktail bar at the top of the hotel.
Echia Club, concierge service and meeting facilities; member of The Leading Hotels of the World.
Located on the seafront Via Partenope, facing Castel dell’Ovo and the Gulf of Naples.

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

1882
Belgian financier Oscar du Mesnil builds the Grand Hotel du Vésuve on Naples’ newly created seafront.
1885
Guy de Maupassant stays at the hotel, later followed by Oscar Wilde and Gabriele D’Annunzio.
1921
Tenor Enrico Caruso, who considered the hotel his Neapolitan home, dies there aged 48.
1939 – 1945
The hotel is destroyed by bombing.
26 April 1950
Rebuilt over two years with two extra floors, the hotel is inaugurated again; postwar guests include Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier and Rita Hayworth.
1994
Official delegations, including that of US President Bill Clinton, stay at the hotel for the G7 summit held in Naples in July 1994.