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Hotel Santa Lucia
Loc S Nicola S N 89861 Tropea Parghelia, Italy
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USD 112.51 - 237.15 |
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| Rooms |
38 |
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| Description |
The Hotel Santa Lucia Is An Exclusive Refined
Hotel Structure Distinguished For The Efficiency
Of Its Services And The High Professional
Standards Of Its Management.
The Hotel Is Situated On The Costa Degli Dei
Riviera, In The Area Of S. Nicola Di Parghelia,
Near Tropea.
Surrounded By Greenery, The Old-established
Building, Completely Restructured, Offers Extreme
Elegance And Attention To Detail.
The Reception Area And Tv Room Are Striking From
This Point Of View With Their Warm, Welcoming
D Cor Along With The Bar And The Restaurant Room.
In Addition, The Hotel Offers Many Services That
Help To Make The Guests Stay Comfortable And
Peaceful.
In Fact, There Is Available A Central Safe,
Distribution Of Daily Papers And Magazines *upon
Request*, Breakfast Veranda With Sea View, Dining
Room With Veranda, Air Conditioning And Piped
Music, Hall-bar, Piano Bar, Animation, 24 Hour
Porter Service And Large Car Park.
Tasteful And Sober Furnishings Mark The 38 Rooms.
Available Are Doubles, Triples And Suites, As
Well As Rooms Specially For Disabled People
Served By Lifts.
All Rooms Are Equipped With Direct Dial
Telephones, Marble Bathrooms With Shower And
Hairdryer, Mini Bar, Satellite Tv And A Veranda
With A Sea View To Enjoy The Enchanting Panorama
Of Capo Vaticano.
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By Car
The Hotel Can Be Reached By The A3 Motorway,
Pizzo Calabro Exit.
Then Proceeding Along The S.s.522, That Runs
Parallel To The Tyrrhenian Coast.
The Town Is 30 Kilometres From Vibo Valentia.
By Plane
The Hotel Is Located 45 Km S From The Lametia
Terme Airport.
By Train
The Hotel Is Located 1 Km From The Tropea Railway
Station.
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| Room Information |
- Standard Rm 1 Double -
Standard Room With One Double Bed
Private Bathroom With Bath Tub Or Shower
- Standard Rm 2 Twins -
Standard Room With Two Twin Beds
Private Bathroom With Bath Tub Or Shower
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| Area Information |
Holding An Appreciable Position Among The
Accommodation Structures Of The Vibo Valentia
Province, The Hotel Santa Lucia Enjoys An
Enviable Panoramic Position Dominating The Sea At
Parghelia And Is Extremely Close, At Only 3 Km To
The Famous Tourist Resort Of Tropea.
The Efficient Road Network Allows Quick, Safe
Transfer In All The District, Making The Hotel
The Ideal Place For Whoever Wishes To Enjoy A
High Class Holiday In Comfort And With The
Opportunity To Visit The Lovely Villages Of The
Vibo Valentia Area, To Admire The Artistic And
Natural Beauties And Get To Know The Folklore And
The Exquisite Local Cookery.
Finally, It Is Possible To Take Excursions Into
The Rest Of The Calabrian Area, To Places Of
Great Interest Such As Locri, Gerace, Bagnara
Calabra, Scilla, Serra San Bruno, Pizzo Calabro,
Stilo, Copanello, Soverato And Reggio Calabria.
Tropea An Imposing Sandstone Crag, In A
Magnificent Position Between The Gulfs Of
Sant*eufemia And Gioia Tauro, Stands Tropea, One
Of The Most Picturesque And Artistically
Interesting Centers In The Province Of Vibo
Valentia.
Tropea Has Very Ancient Origins, Indeed, Its Area
Has Conspicuous Traces Of Prehistoric Settlement
And Evidence Of Greek And Roman Presence.
From The Eighth Century Ad The Town Was A
Bishopric, But Was Later Conquered By The Arabs
Normans And Aragonese.
Tropea Is A Flourishing Seaport, With A
Commercial Class Among The Most Dynamic And
Enterprising In Calabria, That Trades With All
The Mediterranean Countries.
Nowadays Tropea Is An Exclusive Seaside Resort
That Also Boasts A Modern Tourist And Fishing
Harbor.
The Town Also Has One Of The Prettiest And Best
Preserved Historic Centers In The Region.
The Town, Considered The Real Capital Of The Capo
Vaticano Area, Offers The Eleventh Century Norman
Cathedral, The Churches Of St. Francis Of Assisi
And Santa Maria Della Neve, As Well As The Highly
Fascinating Church Of Santa Maria Dell*isola,
That Stands At The Foot Of The Town, On A Small
Finger Of Land Projecting Into The Sea.
From The Viewpoint Of The Terrace Where The
Oldest Part Of The Town Lies, The Clear And
Extraordinarily Blue Sea Breaking On Splendid
Cliffs Trimmed With White Beaches And Indented
With Coves, Can Be Admired.
All Around Are Fertile Undulating Hills Covered
With Extensive Citrus Fruit And Olive Plantations
And Vineyards.
Tropea, In Fact, Is Also An Active Farming
Center, Famous For The Excellent Quality Of Its
Food Produce, Among Which Are Outstanding The
Giant Lettuce And Red Onion, Exported Throughout
The World.
Finally, The Town*s Craft Production And Cookery
Are Also Noteworthy, The Latter Is, Above All,
Distinguished For Its Seafood Tradition.
Pizzo Calabro One Of The Most Picturesque
Villages On The Coast Of The Province Of Vibo
Valentia, Clings To The Slopes Of A Fascinating
Promontory That Rises Precipitously From The
Tyrrhenian Sea, Right In The Middle Of The Gulf
Of Sant*eufemia.
According To Tradition The Village Rose On The
Ruins Of Napitia, A Colony Founded By Some
Phocaeans, The Village Also Welcomed Cicero And
St. Peter, Who Stopped Here On His Way To Rome.
Destroyed During The Fourth Century Ad By A
Saracen Attack, It Was Rebuilt In The Tenth
Century.
Henceforward Its History Is Documented.
In 1363 Some Basilian Monks Built A Monastery In
The Area, While Coral Divers From Amalfi Built
The Church Of The Graces, That Later Became The
Church Of Mount Carmel.
Fortified With Towers And Walls, The Village Grew
Rapidly, Quickly Becoming A Flourishing Fishing
And Trading Center.
In 1486 Ferdinand I Of Aragon Had A Castle Built
There, In Which, In 1815, The King Of Naples,
Joachim Murat, Was Imprisoned And Then Executed,
Afterwards He Was Buried In The Church Of St.
George The Martyr.
Nowadays The Village Is A Famous Tourist Resort,
Noted For Its Splendid Coastline And The Mildness
Of Its Climate, Pizzo Preserves Much Evidence Of
Its Past.
The Murat Castle, Declared A National Monument,
Interesting Aristocratic Houses And Several
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