Parco dei Principi Wellness Hotel - Naples, Italy 

Parco dei Principi Wellness Hotel details:  Surrounded by lush, Mediteranean gardens (27,000m²), Parco Dei Principi provides a tranquil setting for your stay in Sorrento with a fantastic view across the Gulf of Naples.

When Gio Ponti designed Parco Dei Principi in 1961, he wanted to conceive the first design hotel of the 1960s. Book your holiday in Sorrento and check out the result. This splendid property stands on a cliff overlooking Mount Vesuvius. Relax in the large park and take a dip in the salt-water swimming pool.

Parco Dei Principi's private beach is exclusive to hotel guests and you have beach towels, sun beds and parasols completely free of charge.You can reach the beach by a lift from the hotel. There is a small dock on the beach, where you can embark the hotel's Rizzardi 50 Top Line motorboat for a leisure cruise.

The beach is also the exclusive location of the hotel's restaurant, La Spiaggia, where you can enjoy local and international cuisine, for lunch and dinner.

Relax in the Henri Chenot wellness centre, set in a refined villa within the property and providing different treatments and fitness equipment. The American Bar and internet point are located in the same villa.

The rooms in Parco Dei Principi still preserve their original Gio Ponti design and layout, and are located on either side of the hotel. Some overlook the sea, and some provide views of the gardens from their terrace or balcony.

Upon reservation, the hotel provides a shuttle service to several nearby destinations.

THE GARDEN:
The majestic gardens are a superb example of how botanical gardens were laid out under the reign of the Bourbon royal family, with evocative scenes of classical architecture amid the rare specimens of beautiful trees.

The Temple of Venus or indeed the remains of the castle bear witness to the desire first of the Bourbons and later of the Cortchacovs to keep the memories of this delightful place alive.

Enjoy a relaxing drink as you take in the changing hues of the gardens: the long, uninterrupted glazing seems to provide exactly the right filter for blending the evocative emotion of the natural world with the pleasing notes from the piano bar.

THE SWIMMING POOL:
The large swimming pool is filled with sea water and was envisaged by Ponti more as a "pond for wood nymphs" than as a mere attraction for swimmers. He described it as a pool "... out of which rise islands for the classical attitudes of Récamier or Paolina, of female beauty; and from the water emerges a masonry ladder to climb and then dive into the depths..."