Hotel that inspired 'Italian Summer'

[greendaze5]

OMG! It's gorgeous!!! I'm packing my bags!

The Palazzo Sasso Hotel:

http://www.palazzosasso.com/index.php

[Artemis]

Wow, I can definitely see why Stevie was inspired by such a place. It's really beautiful.

[KarmaContestant]

Originally Posted by greendaze5

OMG! It's gorgeous!!! I'm packing my bags!

The Palazzo Sasso Hotel:

http://www.palazzosasso.com/index.php

Looks great! The whole song reminds me of my own Italian summer last year. We stayed in Stresa for a few days, at this place (not as nice, of course, but still a great vacation:

http://www.zaccherahotels.com/it (Tabs 4-8, and Tab 9 was the island off the coast with a huge palace and gardens we spent a whole day in)

[tabruns]

I wonder which suite she stayed in. The priciest one for the summer season is $3,400+ a night.

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by tabruns

I wonder which suite she stayed in. The priciest one for the summer season is $3,400+ a night.

In the iTunes Deluxe thread, Stevie mentions the song was written in Room 102.

[greendaze5]

A few years ago, I went to Capri for a day (by way of Naples). That area is extremely beautiful so I can see how Stevie was inspired the way she was.

[WildHeart69]

Wow! That is a beautiful place

[markolas]

I don't want to look at the pics b/c I don't want it to mess up the image in my head of the apartment from The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone.

[WildHeart69]

Originally Posted by markolas

I don't want to look at the pics b/c I don't want it to mess up the image in my head of the apartment from The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone.

The pictures surpassed ANY image I had in my mind!

[greendaze5]

I need to save up $3400 (per night stay) or get a job there:

http://www.palazzosasso.com/en/palaz...ffer-italy.php

[studyinscarlet]

That place is totally Stevie. Good gosh, I'd feel like a bum showing up there.

[RavenOfRhiannon]

Ok, My bf and I are going to The Travaasa spa and resort in Austin next week, just to get away. Travaasa is part of the Preferred program that The Palazzo is a part of, and I signed up for some rewards program with them!! How random!

[momst1]

Soooo Stevie.

[priestofnothing]

I looked up this city on wikipedia and apparently a lot of writers and artists vacation in Ravello:

"The town has served historically as a destination for artists, musicians, and writers, including Richard Wagner, Edvard Grieg, M. C. Escher,[1] Giovanni Boccaccio, Virginia Woolf, Greta Garbo, Gore Vidal, André Gide, Joan Mirò, Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Graham Greene, Leonard Bernstein and Sara Teasdale (who mentioned it in her prefatory dedication in Love Songs)."

I just thought it was an interesting connection with Greta.