Hotel VILLA IGIEA GRAND HOTEL

OVERLOOKING THE BAY OF PALERMO AND SET IN A SPLENDID TERRACE GARDEN REDOLENT WITH JASMIN, THE VILLA IGIEA GRAND HOTEL, PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN HOTELS IN SICILY, WAS DESIGNED AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY BY ERNESTO BASILE WHO WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS. THE HOTEL IGIEA OFFER ITS GUESTS THE CHANCE TO SAMPLE THE BEST OF MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE IN ITS RESTAURANT, WITH MEALS BEING SERVED ON THE TERRACE IN SUMMER TIME. COMPLETING THE PICTURE ARE A READING ROOM, SEA WATER SWIMMING POOL AND TENNIS COURT, ALONG WITH AN AMERICAN BAR THAT OFFERS PIANO MUSIC IN THE EVENINGS, NOT TO MENTION THE HANDSOME SALONE BASILE AND SALONE IGIEA THAT ARE PERFECT FOR RECEPTIONS AND BANQUETING. FILLED WITH ANTIQUES AND ART OF GREAT CULTURAL INTEREST, THE GRAND HOTEL VILLA IGIEA HAS A MUSEUM LIKE QUALITY YET RETAINS ALL THE COMFORTS EXPECTED OF A SUPERIOR DELUXE HOTEL. THE HOTEL LOOKS ONTO THE SEA AND IS SURROUNDED BY TERRACED GROUNDS AND LARGE, RICH GARDENS. NEXT TO THE HOTEL, SUROUNDED BY GREENERY, STANDS THE CONFERENCE CENTRE, WHICH OFFERS MAXIMUM COMFORT FOR GATHERINGS OF FROM 10 TO 400 GUESTS. THIS PROPERTY WAS BUILT IN 1896. RENOVATED IN 1999.