From stone to the soul of the Mediterranean: a historic hotel surrounded by the sea and open to the world
Comfort is the principle, elegance is the consequence, and the result is style.
The suites and rooms of the charming Hotel Algilà in Ortygia were designed according to this assumption, each composing a mosaic of 54 unique pieces. This accommodation facility is rooted in two buildings: Algilà and Bongiovanni, disconnected from each other but very close, placed in the historic centre, a few steps from the sea.
Overall, the hotel is therefore the osmosis of several buildings, renovated according to the architectural findings gradually discovered, which make it today a true monument of the late Sicilian Baroque.
The ancient façade, the wooden coffered ceilings, the arches and the secret passages are part of that engineering and stylistic challenge that made the embrace of two cultures a reality: that typical of Ortygia, and Sicily in general.
The rooms – welcoming and romantic, refined and airy – are bound to the original protected spaces. However, it is precisely the hand-decorated ceiling beams and the oak parquet floor that give and confirm that atmosphere of refined luxury, as in the past.
Everything – including furnishings, curtains, decorated ceilings, and majolicas in the bathrooms – recalls the colours offered by the landscape… Such as the shades of the Ionian Sea, which breaks on the rocks of the island of Ortygia.
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Photo GABRIELE DEBETTO and ALBERTO FRACCON
Written by GERMANA CABRELLE
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