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 Since 1865, probably, there were already the basements of what is now the Grand Hotel Parker's. The first owner was the Prince Salvatore Grifeo who rented the Grand Hotel Parker's, which was at that time a farm-house, to Guglielmo Tramontano who transformed it into the well known hotel. Tramonano's Hotel was named Beaurivage for the wonderful view of the bay due to its wonderful position: the hotel faces on the marvellous Naples bay, with a wide view of Castel dell'Ovo and the Vesuvio Vulcan.
In 1878 Mr. Tramontano sold the hotel to an important Swiss entrepreneur, Mr. Albert Brazil, who decided not to change the name of the Hotel, but he made several and important improvements, as the new rooms, bathrooms with hot water and a new restaurant in the inner part of the Hotel. The year 1886 is a crucial moment for the history of the hotel: the Cambridge University sent a very rich man, Mr. George Parker Bidder to Naples. He stayed for three months in the best suite of the Tramontano Beaurivage. His main interest was literature and in the library we can find some books that he bought to the Hotel. |
 All the architectural structure of the Hotel was in Liberty style and the coffee room was characterised by small tables with decorations in Art Nouveau and by "tableaux" made with majolica tiles. We can still find some liberty testimonies as the cantilever roof in the main entrance and also in the basement. In 1889 the Hotel had been placed under distrait for debits. From that time on the Hotel became Mr. Parker's property since he decided to buy it and to pay all debits.
The Hotel changed again its name into Hotel Parker's Tramontano and became one of the most famous hotels in the country, mentioned everywhere mostly in important guides such as the Baedeker's. In 1905 Parker contracted tuberculosis and decided to sell the Hotel to his Director Loeliger. In the period between the two wars, the Hotel continued to retain its leading position among Neapolitan hotels attracting important guests such as George Bernard Shaw, Lenin, Benedetto Croce, Raffaele Viviani and many others. |
 In 1947 Loeliger died and his son put the Hotel up to sale at an auction where it was awarded to Francesco Avallone, an attorney, who started the restoration of the Hotel. In the following period the Hotel accommodated famous personalities such as Leoncavallo, Totò, Anna Magnani, Eduardo, De Sica, Juan Carlos, Clark Gable, Hasse Jeppson etc_
Many famous people who left their mark on the Sixties and Seventies have passed through the salons of the Hotel Parker's, always expressing their enthusiasm for the marvellous view and the warm welcome of the city, but their thanks should also go to the discretion of the staff of the Hotel and the fact that they are assured a peaceful stay far from fans, paparazzi and journalists. |
 On November 23rd 1980 the region of Campania was hit by an earthquakes and Naples was damaged with cracks in many constructions and historical buildings including Hotel Parker's. The building had to be restored without altering the external architecture of the façade which is under the preservation of Works of Arts. An arduous task which the owners completed successfully endowing the city with a renewed Grand Hotel Parker's. |
 The works started in 1982 and were completed in 1990: eight years of patient work that, while safeguarding the monumental façade with the beautiful Liberty arcade, redesigned the interior, without however impairing the historical character of the Hotel and retaining that particular atmosphere of the time.
Today, the Grand Hotel Parker's offers its guests 83 rooms, 8 singles, 65 doubles and 9 apartments plus the Presidential suite that was reserved for Mr. Parker. Those who enter the Hotel today can admire the sumptuously decorated salons and the authentic antique furniture that the proprietors have arranged in the salons and rooms, the paintings and the bronze and marble sculptures that decorate the walls of the Hotel and the famous and antique library with around 700 volumes dating back to the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th. |
 The proprietor has also equipped the Hotel with conference rooms that have been hired by major international couturiers such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton and world famed jewellers such as Bvlgari. The hotel is located in Corso Vittorio Emanuele, one of the most old-fashionable street in Naples, which has a half-cost itinerary in Chiaia district. Close to the elegant Martiri square and via dei Mille shopping areas of fine boutiques, as well as the Capodimonte Museum & Gallery, the Royal Palace and the Archeological Museum. |
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