In my dream summer scenario, I’d book a suite at Palazzo Daniele, a 150-year-old villa-turned-hotel, where rooms with soaring, vaulted ceilings and original frescoes are interspersed with courtyards and groves of orange trees.
The 1861 property has been in the family of art collector Francesco Petrucci for five generations; in this century, he partnered with hotelier Gabriele Salini and designers Ludovico and Roberto Paloma of Palomba Serafina Associati to turn it into an Italian retreat. Together—and “inspired by the idea of absence”—the team peeled back every extraneous layer, leaving in place “monastic décor and bare walls” and “nineteenth-century fresco ceilings with cracks,” according to the hotel’s website. “Each room has a different artwork,” some old, some modern (like neon light installations). “Ancient family portraits alternate with works of contemporary art.”
Join us for a look at two of the kitchens at Palazzo Daniele, one communal, the other private.
Photography via Palazzo Daniele.
For a full look inside Palazzo Daniele, see Inspired by Absence: Art and Old-World Architecture at Hotel Palazzo Daniele in Italy.
And for more kitchenettes and cook spaces that are worth the trip, see:
- Casa Modesta: A Family House Turned Rural Retreat in Portugal’s Algarve
- A Romantic Monastery-Turned-Vacation Rental on the Amalfi Coast
- Italian Spring: A Villa in the Puglia Countryside, with Rooms for Let
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