Grand Hotel Reale

Frommer's Review

A very faded beauty, this hotel was Orvieto's most glamorous address in the 1930s. Though it seems that little upkeep has been done since opening day, it remains the only hotel in the center besides the Palazzo Piccolomini with any character. Most rooms are loaded with 19th- and early-20th-century furniture, and many have gorgeously frescoed ceilings, but the wiring stapled to the walls and the overall wear on everything detracts from the aura. The beds are of the very lazy spring variety, and bathrooms are begging for a tune-up. (In many of the most beautiful rooms, ugly modular cube bathrooms have been stuck in the corners.) Don't accept the dreary cheaper rooms -- with the antiques and frescoes removed, this place becomes just a very worn pensione.

Facilities:
Concierge; tour desk; car-rental desk; 24-hr. room service (breakfast and bar); babysitting; laundry service

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