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A history more than a century long. Since 1896

Relax in the heart of the Gulf of Poets

Over the course of over a hundred years of existence, the Hotel Shelley e Delle Palme in Lerici has seen the presence of many tourists, including well-known faces from politics and sport and singers such as Mina, Gino Paoli and Ornella Vanoni.

But the charm of this land, and of this hotel in particular, attracted even the famous English writers David H. Lawrence and Mary Shelley who, between the 19th and early 20th centuries, spent a period of their lives on the shores of the Gulf of Spezia.

A vacation immersed in history

Staying at our Hotel means having the privilege of spending your time in one of the very first hotels to exist in Lerici.

A historic building of the 19th century that, in the early 1900s, was purchased by Mr. Romeo Pagano, very good at grasping the extraordinary potential of a structure overlooking the clear waters of the Gulf of Poets.

1896

The beginnings

1909

Romeo Pagano becomes the owner

100 years of history

The English writers David H. Lawrence and Mary Shelley spent a period of their lives on the shores of the Gulf of Spezia.

2019

The reins of the Hotel are now in the hands of Mrs. Clelia Guglielmoni, for a passing of the baton that has continued for three generations.

1896

The beginnings

1909

Romeo Pagano becomes the owner

100 years of history

The English writers David H. Lawrence and Mary Shelley spent a period of their lives on the shores of the Gulf of Spezia.

2019

The reins of the Hotel are now in the hands of Mrs. Clelia Guglielmoni, for a passing of the baton that has continued for three generations.

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