Grand Hotel Cocumella – Campania, Italy
Suites & Rooms
Beading off from the corridors decorated with statues and terracotta vases, are 35 bedrooms and 18 suites, each one with its own individual furnishing and character. In some you will find beds beautifully inlaid with wood in the typical Sorrentine style and eighteenth-century varnished consoles. In others, old chests of drawers made of walnut, marble chimneys, frescoed vaults and original majolicas revive the old atmosphere.
Dining
Saintilla Restaurant – A refined and intimate place offering authentic Mediterranean cuisine, accompanied by a very comprehensive wine list.
The Cloister – The old cloister, the heart of the convent, is now used for exclusive wedding receptions and Gala dinners.
The Citrus Orchard – In summer you can enjoy a delicious but informal lunch in the shade of the orange trees around the swimming pool.
Leisure
The Sailing boat ‘Vera’ – The hotel has a sailing boat ‘Vera’ at guests disposal for day trips to Capri or Positano – a unique experience one will never forget! The simple pleasure of reading a good book in the fresh scent of the orange blossom, a game of tennis in the shade of the centuries – old pine; an hour of fitness or a sailing trip out to the Jerra delle Sirene (Land of the Mermaids) and then at sunset, a long solitary swim.
Public Areas
In the eighteenth century, the Cocumella fascinated Goethe and other erudite travelers who were in love with Italian culture. Today, its charm lies in its refined ambience where the past is rediscovered, a mid-way point between a cultural place and spiritual refuge. The eighteenth-century reception rooms welcome guests among the blue silk of San Leucio, the gilted mirrors and the old ceramics from Fuenza. The red Cardinals from the rooms named after them observe the comings and goings of the guests, while the silence of the eighteenth-century church is broken by baroque concert music.
Park
There in the Cocumella, there where the mixed orange flowers and violet lilies grow, there where ‘we eat lemons which with difficulty we hold with both hands’ wrote Friedrich Leopold Stalberg. The park / garden of the Cocumella, enriched over the centuries, is an excellent example of passion and of research. It above is worth the visit. In May the Cloister terrace is a glorious triumph of ancient roses which you can be assured have never been subjected to the violence of a graft. The entrance path is protected by an enormous wisteria from a coarse trunk that is more than a hundred years old. Towards the sea, beds of camellias…and of peonies, spectacular yuccas from sword-shaped leaves, geranium bushes, grapes which weigh heavily on the nets, kiwi, bright magnolias, a miraculous flowering plant which each day for three days turn a different colour…and above all, citrus fruits with a scent that will intoxicate you!
