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Meneghello Palmižana Art Hotel
Palmižana, Croatia · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Professor Eugen Meneghello established tourism at Palmižana in 1906 on a family estate said to be about 300 years old, importing palms, agave, cacti, and eucalyptus to build a botanical park before opening the Palmižana Palace guesthouse in 1909. For more than three decades Dagmar Meneghello has run the family art hotel on Sveti Klement in the Pakleni Islands off Hvar, a celebrity retreat since around 2000 prized for its privacy.
- Opened 1909
- Neighborhood: Hvar
About Meneghello Palmižana Art Hotel
- Professor Eugen Meneghello established tourism at Palmižana in 1906 on a family estate believed to be about 300 years old.
- He imported palms, agave, cacti, eucalyptus, aloe vera, and lilies worldwide to create an exemplary botanical park.
- The Meneghello family opened the Palmižana Palace guesthouse in 1909 and weathered socialist Yugoslav restrictions on private island property.
- For more than three decades Palmižana has been managed by Dagmar Meneghello, wife of Giorgio 'Toto' Meneghello.
- Since around 2000 the art hotel has served as a celebrated celebrity retreat prized for privacy on Sveti Klement off Hvar.
History
The Meneghello Palmižana Art Hotel traces its origins to 1906, when Professor Eugen Meneghello established tourism at Palmižana on the island of Sveti Klement in the Pakleni Islands, off Hvar, Croatia, on a family estate said to be some 300 years old. He imported exotic plants from around the world - palms, agave, cacti, eucalyptus, aloe vera and lilies - to create an exemplary botanical park, and opened a guesthouse, the Palmižana Palace, in 1909.
The Meneghello family began welcoming tourists in earnest in 1950 and weathered restrictions on private island property during the socialist Yugoslav period. For more than three decades Palmižana has been managed by Dagmar Meneghello (née Gebauer), wife of Eugen's son Giorgio 'Toto' Meneghello, evolving into an art hotel and, since around 2000, a celebrated celebrity retreat prized for its privacy and lush natural setting.
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