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The Plein Hotel
Milan, Italy · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Philipp Plein spent three years and more than forty million euros turning Palazzo Melzi d'Eril into his first hotel, and the address arrived with its own fashion history: Krizia kept her atelier in this eighteenth-century palazzo for twenty-five years, running it as a salon for designers, artists and writers until her heirs sold the building. Plein unveiled the result during Milan Fashion Week in September 2024: eleven rooms and suites with round-the-clock butlers, private saunas in some and a bathtub at the foot of the bed in others. Downstairs there is a restaurant and club, and a pool on the roof above the Giardini Montanelli.
- 11 rooms
- Opened 2024
- Neighborhood: Turati
About The Plein Hotel
- Mariuccia Mandelli, the designer known as Krizia, opened her atelier in this palazzo in 1984 and ran it for twenty-five years as a meeting place for designers, artists and writers.
- Philipp Plein's first move into hotels cost more than forty million euros across 3,000 square metres, and he has said the whole thing began as an idea for a nightclub.
- Roberto Conti runs the kitchen at Philipp's Restaurant & Club, a 150-cover Italian dining room that turns into a club after dinner.
- The hotel was shown to fashion insiders during the September 2024 shows and only opened fully to the public that November.
History
The Plein Hotel occupies Palazzo Melzi d'Eril at Via Daniele Manin 19 to 23, a building that went up in the 1700s and was reworked at the end of the nineteenth century. Its modern fame is a fashion story: in 1984 Mariuccia Mandelli, better known as Krizia, moved her atelier into the palazzo, and for twenty-five years it functioned as one of Milan's creative hubs. After her death the building was bought from her heirs by the Veneto entrepreneur Manuel Faleschini, who leased it on.
Philipp Plein worked on the conversion for about three years, investing more than forty million euros in roughly 3,000 square metres, and has said the project started as a plan for a nightclub before the size of the building pushed him toward a full urban resort. The hotel was unveiled to an audience of insiders during the spring-summer 2025 shows on 20 and 21 September 2024, with full public opening that November. It holds eleven rooms and suites, several with private saunas, some with a bathtub set at the foot of the bed, one with a terrace, and 24-hour butler service. The food and nightlife side runs as separate concepts: Philipp's Restaurant & Club, with 150 covers under chef Roberto Conti, the Jungle De Plein brunch room, a healthy bar and bistro, a lounge and a rooftop with a pool. The hotel is a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World and is operated by Glamore Group.
The setting
Via Manin runs along the edge of the Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli, Milan's oldest public park, in the Turati district between Porta Nuova and Porta Venezia. That puts the Galleria d'Arte Moderna and the Villa Reale next door, Casa Cipriani a few minutes away on Via Palestro, and the Brera gallery quarter and the Quadrilatero della Moda both within a walk. Turati on the M3 line is the closest metro; the Duomo is about twenty minutes on foot.
Restaurants and bars
- Philipp's Club & Restaurant — Restaurant · innovative cuisine
Amenities
- Event planning
- Catering
- Bespoke menus
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