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Waldorf Premier Resort
Milano Marittima, Italy · Independent · Near Luxury
Milano Marittima was drawn in 1912 by Giuseppe Palanti, a painter who made sets for La Scala and then laid out a whole seaside town on Ebenezer Howard's garden-city model, villas tucked into the pine wood. The Waldorf sits on the sand a kilometre from its centre, six floors of sea-facing balconies built in 1982 and rebuilt in 2007, with panoramic suites that carry a hot tub and a steam cabin on the terrace. La Settima cooks dinner; Dolcemare serves lunch on the hotel's own beach.
- Neighborhood: Milano Marittima seafront
About Waldorf Premier Resort
- The Waldorf is the top house of the Premier Resort, three hotels in a row on Via VII Traversa Mare that share ten restaurants and bars, several pools and one private beach.
- The Adriatic Golf Club Cervia, a course laid through pine forest and saltwater lakes, is about two kilometres from the hotel.
History
The Waldorf was built in 1982 on the seafront at Via VII Traversa Mare in Milano Marittima and completely renovated in 2007. It runs to six floors, with rooms and suites that nearly all carry a balcony over the sea; the junior suites face the water, and the panoramic suites add a private terrace with a hot tub and a steam cabin. There are indoor and outdoor pools with a waterfall and a whirlpool, a spa with massage and beauty treatments, and direct access to the hotel's own beach with its bar. La Settima handles dinner and Dolcemare serves lunch out on the sand.
The hotel is the five-star-luxury flagship of the Premier Resort, which its owners describe as the first luxury resort on the Milano Marittima beachfront: three neighbouring houses, the Waldorf, the five-star Premier & Suites and the four-star superior Le Palme, whose guests share ten restaurants and bars, several pools, the Body & Soul wellness centre and private spa, the beach and its kids' club. The group was also selected as a Tesla Destination Charging site.
The setting
Milano Marittima is a planned town. In 1907 Cervia's council handed a large stretch of unworked coastal pine forest to the Maffei family of Milan to develop, and in 1911 the Societa Milano Marittima was formed; on 14 August 1912 it took the concession to build villas, houses, parks and gardens. The master plan was drawn by Giuseppe Palanti, a painter and illustrator who worked for decades on costumes and sets at La Scala and who followed Ebenezer Howard's garden-city theory, so that holiday villas had to sit inside the pinewood rather than replace it. His own villa still stands on Via 2 Giugno. Building stopped for the First World War and resumed in the 1920s, and a ministerial decree of October 1927 recognised Cervia as a health and tourism resort, which set off a wave of hotels. Many of the Art Nouveau villas from the late 1920s and early 1930s survive under protection in the centre of town. The Adriatic Golf Club Cervia, cut through pine woods and saltwater lakes, is about two kilometres from the hotel, and Cervia itself three.
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