Neglected palace is now one of the world’s most beautiful hotels
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Neglected palace is now one of the world’s most beautiful hotels

If you love vibrant design,a bit of pomp,exemplary service and the sense of a storied stay,then this may just be the hotel of your dreams – it was mine.

  • byJulietta Jameson

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