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"Occupying a 1912 building that went from luxury apartments to flophouse and abandonment, this fabulously over-the-top hotel (opened September 2022) has rediscovered its old glamour with interiors that mix louche 1970s style and Renaissance richness: blue leopard-print carpet, a claw-foot tub encircled by silk curtains, a lobby hung with brooding Caravaggio-esque paintings, and orchids growing from silver planters with swan-neck handles." - Simon Willis Simon Willis Simon Willis is a contributing writer for Travel + Leisure. For the magazine he has crisscrossed Europe, Asia and Latin America. Particularly drawn to remote places, he has filed features from Patagonia, Laos and the Southern Ocean among other destinations. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines