| A Palazzo Busdraghi, with its striking,
period elegance, is a new 4-star hotel in Lucca, created from an old town house of the
same name in Via Fillungo, the main street in the historic centre of the town. We call it
a Residenza d'Epoca. It has seven bedrooms, all luxurious and carefully
designed. Each one has a different shape, is decorated with rich fabrics in a
different colour and furnished with fine antiques, such as the wardrobe that belonged to Giacomo
Puccini.
Creating the right atmosphere and attention to detail make Palazzo Busdraghi the
ideal place to stay when you come to visit historic Lucca.
A special experience for everyone.
Palazzo
Busdraghi dates back to the 16th century and has an irregular rectangular shape
with a complex distribution of internal space that derives from earlier medieval
buildings. It is bounded on three sides by Via Fillungo, Via Busdraghi and Via del
Portico, and the entrance to the courtyard from Via Fillungo is through a
16th-century covered loggia with a beautiful portal with Doric columns in the Civitali
style.
The Company of the Cross, whose role was to assist people who were condemned to
death and to give hospitality to pilgrims, was one of the last dimore of the family.
There is also a large beautiful garden behind the long wall on Via Busdraghi. This name
as well as the property became the family's through the marriage of Anna di Michele
Bartolomei to Giuseppe Francesco Busdraghi in 1701.
The façade in Via Fillungo dates from 1500 and has a wood-paneled door and family
crests set into an old fanlight, with columns on the outside and in the courtyard in the
style of noted artists in Lucca in the 16th century.
Jacopo di Piero Busdraghi was already living in the area in 1340, renting a
property described as extra portam in the San Pietro Somaldi district, while the family's
principal house was the one owned by Giuseppe Francesco in Via San Giorgio which he sold,
with the consent of the General Council, to Lelio Ottorini who later sold it to the
marquises Meuron. They also owned a "beautiful villa with an olive grove" in
Pozzuolo (then called Quilici). Parking is just two blocks way in their own gated
area with a porter if necessary.
The hallmark of the A Palazzo Busdraghi town house hotel is the care it gives to
the services it offers to its guests:
Bedrooms:
There are seven bedrooms, all different in shape, colour and furnishings. Fine antiques
are combined with modern fittings and all rooms are soundproofed and air-conditioned
and have a minibar, safe, two telephones (in the bedroom and bathroom) and satellite
TV.
At the period residence A Palazzo Busdraghi you can have breakfast in the sunny
"tapestry" room that overlooks a green corner of the town, have tea or sip
your drink in the charming little reading room, or take the opportunity to
relax in the sauna.
We will be happy to see to all your wishes and requirements.
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Rates 2008 - 2009
Low Season High Season
Double Room (single occupancy)
199 E
239 E
Double Room
199 E
239 E
Superior Room
249 E
279 E
Junior Suite
299 E
319 E
Suite
447 E
547 E
*Rate includes VAT, Service, Buffet Breakfast and Use of
Sauna*
To
see photos of A Palazzo Busdraghi please click here.
To
see a map of the area surrounding A Palazzo Busdraghi please click here.
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