In 1870, Macpherson’s Pension Britannique was inaugurated, run by a Scottish woman with a strong personality, Emilia Macpherson. Artists, princes, politicians and adventurers admired the Gulf of Naples looking out from the windows of the pension. Among other the most illustrious guests were Prince Umberto of Savoy, Queen Federica of Greece, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Virginia Woolf and George Bernard Shaw. Over the years, the hotel changed management but not reputation, remaining a reference point for high-ranking tourism until 1943, when its privileged status convinced the German command, and later the American one, to choose it as their headquarters.
Much more than just a hotel, The Britannique is a true Neapolitan institution, which has been restored to its former splendor. After...
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