FERRARA WEATHER | | Thursday - 11th Mar |  | Sunny
| Max | : | 9°C (48°F) | | Min | : | -2°C (28°F) |
| | | Friday - 12th Mar | | Sunny
| Max | : | 8°C (46°F) | | Min | : | 1°C (34°F) |
| | | Saturday - 13th Mar | | Sunny
| Max | : | 8°C (46°F) | | Min | : | -1°C (30°F) |
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Ferrara Hotels are swathed in authentic northern Italian culture, a city that is away from the traditional foreign visitors' itinerary. It is a city characterised by twisting medieval cobblestoned streets, a Duomo (cathedral) with a looming Gothic facade, and a castle straight from the pages of a fairytale story complete with towers, moat and drawbridges. Guests to the city will find an extensive range of luxury hotels, many are found in historic buildings having their own story to tell, some are found in more modern high rise affairs whilst others lie in their verdant landscapes providing privacy and exclusivity.
Visiting Ferraro is very similar to enjoying an extensive art exhibition as no matter where the eye may wander, the views are festooned with ancient architectural masterpieces that have been beautifully preserved and engineered to marry well with the 21st century. The city is half medieval half Renaissance this dual landscape was the vision of oligarch Ercole dÉste who hired architect Biagio Rosetti to seamlessly meld the newer section to the old. The careful planning earned Ferraro the title of Italy's first ''modern city''. Today this captivating, anachronistic ambience is best explored on foot or bicycle.
The most relaxing way of soaking up the towns atmosphere is simply to sit in one of the pavement cafe's and watch this vivid Italian scenario play out. The city is packed with wonderful restaurants, cafes and bistro's proudly presenting their delicious specialities and presided over by the families that have owned them for generations, and have played host to many important historic figures from the pages of time. Shopping is found throughout the cobbled streets ranging from expensive boutiques hidden away to lighter on the budget larger chains.
The city is surrounded by ancient city walls and beyond these a green park, every Saturday morning there is an open air market set up in Piazzo Trento-Trieste with a changing weekly them-ranging from furniture to antiques to clothes to food and produce, one night a week is devoted to an open-air candy market. The Ferrara Frutta sells fresh local produce of excellent quality for very low prices.
It is within this vivid vibrant slice of Italian life that beautiful Hotels welcomes their privileged guests with open arms and smiling faces, doormen greet guests and dispatch luggage efficiently. Grand foyers host welcoming staff who greet expansively and process check in flawlessly whilst the concierge provides a brief overview of the Hotels facilities and the surrounding attractions. The Lobbies and atriums of these historic environments are punctuated with objects dart, antiques and fine works of art highlighted with ambient lighting and fresh flowers.
Accommodations range in size from en suite rooms to multi roomed suites and host a range of decors from modernly stylish to charmingly Renaissance in style. The more recent hotels provide a uniformity to their decorative styles whilst the boutique Hotels accommodations are individually styled determined by the shape and age of the room. These delightful spaces are home to comfortable seating and dining areas and provide for the executive a dedicated work station complemented with high speed internet access. Master bedrooms are oases of comfort described through king size beds dressed in the finest linens, throws and comforters.
En suite bathrooms are lavish affairs clad in beautiful Italian marble hosting designer fittings and companioned with signature toiletries, slippers and bathrobe.
These rooms are further provided with a wide range of amenities including cable channels, coffee maker, iron/ironing board, television, in-room movies, cribs, hairdryer, non-smoking room, wake-up service, National Newspapers and room service.
Fine dining is found through a range of wonderful venues in the form of Bistros offering a fresh and contemporary twist on traditional Italian cuisine, to exclusive dining rooms hosting white linen table clothes, silver cutlery and crystal glass where Master Chefs use the finest of local ingredients and produce elegant international and local specialities. The ambiences created encourage patrons to mingle and share and enjoy the experience, it is celebratory and exciting. These celebrated venues host a range of both local and international vintage wines. Coffee shops and Tea Houses grace the public spaces of these grand establishments and maybe found in quiet and include areas providing privacy and deeply warm environments to alfresco terraces hosting beautiful views of the city. Lobby lounges and Bars host warm and welcoming atmospheres and a selection of designer cocktails and liqueurs.
A selection of meeting rooms and grand Ballrooms offer the perfect venues for sophisticated business launches, seminars, conferences and gala events and are equipped with A/V equipment and on-site and off-site catering options to ensure the success of any event. One-on-one meetings may be held in the smaller meeting rooms providing privacy and confidentiality. The luxury hotels provide events teams that oversee the entire function and may assist with all aspects of planning events from inception to completion. Specialised catering from coffee Breaks with pastries and cakes and light finger sandwiches to full blown banquets are provided with aplomb.
Many of the hotels are family friendly and offer a children's club and baby-sitting service complemented with special welcoming gifts given to children on arrival. The junior suites have sofa beds when extra accommodation is needed, there are also interconnecting rooms for families providing peace of mind for mum and dad.
An extensive range of guest services provides, ATM, cocktails receptions, concierge, express check in, gift shop, high speed internet access, indoor pool, outdoor pools, laundry facilities and valet services, safe deposit box and wheel chair access.
The Ferrara Hotels offer guests a wonderfully comfortable trip into historic Italy, providing the perfect viewing platform to watch Italian life unfold and luxuriate in the warm smiles and personalities of this charming nation.
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