After many years of complete abandonment, the Riviera Grand Hotel, a historical complex in southern Italy Salento area, comes to a new life after a challenging renovation and a radical interior redesign.

© Lucrezia Alemanno

Architects: Tomas Ghisellini Architects

Location: 73050 Santa Maria al Bagno, Province of Lecce, Italy

Architect In Charge: Tomas Ghisellini, Alice Marzola with Lucrezia Alemanno, Daniele Francesco Petralia

Client: CDS Hotels Ltd

Area: 10200.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Lucrezia Alemanno

Site Plan

From the architect. After many years of complete abandonment, the Riviera Grand Hotel, a historical complex in southern Italy Salento area, comes to a new life after a challenging renovation and a radical interior redesign.
© Lucrezia Alemanno

The property, located along one of the most extraordinary coast stretch of Ionian Salento, just close to the sea, is a sort of village made by thin coastal "towers" connected at the base by a plate of services and common areas. The towers, looking at the nearby gulf of Gallipoli, accommodate rooms offering stunning panoramic views over Mediterranean Sea.Outside, spectacular environmental terraces on different levels feature pools, tennis courts, belvedere, cafes and open-air restaurant, banquet facilities, solarium, meadows of...