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Monday, October 17, 2022

"AND NOW LA COCUMELLA, IT'S HOSTING ME." It's the oldest hotel on the Sorrento peninsula and a stay at the Grand Hotel Cocumella is like stepping back in time to a world of old school hospitality and charm. Born from a 16th-century monastery and now adjoining the old chapel, over the course of its 200-year history this hotel has hosted Goethe, Mary Shelley, Hans Christian Andersen and Sigmund Freud as part of their "grand tour". Grand Hotel Cocumella review, Sorrento, Italy: The Sorrento hotel living up to its 'grand' name | Traveller

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