Lonely Planet Review
This place oozes old-fashioned elegance and much of its 19th-century interior remains intact. Guest rooms have been comfortably tweaked, but the public areas, complete with antique furnishings, retain the grace of another age and there's a wonderful courtyard in which to relax after a long day.
If you head straight for the reception desk - which looks like a caretaker's cubby hole from the 1930s - you'll get the feeling that this is a place whose time has passed. You couldn't be more wrong. Take a step back and look up - fluted columns, a grand old staircase and an immaculate central atrium give a more accurate impression of what lies beyond the lobby. The public hallways are wonderfully decorated with period furnishings, while the rooms are light, spacious and airy, boasting the kind of high ceilings you just don't see any more. Staff are not immediately effusive, but they're helpfulness itself once they warm up.
Review by author
Anthony Ham