Luxury Suites
There are a number of luxury themed suites, such as the Pompeii, Caruso, Antique and Royal. There is also a modern designer suite. Each has its own atmosphere and style.
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Holistics Centre
The most recent addition to guest facilities is La Serra Holistics Centre which offers a wide range of beauty treatments and wellbeing rituals.
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Restoration Work
Richard Stuart Kerr is an artist, painter and interior consultant who is involved in the restoration work of the hotel. His website includes images of some of his projects including the Excelsior Vittoria.
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Since 1834 the Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria has welcomed visitors, including royalty and celebrities, to Sorrento. Such guests as Enrico Caruso in 1921 and Richard Wagner and his wife Cosima in 1876. Indeed, it is the elegant and imposing group of buildings you see as you arrive by boat and is officially recognised as an historical landmark.

But should you arrive by road its presence is evident only by the name on an elegant cast iron archway near the main square which leads you through perfumed gardens to the hotel entrance. One minute you are in the hustle and bustle of the main square, the next in an oasis of calm and tranquility.

Such 5* luxury has been enjoyed by royalty and celebrities for generations, but even for those who choose not to stay, its architectural style and history is something that can still be appreciated.

Three distinct buildings make up the hotel. La Vittoria is the oldest and was built in 1834, La Rivale built in 1882 and the swiss chalet styled La Favorita in 1860. There was also a fourth named La Caporiva which was built in 1924 but demolished in 1980 because of damage resulting from the 1980 earthquake.

Another feature of the Hotel no longer evident was the funicular railway which transported guests between the hotel and the port in the early 1900's. A tunnel dating back to the Roman period was used for this purpose, the entrance of which is still visible. An elevator now provides this service.

The Hotel is apparently built on the same site as the villa of Emperor Augustus. Indeed many archaeological pieces from the 4th and 5th centuries BC., were uncovered in the hotel's grounds. The most recent finding was the ruins of a roman swimming pool discovered during the refurbishment of the hotel's swimming pool in 2004. These are now visible to guests as an integral feature of the new pool layout.

This association with Sorrento's history is evident wherever you turn, with marble busts and statues gazing out from the terraces over the Bay of Naples towards Vesuvius, or statues and columns adding to the serenity of the gardens.

This appreciation of past beauty and elegance continues inside the hotel with careful restoration under the tender care of Luca Fiorentino and his wife Lydia. Together they have retained the splendour of a Victorian setting but with the comforts of the modern world.