{"id":105543,"date":"2025-06-09T07:38:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T07:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=105543"},"modified":"2025-06-09T07:38:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T07:38:38","slug":"between-eternity-and-elegance-60-years-of-hotel-il-pellicano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/between-eternity-and-elegance-60-years-of-hotel-il-pellicano\/","title":{"rendered":"Between eternity and elegance: 60 years of Hotel Il Pellicano"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the south of Tuscany, where the rolling hills turn into rocks and the sea draws closer, the region shows its wild side.<\/span><\/span> On<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Monte<\/span><\/span> Argentario<\/span><\/span> peninsula<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> everything<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> little<\/span><\/span> more<\/span><\/span> intense<\/span><\/span>:<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> scent<\/span><\/span> of<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> pine<\/span><\/span> trees<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> screeching<\/span><\/span> of<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> cicadas<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> salty<\/span><\/span> air<\/span><\/span> from<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Tyrrhenian<\/span><\/span> Sea<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span> The days seem longer, the evenings softer – as if time flows more slowly here.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

On this very coast, where land and sea meet like old friends, a special place was created in 1965:<\/span><\/span> Il Pellicano – a hideawa<\/span>y <\/span><\/span>t<\/span>hat<\/span><\/span> is st<\/span><\/span>i<\/span>ll one of <\/span><\/span>t<\/span>he most e<\/span><\/span>l<\/span><\/span>e<\/span>gant hidea<\/span><\/span>w<\/span>ay<\/span><\/span>s<\/span> i<\/span>n Euro<\/span><\/span>p<\/span>e to<\/span><\/span>d<\/span>ay.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

A story of love – and style<\/h1>\n\n

Il Pellicano was born out of a transatlantic love story: British jetsetter Michael Graham and his wife Patsy fell in love with this coast – and founded a small hotel here, named after a pair of pelicans that reminded them of their own faithful connection. From the very beginning, the house was more than just a place to stay: it was a meeting place for friends, thinkers, artists, aristocrats and eccentrics. It was a way of life.<\/p>\n\n

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The Italian entrepreneur Roberto Sci\u00f2 later took over the property and gave it architectural depth and timeless charm. Today, his daughter Marie-Louise Sci\u00f2 runs the hotel – as creative director, hostess and stylistic visionary. She has succeeded in preserving the heritage and shaping the future at the same time. Not loudly, but with intuition.<\/p>\n\n

Il Pellicano embodies a rare blend of intimacy and cosmopolitanism. The architecture is minimalist Mediterranean, but never austere. The colors are soft – white, ochre, sea green – yet full of expression. Everything seems to have been carefully chosen: The terracotta tiles, the sunlight on the fabrics, the smell of lavender and rosemary in the air.<\/p>\n\n

You don’t stay here to be seen, but to disappear – into your own being. Into the infinity pool, into a glass of Vermentino, into a conversation by candlelight. The surroundings do the rest: Porto Ercole, the small harbor town within sight, looks like a hidden watercolor spot on the horizon.<\/p>\n\n

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