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The Villa was originally built in 1930 by the architect, author, and philanthropist, Alden Freeman. Mr. Freeman was the heir to the Standard Oil fortune. He modeled the mansion after the oldest house in the western hemisphere, the ?Alcazar de Colon? in Santo Domingo. The ?Alcazar de...
More about the hotelThe Villa was originally built in 1930 by the architect, author, and philanthropist, Alden Freeman. Mr. Freeman was the heir to the Standard Oil fortune. He modeled the mansion after the oldest house in the western hemisphere, the ?Alcazar de Colon? in Santo Domingo. The ?Alcazar de Colon? was built in 1510 by Diego Columbus, the son of explorer Christopher Columbus. In 1992, The Villa was purchased by the famous Italian fashion designer, Gianni Versace. He spent $33 million dollars on the renovation, transforming the building into a lavish private 23,000 square foot home with 10 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms and an open-air central courtyard. For the next few years, Versace and his partner Antonio D?Amico hosted lavish parties and fashion shows at the estate. After Versace?s death, The Villa became a private club and since 2009 The Villa has operated as a luxury boutique hotel, restaurant and event space.
Values realeated to administratives fees are already included at the moment of purchase at the HURB website.Local fees, services fees and resort fees may not be included and should be paid directly to the hotel.
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Husband birthday dinner
Took my husband here for his birthday dinner was amazing and the ambiance was out of this world. The mansion was a little rundown but they have tried to keep it the way Versace had it. This was in our bucket list so we made it happen
Amazing Dinner & Atmosphere!!!
Amazing service great food & beautiful atmosphere. We were seated right next to the pool which made for a night to remember. Natalie at the front desk was very helpful and greeted us at the door. I will certainly be returning for future celebrations.
Nice staff BUt
If you have any issues with stairs, don't stay here. No elevator and insufficient hand railings No one could provide us w ith change for tips until our waitress at Breakfast made change out of her purse. Every morning, a different wait staff forgot something we'd requested off the menu. Our suite was above the kitchen and we were awakened by the kitchen staff talking after midnight. The night before we left, I requested assistance getting our bags downstairs. No one showed up I'd have lunch at Gianni's again but have no desire to ever stay here again.
Versace lunch excellent.
Everything was impressive, careful attention to detail and service was impeccable. Elegant and interesting reasonable pricing, spacious and accomadating; food preparation lived up to the menu. five stars.
Amazing Experience
I made reservations here for dinner for my wife and I for our anniversary and it was amazing. The food is top notch, the service is the best we have ever had, the seating is inside the mansion but outside in the courtyard and is very romantic setting. We felt like we were rubbing shoulders with the truly elite because of the clientele whom were present the evening we visited. My wife ended up getting along very well with the manager and he gave us a private tour of the mansion including the Donatella Versace suite where we had a few fabulous photos. If you can get reservations here do it but you must book well in advance as they are always full.