travel42 Hotel Review: La Posta Vecchia Hotel

La Posta Vecchia Hotel travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Once the private estate of American oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, this modern-day palace is a more straightforward version of his Malibu Italianate fantasy, a vision of aristocratic grandeur, albeit an isolated one.

Part of the small, select Pellicano Hotels Group, it is situated on a scenic but spotty stretch of Tyrrhenian coastline, approximately 40 minutes' drive from the Vatican, set beside romantic Castello Odescalchi.

Guarded by an electronic gate ...