Room Gallery ~ Palazzo Margherita
The infamous movie director, Francis Ford Coppola bought a grand but decaying villa, and renovated it with the help of renowned French interior designer Jacques Grange.
I recently read a piece covering the transformation, and I just fell in love particularly with suite no. 9 of the Palazzo Margherita.
This suite overlooks the palazzo’s private gardens and it was previously a covered terrace. Coppola installed glass into the windows and painted the vaulted ceiling.
{photographs by Tim Beddow}
The bejmat floor tiles were designed by Grange, as was the headboard’s inlay which follows a traditional Syrian geometric pattern. Grange also designed the bathroom tiles, and the overall feel is one of a bohemian Morocco set in Italy. As Coppola says, it is “authentic, quality, pleasure with a dash of the exotic”.
What’s even more exciting is that Ford Coppola has opened the Palazzo’s doors to paying guests wishing to stay. The next time I’m in Bernalda I shall certainly be booking myself into here as a treat!
What other beautifully designed location would you like to stay in?
