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Orientale vs Grand Hotel Piazza Borsa
Both Orientale and Grand Hotel Piazza Borsa are rated highly by professional reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, Grand Hotel Piazza Borsa ranks slightly higher than Orientale. Grand Hotel Piazza Borsa comes in at 80 with praise from 5 reviewers such as Fodor's, Frommer's and Oyster.
Orientale
Frommer's
Lonely Planet
DK Eyewitness
Rough Guide
Via Maqueda, 26, 90134 Palermo, Sicily
From $54 /night
- Free Internet
- Air Conditioning
- Private balcony
Frommer's
"The location is in the historic center of the old city, near many famous landmarks, including the Teatro Massimo."
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Lonely Planet
"An atmospheric hotel in a crumbling 18th-century palazzo. Albergo Orientale is about as romantic and old-style as you're going to get in Palermo, at a relatively low price."
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DK Eyewitness
"The courtyard entrance speaks of the faded nobility that used to live in this 18th-century palazzo."
Rough Guide
"One of the most atmospheric of old-town hotels, an eighteenthcentury palazzo with a columned courtyard and marble staircase, a frescoed salon, and two cavernous, vaulted double rooms."
Grand Hotel Piazza Borsa
Insight Guides
Fodor's
Oyster
Frommer's
Lonely Planet
Via dei Cartari, 18, 90133 Palermo, Sicily
From $97 /night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
Insight Guides
"The sober, atmospheric hotel combines a former monastery, church and cloisters as well as several ancient palazzi, including the former stock exchange."
Fodor's
"Cleverly constructed within Palermo's historic stock exchange, this monastery-turned-hotel is ideally located in the old town, just around the corner from Focacceria San Francesco."
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Oyster
Upscale
"The 127-room Grand Hotel Piazza Borsa is located in a restored former bank building -- and a convent before that -- in the heart of the old city."
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Frommer's
"The Belle Epoque decor has been preserved throughout, and the modern furnished, soundproofed rooms are mid-sized to spacious."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Opened in 2010 in Palermo's former stock exchange, this grand four-star hotel encompasses three separate buildings housing 127 rooms."
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