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Hotel Spadari Could Be the Inspiration for Gramercy Park Hotel

Where: Via Spadari, 11, Milan, Italy, 20123

This week we continue our series on European hotels. Since Vogue and Versace have apparently heralded the return of the supermodel, we decided to check in on Italy's fashion capital, Milan, for some cool places to stay and at least one to avoid. But if you have any suggestions for us on what to hit up or to stay far far far away from, let us know.

Hotel Spadari al Duomo in Milan currently ranks #1 on TripAdvisor for most popular Milanese hotel.

As with most #1-ranked hotels on the site, Hotel Spadari combines a unique hotel experience with affordable rates.   The small 7-story, 40-room  hotel is devoted to works of art and design furniture. (And we mean real art like worthy of a colleciton. Perhaps this is the type of game-changing hotel Ian Schrager is going after?) But not so much that it makes you feel uncomfortable or that you feel as if you are staying in an art gallery.   The varying blue and cream colors in the guestrooms were probably chosen to put you at ease and make things more approachable.  Overall the decor is modern and a tad funky but only enough so that it's just a  hip boutique hotel instead of another small European hotel.

Guests rave about the staff there, all of whom speak English and are even willing to take the blame for any bad recommendations they make:

The staff were fantastic and sent us to a couple of great restaurants and one bad one. I left my jacket at one and the staff had it sent back by taxi and insisted on paying for the cab as we had a bad experience at the restaurant which they had recommended.

Lastly, the hotel is centrally located, just around the corner from the duomo (cathedral), and close to the Teatro la Scala, Il Castelllo, and the Galleria.

A single standard room costs 218 Euros while a double is 228. Superior rooms which include a widedesk and a couch and baths with tub or shower are 228 for a single and 258 for a double. If you can splurge on the King room, do so as they are the biggest rooms the hotel has to offer at a price of 238 Euros for a single and 268 for a double. Another hint? Rooms on the 7th floor offer views of the duomo.

Despite what room you choose, each comes with free internet access and breakfast. But if you're a wannabe runway walker, then you probably won't care about the latter.

Related Stories:
· Hotel Spadari reviews [TripAdvisor]
· Gramercy Park Hotel coverage [HotelChatter]