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Turtle Inn: Where Sofia, Roman and Francis Ford Coppola Like To Stay
Lagoon Bungalow at Turtle Inn
Ever wanted to live vicariously through a Coppola? You know, make a film or two, become a household name, travel affluently?
Well, we can promise you only the latter, friends, as we now have the official 4-1-1 on where Francis, Sofia and Roman stay when they travel to Belize. Obviously, they're going to crash at the Turtle Inn, a 17-acre beachside property FFC bought back in 1999.
But which rooms do they shack up in?
First, let's talk about Turtle Inn. It's the only luxury resort in the fisherman village of Placencia, Belize, reachable by a 30-minute puddle jumper from Belize International Airport. There's 25 rustic villas and cottages, two salt-water pools, three restaurants, a beach bar and a memorable staff to boot (shout out to Rudy!).
Accommodations come equipped with outdoor showers and gardens, homemade cookies (in a bottomless jar), screened porches and thatch roofs reaching up to 30 feet. The spa is fronted by Thai masseuses who can have you knackered in minutes and the new Miss Ellie dive boat that can drop you off at a deserted island within an hour.
Should you want to do the Coppola resort like an actual Coppola, you have three accommodations to choose from...
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Learn to Cook at Francis Ford Coppola's New Hotel in Italy
We admit, we sometimes forget that filmmaker and wine-maker extraordinaire, Francis Ford Coppola is also a hotel maker with his Coppola Resorts.
But now that he's opening his sixth hotel and his first property in Italy, Coppola reminds us that he's an established hotelier that we should be better about following.
Palazzo Margherita will open tomorrow, March 1, in the Basilicata region of Southern Italy. More specifically, the hotel is located in the town of Bernalda, the birthplace of Francis’s grandfather Agostino Coppola.
The palazzo, first built in 1892, has been completely renovated by French designer Jacques Grange with tiled floors, hand-painted fresco ceilings. While the place hopes to exude "Italian elegance", the decor also incorporates a bit of Moroccan and Baroque influences as well.
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Francis Ford Coppola Could Use a 'Godfather' in Buenos Aires
Director/vintner/hotelier Francis Ford Coppoloa is having a tough go with his Jardin Escondido in Buenos Aires. The small boutique hotel got robbed the other night, for the second time. From the Washington Post:
Police say the robbers made off with money and valuables, but more details were unavailable about how or when the robbery occurred. The official news agency Telam quoted a hotel employee as saying nobody was hurt in the incident.
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Killer View :: Francis Ford Coppola's La Lancha
We are suckers for a room with a killer view. We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.
[Ed. Note: HotelChatter contributing editor Tim Leffel reports from Guatemala.]
