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Learn to Cook at Francis Ford Coppola's New Hotel in Italy

Where: Corso Umberto 64 , Bernalda, Italy, 75012

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

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina

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

Where: Lake Peten, Itza, Tikal, Guatemala

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.]

SEE THE KILLER VIEW

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