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Contrada Kassà, Scauri Alta
Pantelleria
39-02/581-861

COST: $$$$$

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From Travel + Leisure, Jun 2004

“photographer Fabrizio Ferri created Monastero on the remote, volcanic Italian island of Pantelleria; and the Salvatore Ferragamo family bought its first hotel,in the fashion house's hometown of Florence....” MORE>>

–Michael Gross, “Hotel Couture”

From Travel + Leisure, May 2003

“After nearly a week of subsistence-level niceties, we were ready for Monastero, a head-spinningly exotic resort owned by Ferri and marketed to collectors of one-of-a-kind fantasy hotel experiences. A lot has been written about the property, including that Madonna and Sting have stayed, yet everyone dances around what might be called its dirty secret: though you can see the Mediterranean, the water seems about as near as Tunisia. If you require crashing surf, Monastero is not for you....” MORE>>

–Christopher Petkanas, “Siren Song”

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