HISTORY

Grand Hotel Excelsior is located on the coast 5 km from the center of Amalfi, born from spirit and creative genius of its founder Gaetano Amendola.
Dr. Amendola since childhood is fascinated by the “shining star” of the various hotels of the times carriyng to Amalfi thousands of tourists
He then decides to undertake, among many other projects, this challenging activity and chooses as a perfect place a corner where he usually retired to study, enchanted from the stunning view.
Work began in 1958 and in 1962 the doors of what is still today one of the largest hotels on the Amalfi Coast, one of the favorite destinations of the Italian and international gustes, opened between the ’60s and’ 80s.
The Hotel hosted some of the important international and Italian music players, politicians, actors and starlette, from Sweden’s Gustavo to the unforgettable Peppino di Capri that used to play piano in the living room during the hot summer night.
Above everything stands out the film “Uno Strano Tipo” with Adriano Celentano,the italian actor that met his wife Claudia Mori, on the movie set, mostly shot in the hotel.