Inferno & paradiso
Hospitality and flavours in a historic residence
An oasis of hospitality and charm in the heart of the splendid village of Gradara.
We are pleased to present you with the fruit of unceasing work carried out with perseverance and dedication with a single goal in mind: to offer you an oasis of hospitality and charm in the heart of the splendid village of Gradara.
We are pleased to present you with the fruit of unceasing work carried out with perseverance and dedication with a single goal in mind: to offer you an oasis of hospitality and charm in the heart of the splendid village of Gradara.
between hell and heaven
Thus was born the relais Hell and Heaven, where you will find our splendid themed rooms, some located on the main floor and others in the dungeons of an ancient palace in the walls of Gradara Castle.
Hell and Heaven is our historical residence, inside one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, a place where you can enjoy the atmosphere of a private spa and experience all the exclusivity of a magical place with an ancient flavour.
Our relais is in fact located inside the Morandi-Bonacossi palace and offers you unique rooms to choose from.
Hell and Heaven is our historical residence, inside one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, a place where you can enjoy the atmosphere of a private spa and experience all the exclusivity of a magical place with an ancient flavour.
Our relais is in fact located inside the Morandi-Bonacossi palace and offers you unique rooms to choose from.
Happiness and beauty fill the white, heavenly spaces of the Heaven suites on the main floor. Bright, joyful and welcoming.
Would you like to experience sleeping in ancient dungeons? Then you can choose our Hell suite, where you can recreate a tantalising realm of pleasure, to be shared with whomever you wish.
The suite is particularly impressive due to the presence of a cave that leads underground to a subterranean room where meals can be served in a decidedly unique setting.
Would you like to experience sleeping in ancient dungeons? Then you can choose our Hell suite, where you can recreate a tantalising realm of pleasure, to be shared with whomever you wish.
The suite is particularly impressive due to the presence of a cave that leads underground to a subterranean room where meals can be served in a decidedly unique setting.
a unique and evocative environment
The rooms of our Relais Hell and Heaven are the right location for a romantic getaway and to surprise your partner. You will find yourself immersed in history, in the centre of beautiful Gradara, with the ancient charm of the Middle Ages in every corner.
The details in each room will make your stay even more exciting and intriguing, a true journey through the innermost senses and desires.
The details in each room will make your stay even more exciting and intriguing, a true journey through the innermost senses and desires.
The pleasantness of the place and the charm of the landscape propitiated the great loves of the past, such as the one between the daring lovers Francesca and Paolo Malatesta (1289), narrated by Dante in the Fifth Canto of Hell, the memory of which is still present in the rooms of the fortress of Gradara.
La Botte restaurant is located in the Morandi-Bonacossi palace, where you will find dishes of the typical cuisine of the Marche-Romagna region.
La Botte restaurant is located in the Morandi-Bonacossi palace, where you will find dishes of the typical cuisine of the Marche-Romagna region.
a wonderful village rich in history
The building in which we are privileged to find ourselves is located right inside the medieval village of Gradara. Embraced by its walls and a double system of defensive walls and drawbridges (one of which is still in place), the Rocca is the heart of this place, with its chivalrous and romantic soul.
The Malatesta family, seduced by the beauty of the panorama and the salubriousness of the air, turned it into their summer residence, refining the fortress functions desired by the ancient Grifo family, who founded it around the year 1000.
The Malatesta family, seduced by the beauty of the panorama and the salubriousness of the air, turned it into their summer residence, refining the fortress functions desired by the ancient Grifo family, who founded it around the year 1000.
Besides the two lovers of the Divine Comedy, the fortress was also home to Lucrezia Borgia as a teenager, at her first bitter wedding to Giovanni Sforza, lord of Pesaro, successor to the Malatesta family in the lordship of Gradara in 1463. After a very brief regency of Cesare Borgia, Lucrezia's brother, Gradara came under the rule of Francesco Maria della Rovere, nephew of Pope Julius II.
With the extinction of the Della Rovere family, the castle was granted to a few noblemen from Pesaro and then ended up in the hands of the Municipality of Gradara, which, unable to provide for its preservation, ceded it with the obligation of restoration to the Counts Morandi-Bonacossi, who give their name to the palace in which we have built our relais.
With the extinction of the Della Rovere family, the castle was granted to a few noblemen from Pesaro and then ended up in the hands of the Municipality of Gradara, which, unable to provide for its preservation, ceded it with the obligation of restoration to the Counts Morandi-Bonacossi, who give their name to the palace in which we have built our relais.