Pulling up to the Italianate architecture of our hotel on a rain-soaked weeknight, we were welcomed into an almond-stained, wood-panelled lounge dripping with luxe Edwardian ambiance. Ahhh, the warmth beckoned me and I embraced it! Low lights, Persian rugs, and groupings of worn velvet settees, leather wing chairs, and embroidered Queen Annes immediately put us at ease. The seaweed, matte-textured tiles surrounded a mosaic of a traditional southern Italian landscape and sat s