Pavone Castle, Pavone Canavese, Italy

Pavone Castle was originally built between the 9th and the 11th century. At the beginning of the 13th century, the castle went to the Romano family and, several years later, Oberto, the new bishop of Ivrea, got it back. In the 14th century, its first and major reconstruction took place. In the 15th century, the castle was abandoned, but, at the end of the century, Bishop Bonifacio Ferrero gave the go-ahead for new reconstruction: building a staircase, enlarging the residential area, and recuperating the external tower.

Wars between Francesco I and Carlo V caused new damage and destruction to the castle, which, following the Napoleonic invasions, was almost completely destroyed.

In 1888, the castle started undergoing renovation works under the direction of architect Alfredo d'Andrade, which were later completed, after his death, by his son Ruy d'Andrade. Several years ago, the castle was turned into a hotel-restaurant and Convention Center.

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Yiannis Tsiounis (10 months ago)
I’m sorry the air conditioning is broken. How about changing our room? (We came off season, we were the only guests). All the air conditions are broken. Really? In ALL 20 rooms that have independent units? Shame on you! You call that service?! And of course they haven’t bothered to open and air the room - hot, bar stench permeating.

Vjeko Vranic (2 years ago)
Facinating setting,old fasion theme throughout,quiet...rooms' lighting poor..TV functions complicated , why such a snall tv screen ? ..limited choice of channels...food very expensive considering the portions,lack of side dish choice,..emphasis was on "designer food"..pretentious.. Breakfast adequate but not indicative of rich Piemontese choice of food ..wonderful Provincia di Piemonte offers so much..

Esther B (2 years ago)
Never been that poorly received in my entire life, every employees of this place looks like are getting angry as soon as you ask them something (except the tall french boy at the reception). When we arrived it was before checkin we were asked to leave and werent even able to stay in the castle, it was 34 degre and we didnt had a car but she just didnt care. Checkin was delayed (when they knew we would be there for 2pm). Room was durty, towel durty and turn up, fridge was disgustingly durty (mold inside) and air con wasn t working... A fairly bad experience...

Pablo Javier Lucero (2 years ago)
Spectacular place. Amazing views. What I do have to say is, during summer, at least for a person like me, it's absolutely unbearable. I suffer the hot a lot, so, try to have some cold drinks with you. Aside from that, everything is incredible.

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