Both from Romagna, our grandparents had moved to Brianza for work in the mid-1950s and had opened the “Emiliana Restaurant” in Arcore, which they managed until the early 1970s when they made the decision to return to Romagna to become hoteliers.
After the war, our grandfather had been an apprentice waiter for years in several renowned hotels including the Boemia and the Grand Hotel des Bains in Riccione, the Hotel Majestic in Rome and the Hotel Gallia in Milan. In the years he became a very skilled cook, role he also held in our hotel.
Our grandmother had learned the art of dressmaking from her mother since she was a child but she didn't like it at all. Her dream was to be amidst people and not curl her back hours and hours over a piece of cloth.
Everyone knew her for “la Pupa”, a nickname that her father had given her when, returning home after months spent driving the truck up to the far Africa, he called her “la mia pupina” (my little darling).
La Pupa was much loved by her customers and everyone remembers her, for her friendliness and cheerfulness, her ringing voice, her fire red hair, her makeup and her fashionable clothes. She was perfect in relating to the public, a role usually reserved for men at the time.
And so in 1972 the history of Hotel Adria began and lasted uninterruptedly with us until 2003, when we decided to rent the structure. Those have been intense years full of memories of faces of known people, many of whom will always remain in our hearts. Years of apprenticeship for us, who have never stopped working in tourism anyway.
Now, after years, our story has started again at Hotel Adria in a renewed and modern guise, with the new generations and the collaboration of a staff that is as young and dynamic as possible.
Famiglia Neri