{"id":8883,"date":"2024-02-03T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoteldory.it\/70-anni-di-hotel-dory\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T16:20:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:20:52","slug":"70-anni-di-hotel-dory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoteldory.it\/en\/70-anni-di-hotel-dory\/","title":{"rendered":"70 years of Hotel Dory"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.article-wrap{max-width:920px;margin:0 auto;padding:32px clamp(16px,5vw,60px);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.8;color:#222}.article-wrap h1{font-size:clamp(22px,4vw,30px);font-weight:700;line-height:1.25;margin:2rem 0 1rem;color:#111}.article-wrap h2{font-size:clamp(19px,3.5vw,26px);font-weight:700;line-height:1.3;margin:2rem 0 .75rem;color:#111}.article-wrap h3{font-size:clamp(17px,3vw,22px);font-weight:600;line-height:1.35;margin:1.75rem 0 .65rem;color:#1a1a1a}.article-wrap h4{font-size:15px;font-weight:600;display:inline;color:#1a1a1a}.article-wrap p{margin-bottom:1.1rem}.article-wrap b{font-weight:700}.article-wrap ol{background:#fdf9f4;border:1px solid #e8d9c8;border-radius:10px;padding:20px 22px 20px 44px;margin:1rem 0 1.5rem}.article-wrap li{margin-bottom:.5rem;line-height:1.6}.article-wrap a{color:#1a6bb5;text-decoration:none;transition:color .15s}.article-wrap a:hover{color:#124d85;text-decoration:underline}.article-wrap img{width:100%!important;height:auto;display:block;border-radius:16px;margin:1.25rem 0;object-fit:cover}@media(max-width:600px){.article-wrap{font-size:15px;line-height:1.75;padding:16px}.article-wrap h1{font-size:20px}.article-wrap h2{font-size:18px}.article-wrap h3{font-size:16px}.article-wrap h4{font-size:14px}.article-wrap img{border-radius:10px}.article-wrap ol{padding:16px 16px 16px 36px}}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"article-wrap\">\r\n<p><span>I was undecided right up until the last minute; my friends were raving about it, saying they couldn\u2019t wait to be there, but space tourism didn\u2019t appeal to me, and besides, I didn\u2019t feel comfortable letting the children play around the craters. <\/span><\/p><p><span>So I ran through various alternatives, and the quote with the <\/span><b><i><span>immersive reality experience<\/span><\/i><\/b><span> sent to me by the Dory Hotel won me over; it even included the option \u2018<\/span><b><i><span>Same time, with more time!<\/span><\/i><\/b><span>\u2019, and time dilation is usually never free. \u2018Let\u2019s go for Riccione,\u2019 I told myself.<\/span><\/p><p><span><br><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/articoli\/migration\/56a51e9e-ebed-4bb8-ac45-5005bd5802c3.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><span><br><\/span><\/p><p><span><br><\/span><\/p><p><span>As soon as we\u2019re at the station, I notice the air isn\u2019t stifling and I fill my lungs with pleasure; it\u2019s just a shame about the annoying advertising robots: <\/span><b><i><span>\u2018Deep-sea diving destinations on offer!<\/span><\/i><\/b><span>\u2019 croaks one; \u2018It\u2019s<\/span><b><i><span> the year of Bio-integration! Choose which animal to be on a free trial<\/span><\/i><\/b><span>.\u2019 I dodge them before the children click on them by mistake, and we grab hold of the first <\/span><b><i><span>floating drone <\/span><\/i><\/b><span>taxi that comes within range. The <\/span><b><i><span>Hyperloop journey <\/span><\/i><\/b><span>has left me exhausted and I can\u2019t wait to get to my room.<\/span><\/p><p><span><br><\/span><\/p><p><span>At reception, I find a girl behind the counter and am taken aback.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>It\u2019s the first time a person has handed me the room code\u2026 I think it\u2019s a bit anachronistic, then the receptionist welcomes us with a smile and it\u2019s strange because it\u2019s as if some of my tiredness has lifted too. She gives the children an <\/span><b><i><span>\u2018infinity lollipop\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b><span> each and asks them if they\u2019re happy to be on holiday, then hands me the keys to the <\/span><b><i><span>Shuttle Room, <\/span><\/i><\/b><span>explaining how to activate the <\/span><b><i><span>anti-gravity sleep <\/span><\/i><\/b><span>mode.<\/span><\/p><p><span>\u2018In any case,\u2019 she adds, \u2018the in-room voice assistant is always on standby for any requests.\u2019<\/span><\/p><p><span>I read on the name tag that her name is Clea and thank her.<\/span><\/p><p><span><br><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/articoli\/migration\/023d8463-6628-4ed8-96c5-b70576544c40.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><br><\/p><p><span><br><\/span><\/p><p><span>Clea was undoubtedly right, because as soon as we cross the threshold, the voice assistant detects our presence: \u201cWelcome to the Dory, Riccione\u2019s family-run hotel since 1954!\u201d I think it\u2019s not half bad to be 140 years old in an era when anti-gravity shoes last barely a week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>\u2018Please leave your suitcases in the designated locker; the <\/span><b><i><span>automated system <\/span><\/i><\/b><span>will take care of everything. Relax.\u2019 I do as I\u2019m told, and whilst the automated system carefully stows my personal belongings, I flick through the list of possible experiences.<\/span><\/p><p><span><br><\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/articoli\/migration\/09cf0ca2-26f9-4c67-8971-c1d638b64eb9.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><span><br><\/span><\/p><p><b><span><br><\/span><\/b><\/p><p><b><span>Holographic dining with a view of Mars<\/span><\/b><span>, <\/span><b><i><span>a time-travel bike tour with a change of era every 10 km<\/span><\/i><\/b><span>, <\/span><b><i><span>a tasting of 101-year-old balsamic vinegar<\/span><\/i><\/b><span>, <\/span><b><i><span>a pirate battle on the high seas <\/span><\/i><\/b><span>(a hit since the turn of the century!) and, lulled by the idea of being an old buccaneer with a wooden leg, I fall asleep. The massage bed has always been my weakness.<\/span><\/p><p><span><br><\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/articoli\/migration\/b14377d4-12e8-4810-9460-17abb7b14e36.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><span><br><\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>70 years of Hotel Dory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-senza-categoria"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoteldory.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoteldory.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoteldory.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoteldory.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoteldory.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hoteldory.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8884,"href":"https:\/\/hoteldory.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8883\/revisions\/8884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoteldory.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoteldory.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoteldory.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoteldory.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}