Palazzo Margherita: Francis Ford Coppola’s Love Letter to Basilicata

Leaving a hotel has never made me cry…that is until I have to leave Palazzo Margherita. My eyes well up as I saw goodbye to the new 9-room hotel Francis Ford Coppola has opened in his ancestral hometown in Basilicata. While the luxury and beauty have been sublime, I’m moved by something much deeper.

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