The history of the Esedra as a Hotel begins in the year 1949 when the founder of the hotel Mrs. Giuseppina opened the hotel as an ordinary Bed & Breakfast with only 7 rooms, within 2 years the Hotel Esedra was already making news in the national newspapers, as it was one of the few hotels that had installed running hot-cold water which was at the time a special event. Over the following years the Hotel Esedra has been frequented by famous guests, and even today offers the same high standards which have made it famous.