{"id":1811,"date":"2021-04-20T17:27:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T15:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hotelmarilena.it\/?page_id=1811"},"modified":"2025-12-12T20:39:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:39:37","slug":"la-nostra-storia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hotelmarilena.it\/en\/la-nostra-storia.html","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">In Riccione, history is theirs: since the last century the Tomassini family has been at the helm of Hotel Marilena<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mirco and Daniele always on the front line thanks to the teachings of their family<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1770\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1770\" class=\"wp-image-1770 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hotelmarilena.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/foto-di-famiglia-iniziale-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Tomassini family\" width=\"699\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hotelmarilena.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/foto-di-famiglia-iniziale-1.jpg 699w, https:\/\/www.hotelmarilena.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/foto-di-famiglia-iniziale-1-300x103.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Tomassini family<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They made the history of hospitality in Riccione; the Tomassini family has always managed the Hotel Marilena, a true emblem of Romagna hospitality. For generations this tradition has been passed down with an eye toward innovation. Today, Mirco and Daniele run the hotel with their children, but the story of Hotel Marilena dates back to the early 1900s, when their great-grandfather, a sailor with five children, owned a house rented to tourists from Bologna. \u201cMy godfather,\u201d Mirco recalls, \u201cspent his holidays here every year with his family. My parents prepared beach cabins for them and cooked freshly caught fish. Even Mussolini\u2019s guards stayed here, given the proximity to his summer residence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>FROM THE ORIGINS TO A TURNING POINT<\/strong><br \/>\nThe turning point came in the 1950s, when the building was demolished and, using the same bricks, the Tomassini family built their first guesthouse, \u2018Marilena,\u2019 run by the grandparents. Here, Grandpa Augusto, also a sailor, could satisfy the guests\u2019 culinary needs with the fresh catch of the day, while the rest of the family took care of everything else. Their father Gino, with his trabaccolo, also carried out transport\u2014especially in winter\u2014but in summer he preferred the \u201csummer service\u201d: Grandpa Augusto with a small boat and Gino with the cutter, a fast and elegant sailing boat, took tourists out for sea trips. \u201cWe are deeply tied to tradition,\u201d Mirco explains. \u201cEven today we take our guests out to sea on Sundays with a cutter. We must thank our loved ones for what they handed down to us; for us, it is the culture of the sea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE TRAGEDY OF THE SHIPWRECK OF THE \u201cBRUNA\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nBut \u201cyou must always treat the sea with respect,\u201d Grandfather Augusto used to say. He was the protagonist of the tragic shipwreck of the \u201cBruna,\u201d the family\u2019s flagship. It was January 17, 1929, the year of the great snowfall, when the Tomassini boat was sailing \u201cin pair\u201d with the \u201cNuovo Pietro\u201d of the Arduini family from Cattolica. Suddenly, due to bad weather, it sank. Among the fishermen who lost their lives were Secondo, Augusto\u2019s older brother, and Giulio Gennari, whose son Merico, during World War II, saved the life of Gino, Augusto\u2019s son, when he was imprisoned in a labor camp in Prussia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE KEY TO HOSPITALITY<\/strong><br \/>\nEverything is based on human relationships, Mirco says: \u201cWe make use of everything we were taught. I am a hotelier, but when I travel, I am a tourist\u2014and everything that makes me feel good, I adopt. Guests need services, human connection, cleanliness, good food and good sleep. We have maintained relationships with our customers for years, and if you feel genuine joy in working and making them happy, the job becomes almost fun. The key to our success lies in the quality of the teachings handed down to us. We observed what our ancestors did. My father, for example, looked after the boats of various \u2018important gentlemen\u2019 who stayed in Riccione, such as Enrico Mattei, and he would say: \u2018If I asked him for 100 lire, he would give me 300\u2014give me what I have earned.\u2019 Money did not hold the same value for him as human relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE DOES THE NAME HOTEL MARILENA COME FROM?<\/strong><br \/>\nMarilena was the eldest of the three siblings, and the hotel was named after her. A woman of great work ethic and true human values toward clients and relatives, she was, together with her mother Albina, a key figure in managing the hotel kitchen until the end of her life. She then passed the heavy responsibility to her daughter Clea, who carries on a cuisine that blends history and modernity, thanks to the knowledge she inherited.<\/p>\n<p>In short, a story of values: family, hospitality, care and dedication to one\u2019s work. Qualities that, despite everything, still remain strong in some realities and are worth telling.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Assunta (Mary) Cianciaruso (Altarimini)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">This is an article that appeared in a newspaper<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Riccione, history is theirs: since the last century the Tomassini family has been at the helm of Hotel Marilena Mirco and Daniele always on the front line thanks to the teachings of their family They made the history of hospitality in Riccione; the Tomassini family has always managed the[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1811","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Our History - Hotel Marilena<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelmarilena.it\/en\/la-nostra-storia.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our History - Hotel Marilena\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In Riccione, history is theirs: since the last century the Tomassini family has been at the helm of Hotel Marilena Mirco and Daniele always on the front line thanks to the teachings of their family They made the history of hospitality in Riccione; 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