Principe di Savoia closing for restoration: last night 27 December, reopening in 2029
The Principe di Savoia turns 100 behind closed doors: the last night on sale is 27 December, and it returns in 2029 with 120 rooms instead of 301. If you pictured New Year’s Eve on Piazza della Repubblica, picture it somewhere else.
Photo: Dorchester Collection
A century, then the builders
The Principe di Savoia opened on 6 April 19273, near Milan’s central station, and it will reach its centenary closed for works. On 8 July 2026 Dorchester Collection announced1 the restoration: the hotel suspends business and reopens during 2029.
The closing day doesn’t quite agree. July’s release said 1 January; Corriere della Sera3 on 17 October says 28 December. Google Hotels points the same way as the Corriere: on 18 October the last night with a price was 27 December, and after that, for months, there wasn’t one.4
It will come back a different hotel: much larger rooms and suites, private residences, a wellness area and a rooftop over Milan.1 Rooms go from about 300 to 120, with ten or so private apartments; «they will be bigger, starting from 60 square metres instead of 30», the general manager says, and a restaurant takes the spa’s place on the top floor.3
Half the world has passed through, from Queen Elizabeth to the Rolling Stones. In 2000 the Queen stayed for 3 days, in the suite with the Pompeian spa, and brought her favourite tea from Britain, the general manager remembers.3
Impeccable service is one thing; a queen’s tea is quite another.
Until 27 December the Principe stays the one you know: 301 rooms and suites, the Presidential Suite with its Pompeian spa and private pool, and on the tenth floor Club 10, with the indoor pool and Milan through the windows.2
The closure’s dates
The last nights at the Principe di Savoia
| The last nights | On 18 October the night of 27 December was on sale from €436 on 20 sites, and €545 on the hotel’s own; for 28 and 31 December and 2 January no one showed a price.4 |
|---|---|
| Who to ask | +39 02 62301 or reservations.HPS@dorchestercollection.com.2 |
| The 2 dates | The release of 8 July1 says 1 January 2027, Corriere della Sera on 17 October3 says 28 December: the nights on sale fit the second. |
Where to stay in Milan while the Principe is closed
3 hotels in the guide, a 13 and 21-minute walk from Piazza della Repubblica, each for a different reason.
Excelsior Hotel Gallia
If you arrive by train and used to go up to Club 10: at the Gallia, the 1932 palazzo facing the central station, you swim on the seventh floor under a skylight.
For the Duomo and Brera you need the metro or the shuttle to La Scala.
Why choose it
Pool, hot tub and gym come with the stay; the spa asks you to book your slot. It’s a 13-minute walk from the Principe.5
Palazzo Parigi Hotel & Grand Spa
For a palazzo with a garden and a spa: towards Brera, rooms and suites have balconies, over the garden or the city, and the Grand Spa is free for guests.
Garden or city, Milanese or Parisian style: choose the room carefully, before you arrive.
Why choose it
Parking is added to the rate, €50 a day. It’s a 13-minute walk from the Principe.5
Portrait Milano
For a Milan you do on foot: a former seminary in the Quadrilatero, open onto its own Piazza, with the spa under the vaults.
The Piazza belongs to everyone, evenings included: for quiet, ask for a garden room.
Why choose it
La Scala is a 9-minute walk; the Principe is 21.5
Walking minutes on OpenStreetMap’s streets; services and fees from each hotel’s page in the guide, each with its date.5
Principe di Savoia closing, before you ask
Is the Principe di Savoia closing?
Yes, for a restoration: the last night with a price is 27 December 2026,4 and it reopens in 2029.1
Until when can I stay at the Principe di Savoia?
Until the night of 27 December 2026. July’s release said 1 January 2027; Corriere della Sera3 on 17 October reports 28 December, and the nights on sale fit that date.
When does the Principe di Savoia reopen?
In 2029: during the year for Dorchester Collection1, in the second half for Corriere della Sera.
What will the Principe di Savoia be like after the restoration?
120 rooms instead of about 300, the smallest at 60 m², ten or so private apartments, a wellness area and a top-floor restaurant3.
Where to stay in Milan instead of the Principe di Savoia?
At the Excelsior Gallia, facing the central station, a 13-minute walk, for the pool under the skylight; at Palazzo Parigi, towards Brera, for the spa; at Portrait Milano, in the Quadrilatero, to do the city on foot.
We wrote this on our own: Hotel Principe di Savoia reads it as you do. We sell no rooms: the links go where we read it.
Where we read it
- 1 Dorchester Collection, release of 8 July 2026 on the Principe di Savoia’s restoration, 18 October 2026
- 2 Dorchester Collection, the Principe di Savoia fact sheet, 18 October 2026
- 3 Corriere della Sera, Milan, 17 October 2026, 18 October 2026
- 4 Google Hotels, the Principe di Savoia’s nights, 18 October 2026
- 5 OpenStreetMap, walking and driving routes, 18 October 2026
