Sit in the shade under the trees, savour every moment, let your mind wander …

“Contrary to what you think at first sight, the smallest palm tree is the oldest. Originally it was one of two specimens, planted in vases, received as a gift for my grandparents for their marriage (around 1888-1889). For years the palm trees were maintained in the vases and for this reason their growth was slow. They adorned in turn the family tomb in the cemetery and our family’s house in Cornaiano. My father transplanted the palm trees in the internal court yard of the Rungghof, protected from the wind. One of the two died over the years and was substituted with a palm tree which today is bigger than that of the marriage. If however you confront the trunks of the two palm trees, you can observe that the stigmas of the leaves which have fallen around the trunk of the marriage palm tree are much thicker, therefore the palm tree must be much older.” Since after the war the marriage palm tree has seen generations of guests of the hotel and inn come and go and still today watches the fate of the Rungghof with it’s fanned out leaves.