The building dates from the period of the facing quotstazione di porta susaquot 1865 while the hotel startedits activities from 1889 at that time porta susa was both a passengers and goods yard to and from milan and aosta valley the hotels name perpetuates the memory of that gainful period in this period dock milano hotel was sumptuosly restructured though it preserved its original art nouveau print it became one of most fashionable place in town for meetings and parties