4Stelle awakes early in the morning. Some leave at dawn to go to work, whilst
others accompany their children to school.
Those that remain at the hotel look
after the home.
500 people live in the hotel: many young couples with children under the age of 3 and as many families with older children or an elderly relative to support.
Single people are in the minority. The total number of nuclear families on the hotel's books is 218.
Of the 218 nuclear families, 52 come from the Horn of Africa, 85 from North Africa, 20 from Sub-Saharan Africa, 28 from Eastern Europe, 29 from Latin America, 4 from Italy and 12 of them are mixed nationality. Around 20 families have obtained Italian citizenship after many years of renewing residency permits.