Learn Italian: Il nostro albergo è a est del parco.

In Italian, you almost always need a definite article (like il, la, i, or le) before a possessive word like nostro. You literally say 'the our hotel' (il nostro albergo). The main exception is for singular family members, like nostro padre (our father).

Why is the article Il instead of L' if albergo starts with a vowel?

The article always matches the word immediately following it. If you just said 'the hotel', it would be l'albergo because it starts with a vowel. But here, the word right after the article is nostro, which starts with a consonant, so we use il.

Why do we use the preposition a in a est?

In Italian, compass directions (north, south, east, west) take the preposition a when describing where something is located. So, to say 'east of' something, you use the phrase a est di.

Why is it del parco and not just di parco?