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Hotels in Italy are far from cheap, but competition has improved service and facilities at luxury properties and resulted in a wide range of options for budget-conscious travelers. Where you once just chose between traditional hotels and modest pensiones, you now have everything from bed-and-breakfasts—surprisingly contemporary urban haunts with six rooms or less—to working farms offering agritourism vacations, which are a good value for countryside jaunts. Adding to that mix are Italy's luxury villa hotels, resort spas, and restored villages turned long-stay residences.
Italy's high season varies according to your destination: In art cities like Rome and Florence, it tends to fall in spring and autumn, while in rural parts of Tuscany or Umbria, June through mid-September is the busiest period. Most seaside areas—with the exception of hiking-oriented Cinque Terre—are crowded only in July and August. If you're planning on coming at peak times, book as far in advance as possible. In low season, expect substantial discounts, and look out for special online offers.
The Excelsior vies with the Grand Hotel, its neighbor across the square, for the title of Grande Dame of the Florentine accommodation scene. Rivalry has been...more
see the Florence guideBudget-conscious trendsetters should bookmark this striking four-star 87-room hotel in the far eastern reaches of the Navigli—an area known for its...more
see the Milan guide
Scottish knitwear designer Wallace Shaw moved to Spoleto after working in the Hong Kong and New York fashion worlds. His large, panoramic apartment occupies the...more
see the Umbria guide
Still owned by the Zuccari family, which began developing the estate in the 16th century, this large, elegant villa sits just outside the village of San Luca,...more
see the Umbria guide
Italian aristos on Rome stopovers love Villa Spalletti Trivelli, and you can see why: It is every inch a home-away-from-palatial-home. Just across a leafy park...more
see the Rome guide
One of Capri's best budget options, family-run Villa Sarah stands at the beginning of the lane that leads up to Villa Jovis. It's a bit of a trek from the...more
see the Capri guideThis seafront hotel, located below Taormina proper in Taormina Mare, occupies its own private stretch of beach framing the Bay of Mazzarò. The ethereal...more
see the Sicily guide
There are those who rank this venerable luxe classic, now owned by Orient-Express, as the ultimate Grand Tour hotel. A former monastery, in part designed by...more
see the Tuscany guide
The same views you get from the premium rooms at Le Sirenuse are available for a song—and from your own bougainvillea-decked terrace—at this...more
see the Amalfi Coast guide
Though minimalist chic and earth colors pervade at the restructured 1915 Villa Marina, each of the spacious 21 rooms is designed differently and named after a...more
see the Capri guide
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