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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.
In a town laden with fading grande dame properties, this stylish restoration of a landmark hotel that dates back to the eighteenth century is a special...more
see the Sicily guideSurrounded by ancient olive trees and an immaculate nine-hole golf course, this 28-room sister property to the fabulous Masseria Torre Coccaro in Puglia serves...more
see the Puglia guide
Without a doubt the most polished of all the masseria hotels is the huge 15th-century San Domenico, surrounded by olive groves on the coast near Fasano and...more
see the Puglia guide
The "location could not have been better—literally steps off the Piazza San Marco" at this hotel where rooms in soft pastels have 18th century–style...more
see the Venice guide
Two 19th-century hotels combined in 1900, this Grand Canal property is a block from St. Mark's Square, a central location that makes lunch on the terrace of Do...more
see the Venice guide
After 50 years of being cherished and polished by its owners, the Marchese Sersale family (now into its second generation, with patriarch Franco's son Antonio...more
see the Amalfi Coast guide
Alain Ducasse's divine new country inn takes its name from the sweeping allée of umbrella pines and cypresses that lead to the entrance to this...more
see the Tuscany guide
When this luxury resort opened in 2005 it quickly became the place to book for a stay on the western part of the island—with easy day trips to places such...more
see the Sicily guide
Inaugurated in April 2007, this island offshoot of one of Florence's most successful design hotels is a perfect place for sophisticated travelers to rest up for...more
see the Capri guide
The only hotel with an entrance on Via Condotti, Rome's fashion strip, the Inn at the Spanish Steps is a luxury boutique hotel with a fabulous roof garden,...more
see the Rome guide
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