Cesenatico | Leonardo Was Here

The Grand Hotel Leonardo da Vinci occupies an imposing listed building on the seafront.

Bormio | Eden Hotel

Antonio Citterio designed the Eden Hotel, four weathered woody blocks with lots of glass sandwiched by stone up in the Alpine Valtellina

Civita di Bagnoregio | On The Edge

Civita di Bagnoregio is perched precariously atop a pinnacle of rock in the dramatic Valle dei Calanchi, a canyon of fragile volcanic tuff in the far north of the Lazio

Oliena | Sardinian Experience

Su Gologone is the first one I know that calls itself an Experience Hotel.

Florence | Tasso Hostel

Tasso Hostel offers singularly attractive lounge areas, its own bar, a garden and a theatre, all in manicured vintage.

Savelletri | Masseria Cimino

Masseria Cimino is the smallest of the luxury boutique properties, practically on the superb 18-hole San Domenico links

Riposto | Zash

If the setting is bucolic and the name evokes one of nature’s gentler sounds, the hotel is an archetype of contemporary urban sophistication.

Pordenone | No. 22

No. 22 Via San Quirino, in Pordenone, that is. An address to note if you’re looking for something a little different in the way of hospitality up there in the North East.

Calangianus | Li Licci

Li Licci, in a valley on the uplands of central Gallura, sounds like heaven for outdoorsy travellers and gourmets.

Pizzo | Piccolo Grand Hotel

The Piccolo Grand Hotel basks on another Mediterranean shore, on Calabria‘s Tyrrhenian coast.