Best Luxury Hotels in Italy

Shaped like a well, Corte San Pietro offers you the very best of traditional Roman architecture with a touch of luxury. Much of the furniture comes from restored objects with Materan cave walls, making up for much of the walls. The hotel has a wide choice of carved rooms, including underground ones. It offers in-room massage, and babysitting and can connect you with leading tour service providers in the area. It has a mouth-watering traditional breakfast with new visitors getting free fruit desserts on arrival.

L’Hotel in Pietra is your luxurious boutique hotel in Sassi Matera. It is housed in a building that was a 1300’s church. You will feel a sense of deep spirituality with the historical charm in any of their en-suite rooms and restaurant. The hotel offers the very best of Italian and European cuisine, a Middle Ages like library and a terrace where you can have your lunch in the warm midday sun or dinner in the golden oars of the setting sun.

Sextantio Le Grotte Della Civita is located in the historic Apennine Village in Matera. The hotel is located on the oldest part of the dwellings and faces the spectacular rock-hewn churches and Murgia Park. The hotel offers rooms and suites set into caves, a massage room, excursions into the nearby scenic areas, seaside excursions as well as local wine tasting and Italian bread making courses. You can stay in any of their 18 elegantly furnished rooms all with a traditional touch.

Located in a 17th century Italian Palace, Palazzo Viceconte Matera offers a kingly service while giving your awesome panoramic views of the historic Sassi and much of Matera. The magnificent hotel has spacious rooms and an excellent mix of cuisines that are fit for the kings. Couples get a weekend massage offer and a bottle of wine in the ‘Matera in Love’ offer. The palace is a great place to hold your weddings, special events, business meetings and conferences.

Palazzo Del Duca is housed in a restored palace in Sassi. It boasts of royalty like service that includes spacious, luxurious accommodation with attention to personal relaxation and general wellness. Room hallways and the restaurant are meticulously designed to give them a modern feel while preserving the rocky appearance. Enjoy delicious cuisines, in-room massage, cooking lessons and minibar, among others. This is a place to be for a relaxed Italian vacation or when you need to reset and restart your goals over again.

Located in the cave dwellings near the centre of Sasi di Matera, the family-run luxury hotel has been offering the best of Italian service since 2000. Its deluxe rooms and superior suites are located in an 18th Century Royal court building that was restored to give it a luxurious feel. You will still love its charming spaces and traditional feel. The restaurant offers the very best of the local cuisine with many dishes cooked in the traditional recipe. It has an outdoor parlour for lunch and dinner outside.

Palazzo Gattini is located on the highest point of Matera and provides a breathtaking view of the Sassi towns. The palace-like hotel enables you to enjoy a five-star experience in an incredibly historical location. The hotel is known for its attention to detail and serves cuisines from around the world. It has a roof garden with pool to relax in too. All rooms are cave rooms with incredible stone backrooms too. You can also take part in the hotel’s outdoor events package to enjoy the best of the surrounding historical town. It is an excellent place for a stay in Matera.

A boutique stay in a residential area, Meliá Genoa places guests within a short stroll of attractions, yet offers lots of onsite amenities. Its Blue Lounge & Restaurant is a hit with visitors and locals alike, cooking up regional specialities – don’t miss its stone-baked pizza and Genoan focaccia. The lounge area frequently hosts events, plus there’s an excellent range of aperitifs and finger food for those wanting a lighter bite. Meliá’s wellness centre boasts an indoor swimming pool, hot tub, Turkish bath, rain shower and a 24-hour gym, and there’s a relaxation/reading room. Bedrooms have minibars, seating areas and soundproofing.

Dating back to 1897, this is one of the oldest hotels in the land. And during its century and a quarter of business, the Grand Hotel Savoia has welcomed an illustrious list of guests. Each room is individually styled, with Belle Époque features and art representing the city’s connection to overseas adventure. Its pretty seventh-floor terrace provides views across Genoa’s rooftops – a charming spot to breakfast. Evening meals can be taken here, or in the interior dining room of Ristorante Salgari, with its frescoed walls and dark wood furnishings. And there’s the enveloping Spa La Spiaggia Segreta for a little self-care time.

This was a palace back in the early 16th century. Now it’s a palatial boutique hotel with 25 bedrooms that are fit for royalty. Just five minutes walk from the waterside, it has a suitably grand exterior, which gives way to minimal North-Italian designer interiors that are skillfully blended to accentuate original features (think beams, terracotta tiles and frescoes). There’s no restaurant as such, but a memorable breakfast is taken on the rooftop terrace. And with so many Genoan culinary hotspots on the doorstep, you’ll want to try as many as you can manage during your time here.

Enjoying the dually beautiful location of the small town of Bellagio and Lake Como’s Bay of Pescallo with the Alps in the background, Hotel Belvedere is a charming hotel that has been in the same family for five generations, since 1880. Just a short walk away from the picturesque town centre, this hillside gem is a true retreat complete with swimming pool, jacuzzi, and spa. Luxury rooms and suites, a library, a bar, a restaurant that serves the best of local produce, and immaculate gardens make the Hotel Belvedere an ideal place to enjoy Lake Como.

A 19th-century mansion at the water’s edge, this five-star hotel by R Collection occupies an idyllic spot, surrounded by extensive gardens. Inside, the Art-Nouveau design building celebrates art concepts and Made in Italy. It has a lake view restaurant and gourmet restaurants, two bars, an outdoor heated swimming pool and a Technogym. Grand Hotel Victoria’s Erre Spa is quite something, with water paths, aroma and chromotherapy, an ice room, Himalayan Salt Room, tropical and waterfalls showers, a Kneipp path and an indoor pool surrounded by four-poster day beds. Rooms are sleek and contemporary, with style nodding to the early 20th century. Some come with balconies, but all have minibars and aircon.