Simple pleasures Hotels in Italy

Acquarossa: an enchanting and unique place to stay
Those who appreciate the picturesque, serenity and the unusual will find the Acquarossa a m...

Delightfully modern Masseria with views of the Adriatic. Puglia is a beautiful place and the Agriturismo Borgo San Marco is surely its equal in ter...

For Venice, this hotel is actually a rather modern affair. Design orientated and updated elegance in the heart of the city, rather than old worl...

A little gem of a hotel located in the heart of a little gem of a town – Lucca.
Lucca is without doubt one of the most beautiful cities in the...

Arco del Auro is a Bed & Breakfast in an 18th century building right in the heart of Trastevere – one of Rome’s most vibrant and traditional dis...

Breathtaking scenery, warm hosts, historic house and a fantastic breakfast - the B & B Il Fornaccio in a nutshell. But we’ll expand a little bit.
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Slow down time... It's slow food and slow life at the Borgo della Marmotta. But here's the rub, odds on you'll want to return to the Bongo della Ma...

Rural beauty and simplicity, Italian style.
Simplicity Italian style is never just plain simple. It is usually simple and beautiful and both t...

A great place to relax and take in the good things from a beautiful region.
In our book, any excuse to go and experience fine wines, gastronom...

The stunning Casa Angelina is a rare find on the Amalfi coast; a hotel that privileges design and blends it subtly with nature’s own display thr...

A small, authentic and charming hotel in the heart of Venice If ever there was a value for money accommodation that is simultaneously near “the ...

Wonderfully located and good value for money rural bed and breakfast.
Set in the gorgeous Tuscan hills, and yet only half an hour from Florenc...

This truly is a great base for discovering the beautiful region of Cinque Terre. You drive off the main road of Levanto and within 6 km arrive at a...

When we say seaside hotel, we mean seaside hotel.
The completely renovated Hotel del Lido is literally on the water’s edge. Not any water’s edge,...

Prices for this hotel are shown as estimates (minimum to maximum). They change regularly depending on a number of factors, including availabilit...

The Hotel Gutkowski may have a northern European name but its sensibilities are pure southern Italian. Situated on the eastern seaboard of the isla...

The Hotel Lucrezia might as well be called the “Secret Garden”. Bang in the middle of Riola Sardo, a small non descript village on the west coas...

We’re not talking motor racing American style, we’re talking holiday destination Sardinian style. That usually means a great spot for the sea, u...

An excellently located Bologna hotel and one of the four Bologna Arts Hotels.
The art of hospitality and cuisine is very much alive in Bologna...

Right in the heart of Tuscany and the Chianti region, we came across the Hotel San Sano, a small, charming and very personal kind of place. The ...

A wonderfully located Rome hotel, with plenty of character to boot.
The Santa Maria is certainly not the type of hotel you imagine to find in ...

The sun, the rocks, the trees. And above all the sea. Four elements that pretty much narrate the story of two enchanting residences surrounded b...

A secluded hideaway in Tuscany.
Well, if you want to get away from the rest of the world to relax your mind, body and soul, then Pardini’s Her...

Decidedly Italian, decidedly Umbrian, decidedly enchanting. Umbria is to many people the Tuscany of yesteryear, a bucolic heaven where Italians fro...

The positioning of La Dimora - a typical late 19th century Ligurian Palazzo - is certainly dramatic, perched as it is over Portofino Bay, and th...

Testaccio is undoubtedly one of the most authentic areas of Rome. It still has a soul relatively untouched by tourism.
In effect what you see ...

A real discovery for your stay in Florence.
If you want a place of genuine warmth and feel during you stay in Florence then the Le Stanze di Stan...

Prices for this hotel are shown as estimates (minimum to maximum). They change regularly depending on a number of factors, including availabilit...

For such a well visited country Italy sure does have some hidden gems.
Take the Locanda del Feudo, for instance, a real place of discovery whi...

The Locanda Ilune likes to say that “Another World is possible” and how true this is, for it seems to be one of those places on another planet –...

A beautiful, secluded Puglia farmhouse that combines rustic charm and contemporary comforts.
The Masseria Montelauro is one of those wonderful...

This is the real deal, the authentic stuff – a true masseria in Puglia, made completely out of local stone and a testimony to the ancient civilizat...

If you want to visit and enjoy the beauty of Venice, you don’t necessarily have to stay in the centre of Venice itself.
The whole area is an a...

Now, you can probably tell from the name that the Palazzo de Mori started off life as a palace. And this being Italy, it’s probably pretty old -...

Lovely little Venice hotel with wonderful views of the canal.
The Pensione La Calcina, which lies in the secluded and less well-known district of...

Italy isn’t just about the rolling hills of Tuscany, the imperial history of Rome or the fiery Mediterranean temperament of the south. People so...

Excellent value for money Florence hotel.
The Johanna is that rare combination of a place to stay. 15 minute walk to the town centre of one of...

Friendly, small Florence hotel with very reasonable rates Being owned by the same people who run the Residenzia Johanna I & II means you should ...

It runs in the family, you know. Just like the Hotel Santa Maria, its older and bigger sister, the Residenza Santa Maria is wonderfully located ...

Like the “3 Little Piggies” fable, this house was built from straw. Unlike the “3 Little Piggies” fable you can’t huff and puff this house down. St...

The Tara Verde is a world of sensual colours. Even the rooms allude to this, so we get the Green, Bordeaux and Purple rooms (only three in all). Si...

A wonderfully located and authentic Rome hotel located in the heart of one its most typical quarters.
The Villa della Fonte is one of our favo...

Excellent value for money Positano hotel offering wonderful views of the bay.
“I loved it” seems to be a recurring theme of how guests describ...

This beautiful villa seems to be glued to the side of the mountain with views of the sea from every angle.
There really is no better way to say y...

“An enchanted place, spectacular, beautiful. Heavenly.” These are some of the adjectives used by guests to describe the rural bliss that is La Fatt...