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Hotel Belvedere

Simple and good value, in a dreamy position on the shores of Lake Como. Although rooms are small, they all have private shower or bath and the best have wonderful lake views. The lady of the house is Scottish – hence the tartan bar. Her Italian husband is an accomplished cook, and eating on the terrace is a special pleasure. Via Milano 8, 22010 Argegno, Como. Continue reading →

Hotel Villa Cortine Palace

 Luxury headland hotel with fabulous exotic gardens, dotted with fountains and statuary. The 1950s extension is unfortunate. Via Grotte 6, 25019 Sirmione, Brescia.

Hotel Grifone

Very good value. The Grifone restaurant serves excellent fresh fish and a mouthwatering selection of antipasti. Its terrace overlooks both Lake Garda and the ramparts of Sirmione’s castello, as well as a scrap of sandy beach. And it has simple, inexpensive rooms that although basic are very clean. Those on the top floor have the best views. Vicolo Bisse (Via Bocchio) 5, 25019 Sirmione, Brescia. Continue reading →

Hotel Albergo del Sole

This fine inn, noted for its simple but delicious regional dishes, is now run by the son and daughter of Franco Colombani who created it. The building displays the same robust restraint as the cooking. The three bedrooms are above the dining room. They have individual high points and good bathrooms and are traditionally furnished. Via Trabattoni 22, 26847 Maleo, Milano Continue reading →

Hotel Steinbock

Bedrooms are beamed, with new pine beds and plump white duvets. The restaurant is noted for its regional Tyrolean dishes. Santo Stefano 38, 39043 Villandro, Bolzano.

Hotel Elephant

In a pretty town, Tyrolean in character, an old inn named after a beast which stabled here during a journey over the Alps for the amusement of Emperor Ferdinand of Austria. Old-fashioned comfort, impressive public rooms. Bedrooms are less characterful. Excellent food. Via Rio Bianco 4, 39042 Bressanone, Bolzano. Continue reading →

Pensione Accademia

A longtime favourite Venice pensione, the Accademia is loved for its rare garden setting (roses and fruit trees, canalside patio). Inside the shuttered 17th-century mansion, bedrooms have been renovated to a good standard with inlaid wood floors and antiqued mirrors. The public rooms are plainer. NFondamenta Bollani, Dorsoduro 1058, 30123 Venezia. Continue reading →

Miramare Hotel

Huge arched windows make the most of the view at this pink, shuttered house on Baia del Silenzio. Cool and contemporary. Via Cappellini 9, 16039 Sestri Levante, Genova. Continue reading →

Foresteria Serego Alghieri Hotel 

 On the vast Casal dei Ronchi estate, superb self-catering apartments. Via Stazione 2, 37020 Gargagnago, Verona.

Villa del Quar Hotel 

The owner lives in the fine main villa, her luxury hotel occupies the east wing. Public rooms are memorable: a galleried sitting room, and two dining rooms resplendent in silk, gilt and Murano glass. Bedrooms are more restrained, with opulent bathrooms. The lovely pool sparkles invitingly in the garden. Via Quar 12, 37020 Pedemonte, Verona. Continue reading →

NORTHERN ITALY

PIEDMONT • VALLE D’AOSTA LIGURIA • LOMBARDIA • VENETIA • EMILIA-ROMAGNA

THE NORTHERN THIRD OF Italy encompasses a rich diversity of landscapes, from the high jagged peaks of the Alps and the Dolomites, through the lakes of Lombardy, to two strips of Mediterranean coast and the great Veneto plain. There is a similarly wide choice of types of hotel. In the mountains are traditional Alpine and Tyrolean chalets, simple and homely; lakes such as Como, Maggiore and Garda are the setting for some of the most romantic hotels, both luxury and budget, in Italy; and the Veneto plain has its share of Palladian villas and other aristocratic houses turned into hotels. Also well served are the great cities of the north, most notably Milan and the incomparable Venice. Continue reading →