The Finest Resorts of Italy

The resorts and hotels we would choose in Italy, with the Selected resort first.

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Selected: Passalacqua
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Checked 31 October 2026

Positano above the sea, the Amalfi Coast · Photo: Sander Crombach / Unsplash

The finest resorts in Italy

Where we would stay in Italy

Passalacqua on Lake Como is our Selected resort, with San Domenico Palace in Taormina beside it. The Amalfi Coast, Capri, Portofino, Venice and Tuscany hold many more at the same level.

Checked 31 October 2026. Awards are as published by MICHELIN, Forbes Travel Guide and The World’s 50 Best Hotels.

Premier places

The Premier places in Italy

The Selected resort first, then the places open to resorts of the same standard.

Moltrasio, Lake ComoSelected by TheMediterranean.com

Passalacqua

An 18th-century villa on terraced gardens above Lake Como, and Italy's highest-ranked hotel in the world.

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Also among the finest

Also among the finest in Italy

Belmond Hotel Splendido on the olive-covered hillside above Portofino — Splendido, A Belmond Hotel, on the hillside above Portofino · Photo: Quintin Soloviev / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

Rosewood Castiglion del BoscoMontalcino, Tuscany
A medieval estate with its own Brunello and private golf, with three MICHELIN Keys and a Forbes Five-Star rating. Official website (opens the official site) ↗︎
J.K. Place CapriMarina Grande, Capri
A white villa on the water's edge, with three MICHELIN Keys and a Forbes Five-Star rating. Official website (opens the official site) ↗︎
Hotel Cipriani, A Belmond HotelGiudecca, Venice
Venice's resort hotel, with an Olympic-size saltwater pool, three MICHELIN Keys and a Forbes Five-Star rating. Official website (opens the official site) ↗︎
Splendido, A Belmond HotelPortofino
A former monastery high above Portofino's harbour, with three MICHELIN Keys. Official website (opens the official site) ↗︎
Il San Pietro di PositanoPositano
Terraces built into the cliff above a private cove, with three MICHELIN Keys. Official website (opens the official site) ↗︎
Borgo SantandreaAmalfi
A cliffside hotel opened in 2021 with terraces down to a private beach, with three MICHELIN Keys. Official website (opens the official site) ↗︎
Le SirenusePositano
The Sersale family's red palazzo at the heart of Positano, rated Forbes Five-Star. Official website (opens the official site) ↗︎
Caruso, A Belmond HotelRavello
An 11th-century palace on the cliffs of Ravello, rated Forbes Five-Star. Official website (opens the official site) ↗︎
Il PellicanoPorto Ercole, Tuscany
The Tuscan coast hotel on Monte Argentario, rated Forbes Five-Star. Official website (opens the official site) ↗︎
Borgo EgnaziaSavelletri di Fasano, Puglia
A village of pale local stone among olive groves near the Adriatic, with two MICHELIN Keys. Official website (opens the official site) ↗︎

Yachts moored at Marina Grande beneath the cliffs, Capri — Yachts at Marina Grande beneath the cliffs, Capri · Photo: Norbert Nagel / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Every address here holds MICHELIN Keys, a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating, France’s Palace distinction or a place on The World’s 50 Best Hotels. See all of them, city hotels included, in The Finest Hotels.

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