This prestigious four-star hotel is centrally located in Milan's lively Brera district - a lively part of the city popular with artists and the city's intellectual elite and close to the Museum of Modern Art and the Pinacoteca di Brera. Hotel Cavour, Milan
Hotel Park is an attractive, modern hotel in the pretty town of Castiglion Fiorentino, which nestles in the Tuscan hills between Arezzo and Cortona. The hotel has 140 airy, spacious rooms, all with private balcony, satellite TV with Sky channels, direct-dial telephone and a well-appointed bathroom fitted with a hairdryer and complimentary toiletries. Hotel Park, Arezzo
A great location for this Turin hotel, situated just around the corner from the main railway station at Porta Nuova and from the Corso Vittorio Emanuele II. And yet the three-star Hotel Gran Mogol, Turin is delightfully peaceful, tucked as it is in a quiet street. Hotel Gran Mogol, Turin
Tuscany - Hotel Reale is a lovely vacation hotel conceived as a classical Tuscan building. Totally immersed in its own peaceful garden, it is surrounded by trees and has a swimming-pool with hydromassage. Hotel Reale, Pistoia
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If you're on a family holiday, you can't go far wrong with this Frascati hotel. Set in a gated area of the rural Castelli Romani park, the Villa Maria Luigia has family suites, safe play areas and a baby-sitting service if you feel like escaping for the day. Villa Maria Luigia, Rome
Hotel Sporting is a luxurious four-star spa hotel in northern Italy, and is situated in the charming resort of Galzignano Terme in the Euganean Hills. Perfect for golfers (there are a number of courses in the surrounding hills) it is also ideal for those wanting a rest-cure ... the hotel has extensive spa facilities. Hotel Sporting, Padua
The Albergo Athenaeum Palermo is conveniently located near the city's university and just 500m from the motorway to Catania and Trapani. There are 80 comfortably furnished, modern rooms all with air conditioning, TV, telephone, safety-deposit box and tea/coffee-making facilities. Hotel Athenaeum, Palermo
Close to the beach, the Tiberius Bridge and the Fiera di Rimini Convention Centre, the Mercure Hotel La Gradisca has 52 comfortable, air-conditioned rooms, each with private bathroom, hairdryer, satellite and cable TV, minibar and safe. Mercure Hotel La Gradisca, Rimini
