A large buffet breakfast offers the ideal way to start your day at this Rimini hotel. Your large modern room offers all modern conveniences, including colour television, and the central location means you can easily explore all this ancient city has to offer. Hotel Moderno, Rimini
The Lilium Hotel is a bright and reasonably priced hotel on the north-east side of Rome's ancient city centre. Each of its 14 rooms has been recently repainted in fresh pastel colours and individually decorated to a very high standard. Lilium Hotel, Rome
This attractive and historic hotel in Milan (Milano) is set in an elegant Liberty-style building in the city's Magenta district, not far from the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, where Leonardo da Vinci's fabulous masterpiece The Last Supper can be viewed. Ariosto Hotel, Milan
One of Palermo's most impressive hotels, the Grand Hotel Et Des Palmes offers an excellent, highly professional service to business travellers and holidaymakers alike. The 177 sumptuously furnished and air-conditioned rooms are all en-suite and have TV, telephone and minbar. Grand Hotel Et Des Palmes, Palermo
Cagliari's Jolly Hotel is conveniently located close to the airport on the city's main road. There are 129 en-suite rooms, each with air-conditioning, direct-dial phone and cable/satellite TV; internet connection is available upon request. Jolly Hotel, Cagliari
This hotel in Genoa offers clean, comfortable B&B-style accommodation in a convenient central location. There are 25 en-suite rooms at the Hotel Assarotti, Genoa, with a selection of singles, doubles, triples and twin-bedded rooms. Hotel Assarotti, Genoa
Located in Marina Centro, with sea views, the modern Hotel Residence Litoraneo has 44 comfortable rooms with ensuite bathroom, television, telephone and hairdryer. It has a swimming pool, restaurant, bar and parking facilities. The hotel also offers air-conditioned apartments with a wide range of amenities. Hotel Residence Litoraneo, Rimini
A lovely hotel near Agrigento, the Baia di Ulisse Beach Hotel is idyllically located close to the lovely Le Dune beach and just seven kilometres from the medieval centre of Agrigento itself. There are 92 comfortable rooms, all with en-suite facilities, colour TV, personal safe and minibar. Baia di Ulisse Beach Hotel, Agrigento