6 New Luxury Hotels In Southern Italy

Southern Italy has a number of the most nation’s lovely seashores dotting its scenic coastlines. It additionally provides iconic archaeological and historic websites, mouth-watering regional delicacies, and the promise of heat climate all through a lot of the yr.

The ancestors of many People and Canadians hailed from the southern areas of Italy—which embody Abruzzo, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, and the islands of Sicily and Sardinia.

Journey author and broadcast journalist Rick Steves has said: “If you happen to like Italy as far south as Rome, go farther south as a result of it will get higher. But when Italy is getting in your nerves by the point you get to Rome, do not go farther south, it will get worse. Italy intensifies as you plunge deeper.”

The next new lodge openings will give vacationers another reason to go south on their subsequent journey to Italy:

1) Fort Elvira

City: Trepuzzi (province of Lecce)

Area: Puglia

After it had been deserted for greater than 100 years, entrepreneur Steve Riseley acquired Castle Elvira and spent three years reworking it right into a luxurious residence. Set on 37 acres of personal parkland, the property provides sweeping views of the world, together with citrus and olive groves.

The fort could have 4 en-suite visitor rooms, two with lounge areas. Two further visitor bedrooms are housed in a neighboring groundskeeper’s cottage. Facilities embody a swimming pool, a 12-person jacuzzi, rooftop aperitivo bar, and an onsite cafe serving Cucina Povera Salentina delicacies made with locally-sourced substances.

Riseley labored carefully with architects Filotico & Partner and a workforce of specialist artisans to revive the Fort. The design maintains lots of the fort’s authentic options whereas introducing new components that respect its fairytale previous. The property can even characteristic many curated artworks, together with a collection of new items by Riseley’s artist-husband Harvey B-Brown’s Adored and Adorned assortment.

Scheduled opening: Might 2022

2) Borgo Santandrea

City: Amalfi (province of Salerno)

Area: Campania

Borgo Santandrea is the primary new luxurious lodge to open on the Amalfi coast in 15 years. Constructed on a cliff with magnificent views of the Tyrrhenian Sea and the fisherman’s hamlet of Conca dei Marini, it has a personal seashore, jetty, and oceanfront pool.

The intimate, just lately renovated property has 26 full-service rooms and 19 luxurious suites with panoramic views of the blue waters. A tasteful white and blue palette showcases native craftsmanship from Amalfitano artisans with hand-painted tiles, vintage furnishings, and hand-crafted items. Panorama gardeners from Ischia created a collection of backyard terraces crammed with vegetation which can be typical of the shoreline together with olive, lemon, and pomegranate timber, winter jasmine, and Myrtus communis courting again 150 years.

The intimate lodge additionally has a health heart, three eating places below the route of Govt Chef Crescenzo Scotti, and two bars.

Lately opened

3) Conrad Chia Laguna Sardinia

Metropolis: Cagliari

Area: Sardinia

Conrad Chia Laguna Sardinia is the luxurious model’s first lodge in Italy (Sardinia is the second-largest island within the Mediterranean.) The resort is surrounded by sand dunes, and coastal natural world. Situated simply steps away from the turquoise waters, friends have complimentary entry to non-public, reserved VIP areas at Cogoni Seashore.

The rooms, suites, eating places, and swimming pools of this 107-room resort have panoramic views throughout the bay and lagoon. Studio Marco Piva of Milan has embellished the rooms utilizing pure materials and soothing tones of inexperienced and blue, coupling fashionable design with native indigenous supplies. The inviting foyer options wall coverings of conventional Sardinian materials and furnishings embellished with nautical ropes.

Lately opened

4) Baglioni Masseria Muzza

City: Otranto (province of Lecce)

Area: Puglia

The 40 rooms and suites at Baglioni Masseria Muzza, the latest property from Baglioni Hotels & Resorts, are brilliant and ethereal. This conventional, whitewashed limestone masseria (farmhouse) dates again to the seventeenth century. Situated only some minutes from the coastal city of Otranto and the Salento Sea, it’s nestled within the countryside amidst 5 acres of olive groves and Mediterranean flora.

Bathed in pure colours, the spacious visitor rooms are embellished in a conventional Puglia fashion that blends informal with elegant. With a specialised children membership and devoted youngsters’s pool, the resort is poised to draw households. Mother and father will get pleasure from stress-free on the Baglioni spa (with a steam tub, coated pool, Finnish sauna, sensory showers, and extra) or enjoying a spherical of golf on the Acaya Golf Membership, probably the most scenic in Italy. The drive to the close by Baroque metropolis of Lecce is nearly one-half hour.

Everybody will get pleasure from gathering for meals at certainly one of three eating places on the property that serve genuine, locally-sourced Pugliese delicacies. Sipping an aperitivo at sundown or after-dinner cocktail on the Limonaia Bar is the right approach to finish the day.

Scheduled opening Might 2022

5) San Domenico Palace, A 4 Seasons Lodge

City: Taormina

Area: Sicily

The San Domenico Palace, a Four Seasons Hotel sits on a rocky promontory above the Ionian Sea in Taormina, on the jap shores of Sicily. The positioning provides panoramic views of Mount Etna and the Teatro Antico di Taormina, an historic Greco-Roman theater nonetheless used at present. The lodge was as soon as a 14th-century Dominican convent; a further Grand Lodge Wing was added in 1896. Visitor rooms and public areas characteristic authentic architectural and inventive treasures.

The property has 111 visitor rooms and suites; many have terraces overlooking the ocean. The specialty suites are good for households or teams of associates, providing separate dwelling and sleeping areas. Along with eating at Principe Cerami, the lodge’s signature restaurant helmed by chef Massimo Mantarro, friends can organize 24-hour, in-room eating or get pleasure from Mediterranean seafood on the poolside terrace at Anciovi.

The lodge provides a curated collection of “Solely in Sicily” experiences to permit friends to expertise the genuine character of the island, together with treks to Mount Etna, lunch at a vineyard, or a go to to the medieval village of Castiglione di Sicilia.

Lately opened

6) Lodge La Palma, Capri

Island: Capri (off the coast of Naples, reached by ferry, hydrofoil or helicopter)

Area: Campania

The unique Locanda Pagano, the primary and oldest lodge on the island, dated again to 1822. Now the Oetker Collection and homeowners, Reuben Brothers, are reworking this unique property, lowering the variety of items from 80 to 50 rooms. Every of the rooms, which embody 18 suites, could have its personal personal balcony or terrace.

The long-lasting property is positioned within the coronary heart of Capri, simply across the nook from Piazza Umberto I (often known as the Piazzetta) and near must-visit pure sights just like the Blue Grotto. Famous designer Francis Sultana will probably be re-envisioning the visitor room interiors (in addition to the lodge foyer, eating places, swimming pool, and spa) working alongside Francesco Delogu of Delogu Architecture and a workforce of Italian craftsmen and native artisans.

Gennaro’s restaurant, bar, and terrace will probably be helmed by Chef Gennaro Esposito who owned a two-Michelin star restaurant, Torre del Saracino, for greater than 20 years. The lodge’s La Palma Seashore Membership and its well-known seashores are positioned at Marina Piccola, only a brief drive from the lodge.

Scheduled opening Summer season 2022