2026 location index
Best Hotels in Italy
Compare 99 hotels using seven years of Forbes Travel Guide recognition history, weighted toward recent performance.
Ranked for consistency
Italy hotel rankings
99 hotels
| Property | Score | Destination | Country | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caruso, A Belmond Hotel, Amalfi Coast | 5.00 | Amalfi Coast | Italy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Castiglion del Bosco, A Rosewood Hotel | 5.00 | Tuscany | Italy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Cipriani, A Belmond Hotel, Venice | 5.00 | Venice | Italy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Four Seasons Hotel Firenze | 5.00 | Florence | Italy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Hassler Roma | 5.00 | Rome | Italy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Hotel Eden | 5.00 | Rome | Italy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Hotel Il Pellicano | 5.00 | Tuscany | Italy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Hotel Savoy, a Rocco Forte Hotel | 5.00 | Florence | Italy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Hotel de Russie, a Rocco Forte Hotel | 5.00 | Rome | Italy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Hotel de la Ville, a Rocco Forte Hotel | 5.00 | Rome | Italy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| J.K. Place Roma | 5.00 | Rome | Italy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Le Sirenuse | 5.00 | Amalfi Coast | Italy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Mandarin Oriental, Milan | 5.00 | Milan | Italy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Portrait Firenze — Lungarno Collection | 5.00 | Florence | Italy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Casa Angelina | 4.99 | Amalfi Coast | Italy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Gardena Grödnerhof | 4.99 | The Dolomites | Italy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| J.K. Place Capri | 4.96 | Capri | Italy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Mandarin Oriental, Lago di Como | 4.96 | Lake Como | Italy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Castelfalfi | 4.82 | Tuscany | Italy | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Portrait Roma — Lungarno Collection | 4.25 | Rome | Italy | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Aman Venice | 4.00 | Venice | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Armani Hotel Milano | 4.00 | Milan | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Brunelleschi Hotel | 4.00 | Florence | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Bvlgari Hotel Milan | 4.00 | Milan | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Castello di Casole, A Belmond Hotel, Tuscany | 4.00 | Tuscany | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Excelsior Hotel Gallia, A Luxury Collection Hotel | 4.00 | Milan | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Four Seasons Hotel Milano | 4.00 | Milan | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Hotel Lungarno — Lungarno Collection | 4.00 | Florence | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Hotel Principe di Savoia | 4.00 | Milan | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Hotel Santa Caterina | 4.00 | Amalfi Coast | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Il San Pietro di Positano | 4.00 | Amalfi Coast | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Palazzo Parigi Hotel & Grand Spa Milano | 4.00 | Milan | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Palazzo Vecchietti | 4.00 | Florence | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Park Hyatt Milano | 4.00 | Milan | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| THE PLACE Firenze | 4.00 | Florence | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Gritti Palace, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Venice | 4.00 | Venice | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The St. Regis Florence | 4.00 | Florence | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Villa Agrippina Gran Meliá | 4.00 | Rome | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Villa Spalletti Trivelli | 4.00 | Rome | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| COMO Alpina Dolomites | 3.99 | The Dolomites | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Grand Hotel Tremezzo | 3.99 | Lake Como | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Lefay Resort & SPA Dolomiti | 3.99 | The Dolomites | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Villa La Massa | 3.99 | Florence | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Villa d’Este, Lago di Como | 3.99 | Lake Como | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Grand Hotel Timeo, A Belmond Hotel, Taormina | 3.97 | Sicily | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Hotel Principe Forte dei Marmi | 3.97 | Tuscany | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| San Domenico Palace, Taormina, a Four Seasons Hotel | 3.97 | Sicily | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| The St. Regis Venice | 3.97 | Venice | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Verdura Resort, a Rocco Forte Hotel | 3.97 | Sicily | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Villa Igiea, A Rocco Forte Hotel | 3.97 | Sicily | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Villa Sant'Andrea, A Belmond Hotel, Taormina Mare | 3.97 | Sicily | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Lefay Resort & SPA Lago di Garda | 3.92 | Lake Garda | Italy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Hotel Pitrizza | 3.86 | Sardinia | Italy | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Hotel d'Inghilterra Roma – Starhotels Collezione | 3.69 | Rome | Italy | 4 | |||||
| Portrait Milano — Lungarno Collection | 3.69 | Milan | Italy | 4 | |||||
| Baglioni Hotel Regina | 3.60 | Rome | Italy | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria | 3.40 | Sorrento | Italy | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 7Pines Resort Sardinia, part of Destination by Hyatt | 3.38 | Sardinia | Italy | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Conrad Chia Laguna Sardinia | 3.38 | Sardinia | Italy | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bvlgari Hotel Roma | 3.29 | Rome | Italy | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Palazzo Ripetta | 3.29 | Rome | Italy | 4 | 3 | ||||
| The Rome EDITION | 3.29 | Rome | Italy | 4 | 3 | ||||
| ME Milan Il Duca | 3.25 | Milan | Italy | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Rome Cavalieri, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel | 3.25 | Rome | Italy | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The St. Regis Rome | 3.25 | Rome | Italy | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ai Reali di Venezia | 3.00 | Venice | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Baglioni Hotel Luna | 3.00 | Venice | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Borgo San Felice | 3.00 | Tuscany | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ca' Sagredo Hotel | 3.00 | Venice | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Grand Hotel Fasano | 3.00 | Lake Garda | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Helvetia & Bristol Firenze | 3.00 | Florence | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Hotel Metropole Venice | 3.00 | Venice | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| JW Marriott Venice Resort & Spa | 3.00 | Venice | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Londra Palace Venezia | 3.00 | Venice | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Magna Pars, l’ Hotel à Parfum | 3.00 | Milan | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Palazzo Avino | 3.00 | Amalfi Coast | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Parco dei Principi Grand Hotel & Spa | 3.00 | Rome | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Relais Santa Croce | 3.00 | Florence | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| San Clemente Palace Venice | 3.00 | Venice | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sina Centurion Palace | 3.00 | Venice | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sina Villa Medici, Autograph Collection | 3.00 | Florence | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Capri Tiberio Palace | 2.98 | Capri | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Grand Hotel Quisisana | 2.98 | Capri | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Hotel Caesar Augustus | 2.98 | Capri | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Jumeirah Capri Palace | 2.98 | Capri | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Hotel Cala di Volpe, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Costa Smeralda | 2.89 | Sardinia | Italy | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Casa Brera, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Milan | 2.77 | Milan | Italy | 3 | |||||
| Grand Hotel Parker's | 2.77 | Naples, Italy | Italy | 3 | |||||
| Grand Hotel Victoria Concept & Spa | 2.77 | Lake Como | Italy | 3 | |||||
| Hotel Mediterraneo Sorrento | 2.77 | Sorrento | Italy | 3 | |||||
| Hotel Villa Franca | 2.77 | Amalfi Coast | Italy | 3 | |||||
| Punta Tragara Hotel | 2.77 | Capri | Italy | 3 | |||||
| Grand Hotel Palace | 1.69 | Rome | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| The Westin Palace, Milan | 0.97 | Milan | Italy | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Aldrovandi Villa Borghese | 0.72 | Rome | Italy | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Bauer Palazzo | 0.72 | Venice | Italy | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Hotel Majestic Roma | 0.72 | Rome | Italy | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Baglioni Hotel Carlton | 0.32 | Milan | Italy | ||||||
| Bauer L'Hotel | 0.24 | Venice | Italy |
Our methodology
Recognition that lasts
Hoslog looks across seven years of published designations. Recent recognition carries more influence, while earlier years reveal consistency. When a hotel goes unlisted, its previous recognition gradually fades.
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