My Hotel and Lodging Recommendations - Places I Have Stayed
Rome Hotel and Accommodation Recommendations
Rome has a huge number of hotels, bed and breakfast inns, and other accommodations. These hotel recommendations are based on personal experience, I have stayed there myself, except where indicated as recommended by friends.
Fontana del Papa Bed and Breakfast and Cooking School
Fontana del Papa is a bed and breakfast and cooking school in a restored farmhouse in Northern Lazio.
Hotel des Artistes, Rome
Budget and moderate accommodations near the train station. The hotel offers good, quiet private rooms and beds in dorms.
Country House Parco Ducale - Bed and Breakfast in Urbania, Italy
The peaceful Country House Parco Ducale sits by the Duke's hunting grounds and lodge outside Urbania in Le Marche and makes a good base for visiting Urbania and Le Marche region towns. The Parco Ducale has bed and breakfast with a pool and garden and suites with kitchen area that are great for families.
Hotel Su Gologone in Sardinia
Review of one of my favorite hotels, Hotel Su Gologone in Sardinia's Barbagia region, from Europe for Visitors.
Domus Orsoni Bed and Breakfast in Venice
Review of Domus Orsoni bed and breakfast in Venice.
Le Torri Vacation Rentals in Tuscany
Review of Le Torri Vacation Rentals. Le Torri vacation apartments are in the chianti hills of Tuscany. Le Torri is a good place to stay to visit Tuscany. Information about Le Torri vacation rentals.
Montalcino - Il Giglio Hotel Review
Il Giglio Hotel is a small hotel in the center of Montalcino in Tuscany. Read the review from Europe for Visitors.
Panicale - Staying in an apartment in an Umbrian Hilltown
Panicale, an Umbrian hilltown, makes a great base for exploring Umbria and Tuscany. There are several vacation apartment rental options.
Tuscany - Castello Ripa d'Orcia
Stay in a castle on a hillside in Tuscany. Bed and breakfast rooms and weekly apartment rentals are available. (I stayed in an apartment)
Le Torri Hotel - Langhe wine country of Piedmont
The small, family-run Le Torri Hotel has eight rooms and eight apartments perfect for a Langhe wine country vacation.
Umbria - La Preghiera Guesthouse
Friendly, upscale guesthouse in a restored monastery in Umbria.
Villa Le Piazzole Vacation Apartments and Rooms near Florence
Florence bed and breakfast and vacation apartments review. Villa Le Piazzole offers deluxe rooms and apartments on the hills above Florence. Review of Villa Le Piazzole Vacation Apartments.
Calboccia Apartment Rentals - Umbria
Calboccia is a restored farmhouse in a lovely hilltop setting in Umbria. There are 3 apartments available for weekly rentals.
Casa Gabriella - Lunigiana Rentals
2-bedroom house in small village in the Lunigiana region of northern Tuscany, an area less visited by tourists, available for weekly rentals. I have part ownership in Casa Gabriella and spend several months a year there.
Flavor of Italy Bed and Breakfast
Flavor of Italy cooking schools and culinary tours now has a bed and breakfast on the outskirts of Rome, a 20 minute metro ride from the center, with views and a pool.
Italy Hotels - User Rated on Venere (book direct)
My favorite booking agent for Italian hotels is Venere, which offers an easy to navigate site where you can pick hotels by location, from a map, by ratings, or pretty much however you like to pick out a hotel. I've used it many times to choose a hotel.