Kipling in London, Rowling in Edinburgh, the stars of The Leopard in Palermo: at Rocco Forte Hotels, Olga Polizzi chooses the books hotel by hotel, and a literary stay now links London and Edinburgh.
Thompson Rome, the first Thompson hotel in Italy, opens 69 rooms and suites in the former headquarters of the Italian Communist Party, beneath Giò Pomodoro's golden star, from €524 a night.
Named World's Best Resort Spa 2026, Lefay Resort & SPA Dolomiti in Pinzolo, Italy, pairs 5,000 m² of spa, suites with private spas and access to Madonna di Campiglio's 150 km of slopes, from €715 a night.
Le Graal Cortina hotel in Cortina d’Ampezzo: 30 rooms facing the Dolomites, bookable from 8 December
Le Graal Cortina opens this winter in a 1920s palazzo: 30 rooms including 13 suites designed by Achille Salvagni, bookable from the night of 8 December 2026, from €1,100 a night.
For its 120th anniversary, the Palace Merano in South Tyrol is showing ‘Les Incarnées’ by Marie-Amélie Chéreau until 15 November. A loyal guest for ten years, the painter is giving the hotel her canvas 5.9 Healing.
Closed since the late 1970s, the Grand Hotel in San Pellegrino Terme, a 1904 Art Nouveau gem near Bergamo, will reopen in late 2030 with 118 rooms and interiors by Pierre-Yves Rochon.
104 branded five-star hotels expected in Italy from 2026 to 2029, led by Rome, at €970 a night in 2027: the Deloitte study presented at the AURA show in Florence, 27 to 29 October 2026.
The Feuerstein Nature Family Resort, a five-star family hotel in South Tyrol, reopens on 3 December 2026: childcare from 0 to 16, a 32 °C pool in the snow, a 3,000 m² spa, from €711 a night for a family.
Thai fund Sansiri Capital buys The Lake Como EDITION, a 148-key palace in Cadenabbia facing Bellagio on Lake Como. The EDITION brand stays and Marriott keeps running it. From €784 a night.
The Hotel de la Poste in Cortina d'Ampezzo, where Hemingway had his room, has been bought by the Vacchi family: around 55 rooms and suites, a spa and five-star luxury in its sights.
The G7 delegations in season 4 of The Diplomat stay at the Viesca Toscana estate, the Ferragamos' former summer home near Florence, not at Il Borro. The sets, the villas and the prices.
First announced for 2025, the Rosewood Milan will open in 2027 in two 19th-century palazzi, including the former headquarters of the Banca Commerciale Italiana: 70 rooms, a garden courtyard and an Asaya spa with a pool.
