Travel Agent - January 21, 2008 - (Page 18) DESTINATIONS EUROPE Our Favorite Hotels in ITALY The views, the locations, the food—why these are our top picks around the country AT THE TOP OF EVERY LIST OF NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS should be the following: Visit Italy…again. These properties, ranging from three to five stars, are the ones we love going back to. ranean. In the summer, there are concerts at the Villa Rufolo next door, and the music wafts up to our balcony. Though we can go down to the beach at Amalfi, just over four miles away, we enjoy sitting at the Rufolo’s pool and surveying the coast from far above the traffic. The fourstar Hotel Rufolo (www.hotelrufolo.it/hotel rufolo_eng.htm) is also conveniently located if guests wish to wander the town on foot. Contact: info@hotelrufolo.it, telephone 01139-089-857-133, fax 011-39-089-857-935. BY SHARRI WHITING DE MASI Albergo Il Monastero, Ischia Why? The island of Ischia is bigger than nearby Capri, and we like its wide choice of wonderful spas. There is no beauty treatment as good as a volcanic mud facial, and soaking in steamy mountain waters while gazing at the view is priceless. The three-star Il Monastero (www.castelloaragonese.it) sits atop the spectacular Castello Aragonese, the most striking monument on Ischia. Actually, the former monastery is an island about an eighth of a Hotel Rufolo, Ravello Why? With the most romantic view on the Amalfi coast, it makes you believe there is a heaven on earth. We ask for a seaview room and have breakfast overlooking the Mediter18 | TravelAgent January 21, 2008 http://www.hotelrufolo.it/hotelrufolo_eng.htm http://www.castelloaragonese.it http://www.hotelrufolo.it/hotelrufolo_eng.htm
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