Highlighting an exceptional stay worthy of a detour, 31 hotels have been awarded Two MICHELIN Keys.
Within this category, travelers can find recommendations in Campania, Tuscany, Aosta Valley, Latium, Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Sicily, Umbria and Veneto. In Rome, Hotel Vilon is one of the finest boutique hotels, its aim to provide not just luxury-hotel service and comfort, but residential charm and a sense of intimacy. In this 16th century house attached to the storied Palazzo Borghese, each room has been remade by the architect Giampiero Panepinto and decorated by film production designer Paolo Bonfini. The results are truly cinematic.
In Florence, travelers will find no shortage of hotel, from the Four Seasons Hotel Firenze (nested in a renaissance-era palazzo) to Palazzo Portinari Salviati Residenza D’Epoca, its own home a famous 15th century palazzo once home to Dante’s muse Beatrice. Aiming to recreate the romance of that era for a modern audience, amenities include a luxe spa and a MICHELIN-starred restaurant, Atto di Vito Molica.
In Piegaro, I Borghi Dell’Eremo is not a single farmhouse, but three distinct “villages” with beautiful bedrooms – that represent the modern update to rustic places, complete with antique features like timbered ceilings and stone walls.
Set amidst the dramatic landscapes of the island of Vulcano, Therasia Resort is a hotel with is own cascading salt-water pools, from which guests can gaze across a narrow strait to the next island of Lipari. This sea & spa resort offers access to three memorable black sand beaches, as well as lavish spa.
In one of the most privileged locations in south Tyrol, inside an elegant hunting lodge, Castel Fragsburg (Merano) hosts gracefully appointed suites, outfitted with wood paneling, and wrought iron furniture. The hotel also has a unique healing spa where treatments are based around Tyrolean flowers, handpicked by the hotel’s master herbalist.
At Forestis Dolomites (Plose), a strikingly modern luxury lodge compliments its interior design with plenty of natural light, thanks to wide picture windows that open onto views of the landscape.
At Borgo San Felice (Castelnuovo Berardenga), an entire village has been converted into a luxury hotel – where each room inherits various features of the original construction while mixing in its own contemporary and classic touches. Food and wine take on their own importance here, underlined by MICHELIN-starred and Green Star restaurant Il Poggio Rosso, run by chef Juan Camilo Quintero.
107 hotels received One MICHELIN Key
Within the MICHELIN Guide hotel selection, One MICHELIN Key recognizes a very special stay.
Among the 107 establishments that received One MICHELIN Key, there is great diversity in both geography and offerings. Tuscany is the most awarded region in this category, including no less than 24 highlighted propertie, such as Villa Fontelunga in Arezzo, Precise Tale Poggio Alla Sala in Montepulciano, and Lupaia in Torrita di Siena.
The selection includes hotels such as Palazzo Margherita (Bernalda) a small and elegant nine suite property located in a 19th century palazzo. The hotel holds a deeply personal significance to the famed director Francis Ford Coppola.
Also nine rooms, Casa Clàt, in the heart of Cagliari, is a luxury boutique hotel that shows an uncommonly refined side of the Sardinian capital. The suites, designed with the stylish and urbane touch of artist Giorgio Casu, are unique creations that span multiple eras and incorporate the work of many other local artists.
Vico Milano is a small-scale, family-run hideaway with a personal vision that’s no less stylish. The atmosphere is hotel is authentically residential but complemented by modern-luxe boutique-hotel details and a house bar.
The shores of Lake Como are home to plenty of extravagant luxury hotels, but even in this context Passalacqua stands out. Its rooms are handsome, decorated in a thoroughly classical style, are lavish but low key, more reminiscent of a country house than a grand hotel.
Le Sirenuse, in Positano, was for 250 years the summer house of the noble Neopolitan family who still run the hotel. The inside is simple and lovely, with glazed tile floors, delicately scalloped windows and pale-hued bedrooms. In the Italian capital, Hassler Roma, a longtime local institution owned and operated by the same family since the 1890s, provides an exceedingly warm welcome and a thoroughly professional manner of operation. Owned by the Ferragamo family, Portrait Roma, located in a 19th century townhouse, is among the city’s most chic boutique hotels. The hotel’s finest detail has to be the rooftop lounge – where cocktails are served by a fireplace, with a view of the Spanish Steps.
Byblos Art Hotel Villa Amista (Corrubbio) is like a museum. It is a 15th-century villa outside Verona, a place where sedate gardens and fountains give way to Baroque interiors and artistic masterpieces. This is completed by the MICHELIN-starred Amistà restaurant. In Savelletri di Fasano, Rocco Forte Masseria Torre Maizza is a whitewashed farmhouse, and a perfect example of the traditional local style – but with wonderfully luxurious interiors. Finally Sextantio Le Grotte della Civita is located in Matera – a city famous for its houses carved into the volcanic hillsides, some of them dating back to Paleolithic times. Here, rooms themselves occupy the caves.
All MICHELIN Guide hotel recommendations are available for free on the MICHELIN Guide website and mobile application. On these digital platforms, all recommended hotels can be booked directly at the best market price. To assist travelers throughout their stay, the MICHELIN Guide also provides a concierge service run by travel experts employed by the MICHELIN Guide.
After France, the United States (Atlanta, California, Chicago, Colorado, Florida, New York, Washington DC), Spain and Italy the MICHELIN Keys will be announced in Japan on July 4, 2024. Other destinations will follow during the year.
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