Turning 120 this year, the Grand Hotel Bristol Spa Resort in Rapallo is a sleek six-story hotel where the panoramic views of the Portofino promontory and the Gulf of Tigullio steal the show.
This discreet and design-heavy boutique B&B in the thick of Florence鈥檚 Oltrarno has ties to the prominent Torrigiani family and unparalleled views over their eponymous garden.