FLORENCE, ITALY – The best bed & breakfast in the world and the third-best hotel worldwide are both in Italy, according to Tripadvisor’s 2016 Traveler’s Choice Awards, which included 125 Italian lodgings among the prize winners and 150 recognitions awarded to Italian lodgings overall.
The prize for best bed and breakfast went to Casa Portagioia in Tuscany’s Castiglion Fiorentino, while the prize for number three hotel worldwide went to Sorrento’s Bellevue Syrene, carved out of an ancient villa with a view of the Gulf of Sorrento.
Italian lodgings were frequent among the top 10 classifications in Europe, including the La Minerva Hotel on the island of Capri, which took second place in the small hotels category; and The Gritti Palace in Venice, in 3rd place in the luxury hotels category.
In fact, Italy did best in terms of luxury hotels, being the only nation with three in the European top 10: in addition to The Gritti Palace and the Bellevue Syrene, the Portrait in Florence came in at 9th place.
The per-night price to stay in one of the prize-winning structures was also lowest in Italy (403 euros) compared to the European average (488 euros) and the worldwide average (483 euros).
The most-awarded Italian regions were Campania, with 22 prize-winning lodgings and 31 recognitions overall; Trentino Alto-Adige, with 17 prize-winning lodgings and 20 recognitions overall; and Tuscany, with 15 winning lodgings and 19 recognitions overall.
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