Italy Hotels Off the Beaten Track

Matera in Basilicata

To most, Italy means Florence, Venice and Rome.  Tourists and queues everywhere.  But there is a different Italy.  Here are our favorite hotels and cities in Italy off the beaten track:

1) Palazzo Gattini (Matera in Basilicata)

2) Relais Villa d’Amelia (Langhe, near Alba in Piedmont)

3) Villa Brunella (Capri, Campania)

4) Antico Borgo di Tabiano Castello (Parma,  Emilia-Romagna)

5) Palazzo Papaleo (Otranto, Puglia)

6) Seven Rooms Viladorata (Noto, Sicily)

7) Albergo della Pace (Sambuco near Cuneo in Piedmont)

Antico Borgo di Tabiano Castello

Otranto Cathedral