TOP 10
Hotels
Paris
1 Le Bristol 94.82
2 La Réserve—Hôtel
& Spa 94.37
3 The Ritz 93.86
4 Four Seasons
Hotel George V
93.65
5 The Peninsula
93.12
6 Hôtel Plaza
Athénée 93.03
7 Shangri-La Hôtel
92.74
8 Hôtel Prince de
Galles, a Luxury
Collection Hotel
92.18
9 Le Meurice 91.37
10 Saint James 91.32 S antorini
has won for
best European
island 14
times.
TOP 5
Hotels
Rome
1 Hotel de Russie, a
Rocco Forte Hotel
93.95
2 J.K. Place Roma
93.82
3 First Luxury Art
Hotel Roma 92.55
4 Hassler Roma
90.80
5 Hotel Eden 90.52
TOP 5
Hotels
Florence
1 Portrait Firenze
95.77
2 Villa Cora 93.78
3 Hotel Savoy, a
Rocco Forte Hotel
93.55
4 Four Seasons
Hotel Firenze 93.17
5 J.K. Place Firenze
92.95
WHY I LOVE
FLORENCE
By David Amsden
You arrive in Florence
clutching the
inevitable checklist: to
stand before
Michelangelo’s David,
to marvel at the
Botticellis in the Uffizi,
to scale Brunelleschi’s
Duomo and take in a
terra-cotta skyline
that remains little
changed since the
Medicis rose to power.
But it’s during the
moments in between
when you fall for the
town. Maybe you
discover an inventive
restaurant in a
crumbling palazzo. Or
stumble upon the
studio of an artisan
applying medieval
techniques to his new
creations. Suddenly it
hits you: there’s a
renaissance happening
here! In recent years,
Florence has taken
bold steps
to temper the effects
of mass tourism that
leached Venice of its
soul—discouraging
daily tour buses,
reasserting its cultural
relevance by inviting
contemporary artists
like Jeff Koons to show
work alongside the old
masters. The result is
a city that invites you
to revel in the interplay
of antiquity and
modernity, adamantly
insisting that it be
savored rather than
merely seen.
TOP 5
Hotels
Ven ice
1 Belmond Hotel
Cipriani 93.26
2 Gritti Palace, a
Luxury Collection
Hotel 91.19
3 San Clemente
Palace Kempinski
90.67
4 Ca’Sagredo Hotel
90.07
5 Baglioni Hotel
Luna 89.90
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