Racking up the Awards

Is there no end to the wonders of Itay and its award winning array of hotels, cities, spas and restaurants.   We thought you might like to checklist the following and find out why did Italy rank as the top overall country according to readers of Conde Nast.

Italy was the only country to have 3 cities in the top 20 (Rome 4^th, Venice 6^th and Florence 9^th. 

Across Europe, Italy had the most favoured hotels in the Top 20 with 7 fab hotels - Four Seasons Florence (7th),       Capri Palace, Capri (9th), Splendido, Portofino (10th), Villa d'Este, Lake Como (11th) Cipriani, Venice (16th), Feltrinelli, Lake Garda (18th) and Il Pellicano, Porto Ercole, Tuscany (19th).

Italy was the only country to have two destination spas ranked in the top 15; Terme di Saturnia and Fonteverde, both in gorgeous Tuscany.

As for train journeys, Italy was number 3 with the glorious Venice Simplon Orient Express.

And for the 'small cruise ships' category, Silversea (Italian-owned and Italian-style) was at number 2.  

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