Italian Bling

We’ve got extravagant Italians on the mind. For a bit of Italy in France, there’s the new Gigi Rigolatto (restaurant and pool, with access to the beach), located under a pine forest in Ramatuelle. In Italy, there’s Passalacqua, a new 24-suite hotel in Lake Como by the same owners as the Grand Hotel Tremezzo, and Hotel La Palma in Capri (just opened) by the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc fam, which sees a rebirth of the oldest hotel in Capri, formerly called Locanda Pagano. Want some more haute Italian inspiration? Check out Belmond’s Italian page, with ideas for different kinds – epicurean, adventure, slow – of Italian travel.