Nun Assisi Relais & SPA Museum, Assisi, Umbria, Italy
Once a 13th-century nunnery; now the only five-star lodging in and around St Francis' hometown, 'The Nun' is an architecturally stunning blend of ancient and modern, and a complete refuge for mind, body and spirit.
Unwind within the white-washed-walled gardens, be pampered at the spa museum (sunken into ruins of the 1st-century Roman amphitheatre that the convent was built upon), and seduced by traditional Umbrian dishes at the Osteria. Heavenly.