Hotel Santa Caterina, Amalfi, Italy
A traditional, 19th-century liberty-style villa on the winding coast road at first glance, but it's what lies beneath that is, quite simply, intoxicating. Most of the breezy, spacious rooms are in the main building (some are interconnecting); the suites are spread across the terraced gardens, Villa Santa Caterina and Villa il Rosso below; while down at sea-level, you'll find the Beach Club, pool, gym, and superb seafront restaurant.