Best hotels in Italy, ranked by corrected score

Best hotels in Italy, ranked by corrected scoreThe best-scored hotel in Italy is The Club House: 4.5 ± 0.2 (solid evidence, 3 of 4 platforms) on our corrected 0-5 score, from $684 a night. Next are Ca Giulietta Agriturismo (4.4) and Palazzo Portinari Salviati (4.4). We score 3,698 hotels in Italy. Their platform ratings (normalised to 0-5) average 3.5; after correction the average is 3.3, and 682 rest on solid evidence. Best at or under the typical price here ($184 a night): Ca Giulietta Agriturismo, 4.4 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), from $128.Best hotels in Italy, ranked

The Club House, Siena: 4.5 ± 0.2 (solid evidence, 3 of 4 platforms), from $684 a night. The Club House is a five-star boutique hotel for adults in Castelnuovo Berardenga, set among the Chianti hills and vineyards roughly ten miles from Siena's Piazza del…

Ca Giulietta Agriturismo, Verona: 4.4 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), from $128 a night. Ca Giulietta Agriturismo is a countryside farmstay bed and breakfast in Sommacampagna, near Verona.

Palazzo Portinari Salviati, Florence: 4.4 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), from $1,190 a night. Palazzo Portinari Salviati is a restored 15th-century palazzo turned five-star residence on Via del Corso in Florence's Santa Maria Novella district, once home to the…

Collegio Alla Querce Auberge, Florence: 4.4 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), from $1,856 a night. Collegio Alla Querce Auberge is a luxury hotel on Via delle Forbici in Florence, set in a Renaissance estate that once served as a boarding school, elevated above the…

Ln 5 Gate - Catania, Catania: 4.4 ± 0.2 (solid evidence, 3 of 4 platforms), from $134 a night. Ln 5 Gate is a four-star guesthouse on Corso Italia in central Catania, Sicily, at Via Alberto Mario 32.

Mazzini Palace, Catania: 4.4 ± 0.2 (solid evidence, 4 of 4 platforms), from $158 a night. Mazzini Palace is a small hotel and guesthouse on Via Giuseppe Garibaldi in central Misterbianco, a town about 7 km from Catania in Sicily.

Primrose Hotel, Rimini: 4.4 ± 0.2 (solid evidence, 3 of 4 platforms). Primrose Hotel is a 3-star superior hotel residence on Viale Biella in Rivazzurra, a beachfront district of Rimini.

James Suite Hotel Firenze 1564, Florence: 4.4 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), from $685 a night. Located in the Sant'Ambrogio neighbourhood within the Santa Croce district, James Suite Hotel Firenze 1564 is a boutique property set inside a restored 16th-century…

Palazzo Tiglio, Montevarchi: 4.4 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), from $657 a night. Palazzo Tiglio is a family-run boutique hotel situated in the hilltop hamlet of San Pancrazio within the Valdambra Valley.

Piazza Di Spagna 9, Rome: 4.4 ± 0.2 (solid evidence, 3 of 4 platforms), from $628 a night. Piazza Di Spagna 9 is a small family-run guesthouse in central Rome, set directly on Piazza di Spagna next to the Spanish Steps.

Teatro Luxury Apartments Firenze, Florence: 4.4 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), from $630 a night. Teatro Luxury Apartments Firenze occupies a renovated 19th-century building in Florence's Historic Centre, part of the Starhotels Collection.

Villa Certosa Boutique Capri, Amalfi: 4.4 ± 0.2 (solid evidence, 3 of 4 platforms), from $659 a night. Villa Certosa Boutique Capri is a five-star hotel on Via Certosa 5B in central Capri, a short walk from the Piazzetta and Via Camerelle.

Abbadia San Giorgio, Sestri Levante: 4.4 ± 0.2 (solid evidence, 3 of 4 platforms). Abbadia San Giorgio is a four-star boutique hotel set in a converted fifteenth-century Franciscan monastery with a double cloister, next to the San Giorgio church in…

Don Alfonso 1890, Amalfi: 4.4 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms). Don Alfonso 1890 is a small hotel in Sant'Agata sui Due Golfi on the Sorrentine Peninsula, set in a 19th-century former villa about 60 km from Naples airport.

Hotel Glimpse - Firenze, Florence: 4.4 ± 0.3 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), from $315 a night. Hotel Glimpse is a four-star boutique hotel in the Historic Centre of Florence, a short walk from the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Piazza del Duomo and the…

Seven Historical Suites, Trieste: 4.4 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 3 of 4 platforms), from $242 a night. Seven Historical Suites is a four-star boutique aparthotel set in an eighteenth-century building in central Trieste, close to the Grand Canal and Piazza Unità.

Grand Hotel Principe Di Piemonte, Viareggio: 4.4 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), from $645 a night. The Grand Hotel Principe di Piemonte is a five-star hotel on Piazza Giacomo Puccini in Viareggio, Tuscany, standing directly on the seafront promenade opposite the beach…

La Residenza, Lucca: 4.4 ± 0.2 (solid evidence, 3 of 4 platforms), from $364 a night. La Residenza is a four-star boutique hotel set in a historic palace dating from 1572, in a quiet central spot in Lucca.

Solea Boutique & Spa Hotel, Trento: 4.4 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms). Solea Boutique & Spa Hotel is a four-star property situated in Fai della Paganella within the Brenta Dolomites and Adamello Brenta Natural Park.

Luma Relais De Charme, Olbia: 4.4 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms). Luma Relais de Charme is a recently renovated four-star bed and breakfast in Santa Teresa Gallura, about 400 metres from Rena Bianca Beach and close to the town centre.

Rocco Forte House Roma, Rome: 4.4 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms). Rocco Forte House Roma is a luxury serviced apartment property set in an 18th-century palazzo overlooking Piazza di Spagna in central Rome.

Villa Fedora Luxury Suites, Lucca: 4.4 ± 0.3 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), from $214 a night. Villa Fedora Luxury Suites is a small adults-only hotel in a converted villa on Via Antonio Cantore, in the historical centre of Lucca.

Agriturismo Le Case di Campagna, Verona: 4.3 ± 0.2 (solid evidence, 4 of 4 platforms), from $137 a night. Agriturismo Le Case di Campagna is a family-run farmstay located in Dossobuono, near Castel d'Azzano in the Veneto region.

Al Castello Luxury B&b, Reggio Calabria: 4.3 ± 0.2 (solid evidence, 4 of 4 platforms), from $352 a night. Al Castello Luxury B&B is a contemporary bed and breakfast in central Reggio Calabria, close to the Aragonese Castle, the historic centre and the seafront promenade…