Santa Margherita Ligure (Liguria)

With its classical paintings, grand marble staircase and Gio Ponti-designed saltwater pool, Royal Hotel Sanremo combines the best in Côte d’Azur luxury and Italian hospitality.

Turning 120 this year, the Grand Hotel Bristol Spa Resort in Rapallo is a sleek six-story hotel where the panoramic views of the Portofino promontory and the Gulf of Tigullio steal the show.

Angelina Mango’s “La noia” (Boredom) was the winning tune at the 74th edition of Sanremo. She takes it to the Eurovision Song Contest on May 11.

To mark the 100 year-anniversary of the writer's birth, a new exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale explores Italo Calvino’s place in the collective imagination.