Italy, here I come!

Staying at this ornate Sicilian hotel is as close as you can get to time travel, unlocking layer after layer of an elite Palermitan past.

<p>Up among the wild, forbidding peaks of the Gran Sasso National Park, in Abruzzo, stands a medieval village of cobbled lanes, sun-flooded squares and ancient stone houses.</p>

Escape to a bygone era at this hotel housed in the Antica Torre Tornabuoni, a restored tower-house first built by the Guelph Ruggerini family in the mid-13th century.

Bordered by olive trees and citrus groves, this Puglian paradise between Bari and Brindisi is the perfect place to do a whole lot of nothing.