Romeo Hotel - Naples

"Best for: art Naples is ‘muse and stage’ to the contemporary art scene that lifelong friends Nicola Cancio and Vincenzo Falcone connect their B&B guests to. They host a permanent artist in residence and in-house shows by names such as Simona da Pozzo and Blasepheme. A few years ago, they transformed this tiled Bourbon apartment opposite the Archeological Museum into a high-minded B&B and modernist haven with Pompeiian mosaic drapes, Hockney-swimming-pool blues, giant light bulbs (for big ideas), and intelligentsia-worthy bistro chairs, some purloined from their parents’ houses. Address: SuperOtium, Via Santa Teresa degli Scalzi civico, 8, 80135 Napoli NA, Italy Book now at Booking.com This article was originally published on Condé Nast Traveller UK." - Zahra Surya Darma, Stephanie Rafanelli

"This ancient Mediterranean beehive, often snubbed by travelers rushing to the Amalfi Coast, is in fact a fascinating and cultured place. Which is why the portside 84-room Romeo celebrates its hometown by incorporating portraits of the city by its most famous photographers. In fact, the art card is played everywhere at the Romeo, from the anodized aluminum and glass fish-scale facade by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange to expressly commissioned art by Italians Francesco Clemente, Lello Esposito, and Mario Schifano. For all of the pedigreed brand names—Caprai sheets, B & B furniture by Tramontano, custom-designed sofas by Philippe Starck—what’s really winning here are the adorable and smartly uniformed staff, and the stunning rooftop pool and spa. Rooms are rich-looking due to their brown- and tan-streaked tabu wood floors, and origami-clever in their efficient use of space, including a sliding glass door between bedroom and bath."