If you’re looking for your roots in Italy, or just getting it for the ‘Gram, take a tip: Trade in your big international chain hotel for something family-run. After all, Italy is all about authenticity: real food, homely accommodations and stunning scenery.
Better yet, many of the country’s best family hotels make booking easy. With locations stretching from Tuscany to Campania, staying within a single family-owned, personality-driven portfolio means arranging a cross-country trip is as easy as a sunset spritz.
One of the nations most family-run luxury brands is Sina, a group of 11 hotels founded by Count Ernesto Bocca in 1958. Three generations later – with authentic and elegant hotels stretching from Venice to Capri – Sina has become a gem hidden of crowded people. and a competitive world of Italian hospitality, dedicated to perpetuating the slower pace of Italian life.
Here’s the lowdown on where to stay.
Sina Villa Medici is a symphony of elegance; the team works together to ensure that guests feel the majestic glamor of Florence at every turn.
The 19th-century palazzo, located just outside the city center in a quiet, leafy neighborhood, has been modernized with tasteful yet luxurious Italian furnishings – and fashionistas have taken note, transforming the garden and bar (a Harry’s wood-clad offshoot) in one of the coolest places to gather during the annual Pitti Uomo fashion symposium.
The concierge team is also second to none and, under general manager Fernando Pane, organizes some truly epic Florentine itineraries where food, art and fashion shine.
Perugia is a winding, medieval stone town in the Umbrian hills, built on the bones of earlier settlements that climbs one of the ridges to look down on the valleys below. In the morning, the bells toll lazily as mist shrouds the city – burning away in the early sunlight and exposing the hills that slope down to the Mediterranean Sea. Sina Brufani (opened in 1884) feels right at home there, perched on its perch with the most dramatic view in Perugia.
The views alone are worth the price of admission, but the grand age and interiors (parquet floors, roaring fireplaces, and medieval vibes) scream elegance—wearing a tuxedo there feels natural.
And while you’d be forgiven for spending all your time swimming in the pool surrounded by 3,000-year-old ruins, Perugia is the starting point for exploring Umbria, which boasts incredible wineries in Montefalco and an unforgettable day trip to see Brunello. Cucinelli, a friend of the Bocca family, in nearby Solomeo.
Venice is a labyrinthine island city full of mysteries waiting to be explored and Sina Centurion, a former monastery clad in ornate Gothic architecture, located directly on the Grand Canal, is an ideally located hideaway in this bustling city with tourists.
Located on the southern edge of Dorsoduro, Centurion is a quick walk from the Collezione Peggy Guggenheim and the best cicchetti bar in town, Enoteca Schiavi, but to fully explore Venice, you’ll need to take to the water from their boat private. landing
The excellent concierge can arrange a private shuttle to wherever you want to visit in Venice. Explore Murano, where they have relationships with some of the best glassblowing artisans, the grounds of the Biennale at the southern end of the Castello, or have a gondolier ferries you directly across the canal to the famous St. Mark’s Square and the Doge’s Palace.
The secret favorite of the Bocca family is Sina Villa Matilde, located outside Turin on a private estate nestled in the hills of Piedmont. This property was the family headquarters, which they turned into a luxury hotel getaway for the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Lounge by the pool in summer or use it as a home base during your visit in truffle season, where you’re ideally placed to enjoy some of the best food and wine Italy has to offer.
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