Is it better to stay in a One Key hotel with a Three Star restaurant, or a Three Key hotel with a One Star restaurant? The question is purely academic. The spots on this list—Key hotels with Star restaurants within—are the total package: the very best of MICHELIN.
The Three Key Hotels
There are four Three Key hotels with a Star restaurant, and each is scattered throughout the Italian peninsula. Numerically, the Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco stands out: it's the only hotel on this short list with a Two Star restaurant. Casa Maria Luigia, meanwhile, an elegant country house with just 12 rooms, was itself created by chef Massimo Bottura and his wife Lara Gilmore. Their hotel earned Three MICHELIN Keys in 2025—and their Michelin Star restaurant boasts too a Green Star for sustainable gastronomy.
Modena: Casa Maria Luigia // Al Gatto Verde
Montalcino: Rosewood Castiglion Del Bosco // Campo del Drago
Positano: Il San Pietro di Positano // Zass
Venezia: Hotel Cipriani, A Belmond Hotel, Venice// Oro Restaurant
The Two Key Hotels
Let’s start with the Therasia Resort, an extraordinarily eco-friendly establishment (the only spot on this page with two restaurants claiming a MICHELIN Star and a Green Star) located on the equally extraordinary island of Vulcano. But Sicilian hotel excellence doesn’t end here: in this select group of Two Key hotels, we find two more hotels on the island, both located in Taormina, at the Grand Hotel Timeo and the San Domenico Palace.
Florence is the only major Italian city featured here, with two hotels (Palazzo Portinari Salviati and the Four Seasons Firenze) of unique charm with excellent Italian fine dining.
Amalfi: Borgo Santandrea // Alici
Amalfi: Hotel Santa Caterina // Glicine
Anacapri: Capri Palace Jumeirah // L’Olivo
Castelnuovo Berardenga: Hotel Borgo San Felice // Il Poggio Rosso
Firenze: Palazzo Portinari Salviati Residenza D'Epoca // Atto di Vito Mollica
Firenze: Four Seasons Hotel Firenze // Il Palagio
Merano: Relais & Chateaux Hotel Castel Fragsburg // Prezioso
Taormina: Grand Hotel Timeo, A Belmond Hotel, Taormina // Otto Geleng
Taormina: San Domenico Palace, Taormina, A Four Seasons Hotel // Il Principe Cerami
Torno: Il Sereno // Il Sereno al Lago
Isole Eolie, Vulcano: Therasia Resort // Il Cappero // I Tenerumi
The One Key Hotels
In this group, the figure of the great chef Antonino Cannavacciuolo stands out. In addition to the Three Stars of the Villa Crespi restaurant (within the the fairytale-like hotel of the same name) in Orta San Giulio, he also holds a Star for Cannavacciuolo by the Lake, within Lake Orta's Laqua by the Lake hotel.
Staying within the realm of fine dining, another shining name on our list is Enrico Bartolini, who oversees the dining experiences at L’Andana in Castiglione della Pescaia and Palazzo Venart in Venice.
Traveling up and down the Italian peninsula, from Trentino-Alto Adige to Puglia and Campania, Tuscany—as always—plays a significant role, boasting as many as eight establishments on this list. Among them is the Hotel Brunelleschi in Florence, which, within the ancient Torre della Pagliazza, hosts (in addition to charming suites) the Two Star Santa Elisabetta restaurant.
We conclude with a legendary hotel in the Eternal City, the only Roman MICHELIN Key hotel to hold a MICHELIN Star restaurant: the historic Hotel Hassler. Perched atop the Spanish Steps, its elevated position offers breathtaking views of the city from both its rooms and the Imàgo restaurant.
Castiglione della Pescaia: L’Andana // La Trattoria Enrico Bartolini
Chiusdino: Borgo Santo Pietro // Saporium
Firenze: Brunelleschi Hotel // Santa Elisabetta
Firenze: Hotel Lungarno // Borgo San Jacopo
Forte dei Marmi: Principe Forte dei Marmi // Lux Lucis
Madonna di Campiglio: Biohotel Hermitage // Stube Hermitage
Massa Lubrense: Relais Blu // Relais Blu
Milano: Mandarin Oriental Milan // Seta
Montalcino: Castello Banfi Wine Resort // La Sala dei Grappoli
Orta San Giulio: Villa Crespi // Villa Crespi
Ortisei: Gardena Grödnerhof Hotel & Spa // Anna Stube
Pettenasco: Laqua by the Lake // Cannavacciuolo by the Lake
Porto Ercole: Il Pellicano // Il Pellicano
Praiano: Casa Angelina // Un Piano nel Cielo
Roma: Hassler Roma // Imàgo
San Pietro in Cariano: Byblos Art Hotel Villa Amistà // Amistà
Sarentino: Terra - The Magic Place // Terra - The Magic Place
Savelletri di Fasano: Borgo Egnazia // Due Camini
Sorrento: Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria // Terrazza Bosquet
Tavarnelle Val di Pesa: COMO Castello del Nero // La Torre
Venezia: Nolinski Venezia - Evok Collection // Palais Royal Restaurant
Venezia: Palazzo Venart Luxury Hotel // Glam Bartolini
Foto di copertina: Byblos Art Hotel Villa Amistà, San Pietro in Cariano
