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Santavenere Hotel - Maratea, Italy
Richard Burton and Frank Sinatra are just a few of the celebrities who have stayed at the 5-star Santavenere Hotel in Maratea, Italy, a little-known gem of a resort on the Gulf of Policastro south of Naples. Also see my Maratea, Italy, Locanda delle Donne Monache, and Caseus Prize articles, plus 74 Maratea photos.

Riffelalp Resort Zermatt
More than 40 years after the legendary Riffelalp Grand Hotel was destroyed by fire, a new and more intimate resort hotel occupies its site on a mountain plateau overlooking the Matterhorn and Zermatt, Switzerland.

Kempinski Hotel Airport Munich
The only hotel at Munich International Airport is a short walk from the terminals and the München Airport Center shopping mall.

Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill
If you can afford luxury comforts in a prime location, try this five-star hotel on Portman Square in London's West End.

Venice for Visitors:

Hotel Cipriani
Venice's most exclusive resort hotel is just three minutes by private launch from St. Mark's Square.

Luna Hotel Baglioni
Crusaders slept at Venice's oldest hotel in 1118. Nearly 900 years later, the Luna is still serving luxury-minded guests at the same location next to the Piazza San Marco and Napoleon's Royal Gardens.

San Clemente Palace
This luxury hotel on a beautifully landscaped 17-acre private island has 205 rooms, a swimming pool and tennis courts, and its own 12th Century church. The hotel is 15 minutes from San Marco by private launch.

Luxury Cruises

Viking River Cruises: Southern France
Follow the MS Maribelle (formerly the Viking Burgundy) from Chalon-sur-Saône to Avignon, with stops in Lyon, Arles, and other inland ports. Our 192-page report includes a cruise review and photo gallery.

Oceania's Regatta
A new "upper-premium" cruise line offers destination-oriented voyages in Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, and points in between. In our Regatta review, we describe a two-week cruise and nine ports of call from Dover to Barcelona.

Silver Whisper Mediterranean Cruise
Read an illustrated account of a 12-day voyage from Athens to Rome and view a photo gallery with 61 pictures.

Silversea Cruises: "Scotland's Tattoo"
This sequel to our Mediterranean cruise article takes the Silver Whisper (and you) from Copenhagen to London Tilbury by way of Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Belgium. It includes 65 new Silversea pictures.

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