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Grand Villa Tuscolana, Frascati

Enjoy a taste of luxury in this hotel in Frascati, set amongst the sun-soaked hills of Tuscolana, where Italian nobles once spent their summers. The owners of this lovingly-restored villa have decorated the 96 rooms with traditional pine furniture, without forgetting mod-cons such as colour televisions, hair-dryers and safes to store your valuables.

This Lazio hotel is in the tradition of the ancient "Castelli Romani" (Roman castles) in which medieval Italian dukes, cardinals and barons made their summer homes. The thinker and poet Marco Tullio Cicerone lived in the house upon which this hotel was constructed, and the owners have made every effort to restore the landscape and surroundings to reflect the area's opulent past. You can wander through the nearby gardens of Frascati's elegant Villa Aldobrandini, a neoclassical masterpiece featuring sculptures, a gigantic stone fountain and other architectural follies. There are also numerous vineyards and wine shops offering the chance to sample or purchase bottles of the region's famous wine, Frascati DOC.

As night falls, you can retire to this Frascati hotel's stately bar, decorated with antique furniture and overhung with vast glass chandeliers. The hotel restaurant offers a variety of local and traditional dishes and there are meeting rooms in similarly baroque surroundings. You can even book the hotel's garden, complete with a ruined amphitheatre, for private parties. This Frascati hotel provides a concierge, laundry and dry cleaning services and luggage storage. The front desk is open all the time day or night and will change money, store valuables and even make sure your postcards are sent home.

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Double room from €50