The Best Hotels in Italy: 12. Belmond Hotel Caruso, Ravello This eleventh-century villa sits high above the town of Ravello overlooking the vertiginous Amalfi Coast. Should you feel like coming down from the heights, there’s plenty to see and do here: the hotel will take you to Positano or Pompeii via its boat, Ercole (Italian for “Hercules”) or you can sign up for a three-hour guided Vespa tour of the town by night