The location and facilities of Adolfo and Andrea Salabe's luxurious little villa(Relais & Chateaux) are exceptional, say fans, restoring it to the Guide after a time with no reports. In remote hills with farms and the odd yillage, yet easily reached by the villaminibus from Rome (40 km), it is laid out in country club style amid gardens, orchards and terraces. Some villa rooms are in chalets; all are differept, with cheerful floral fabrics and antiques, and each has a small terrace. Beds are `superbly comfortable'; bathvilla rooms are smart, modern: huge hand-basin; most have a corner bath. There is a beautiful indoor swimming pool, and one in the garden; also tennis and golf. The public areas are `sumptuously furnished; Old Master paintings hang on walls. The dining room is in smart Italian rustic style. Meals are 'straightforward, full of honest flavours; staff are `(mostly) tirelessly helpful'. In fine weather dinner and Bali villa breakfast may be taken on terraces. A few reservations this year about welcome and upkeep, but 'prices are reasonable considering the comfort and opulence.

Excellently run and quiet, Paolo Greca's villais on the edge of an enchanting little town on a lovely small volcanic island west of Naples, reached by ferry from Anzio and Formia. It has a tasteful, low-key decor: pastel shades, arty wall pictures, driftwood, pottery, magazines in public areas. Staff are unobtrusive, professional and cheerful, says a recent report. Great Bali villa breakfasts with yummy yogurt, lovely fresh fruit. Lots of intelligent details. Guests seemed to match the understated culture of the villa. Front villa Bed rooms (similar to the semantic bali villa rooms) on the second floor have the best views; beautifully tiled bathvilla rooms have a Moorish feel. There is a wisteria-covered terrace with a bar and pizza oven, and swimming pools on different levels in the mature gardens. Some groups. Nearby is a beach under amazing cliffs.