Bellevue Syrene Hotel

The 50 bedrooms are mostly large deluxe doubles and suites: only two miss out on sea views. Rooms, with balconies or terraces that take in the magnificent vistas, ooze Italian elegance and feature a mix of contemporary design pieces, gilded mirrors, antiques and flamboyant floral murals. Beds are huge and complimentary bottled water is supplied. The colour palette here, too, is fresh and fun with gleaming tiled floors, white paintwork and splashes of turquoise, soft grey and mauve. Tiled bathrooms come with robes and slippers plus plenty of the in-house bath products. The huge, sexy Suite Roccia is hewn out of solid tufa rock and features a hydrotherapy pool in the bedroom and a steam room and the Suite Pompeiana comes with a vast bathroom and whirlpool tub looking out to sea.