1Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria, Sorrento, Italy

Walking into this 19th-century cliffsideΒ grand dameΒ is like stepping into Italy’s glamorous past when the who’s who of the country’s creative set would gather here.

Among the many big-name guests was famed tenor Enrico Caruso, whose eponymous suite is still decked out in antiques and black-and-white photographs.

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