Guests can enjoy negronis with figs and unobstructed views of Capri, Ischia, and Proscida, the three islands in the Bay of Naples from the Relais Blu's private terrace.

The whole place, including the Junior Suite (pictured), is a testament to clean lines and contemporary thinking, so that you can actually take pleasure in, say, an Italian hotel's bed and shower.

The nightly room rate not only includes the traditional cappuccino and chocolate cornetto for breakfast, but also a variety of well-cooked egg dishes, along with many varieties of the best proscuitto and salumi, fig spreads, fresh juices, naturally sweet Sorrento lemons, and Pellegrino. Pictured, above, is a room with a private balcony.

The former architect's villa is located directly above Punta Campanella, an epic shard of shoreland that is now a hike-able nature preserve with untouched beaches, jutting out into the waves (it's the same place Homer used as his setting for the Sirens' confrontation in The Odyssey). Here is a view of the midcentury-inspired, furniture-bedecked terrazza at dusk.