Gatto Bianco 4 stars

Hotel Gatto Bianco is one of Capri's oldest hotels. Via Vittorio Emanuele, the street lined with luxury boutiques and fashionable bars and restaurants and in which the hotel is situated, is the heart of Capri. The origins of the Gatto Bianco date back to the mid 1800's, when Carmela Esposito opened an inn so as to offer hospitality to visitors to the island. Among the illustrious personages to have stayed at the Gatto Bianco, we find King Farouk, Jack Lemmon, Clark Gable, Jacqueline Kennedy, Sofia Loren and Brigitte Bardot.

Hotel Gatto Bianco boasts all the most appealing elements traditionally found in the architecture of Capri: its spacious, light-filled rooms featuring wonderful vaulted ceilings and floors paved in exquisite majolica tiles. Furnishings are both elegant and functional, so as to offer the maximum in contemporary comfort. Bedrooms open out on to delightful little terraces overlooking the garden and the roof tops of Capri.

The lounge and the flower decked terraces are the perfect places where to relax in the company of family or friends, whilst sipping a drink or cocktail from the bar. The hotel has negotiated special rates for its guests in a number of the island's top restaurants and in the Pantarei Beauty Center.