The Best Hotels Near Il Ginkgo, by the Record
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A former seminary tucked behind iron gates on Corso Venezia, this hotel in the Ferragamo family's Lungarno Collection sits squarely in the Golden Triangle, which is convenient if your wardrobe needs emergency reinforcement. The colonnaded courtyard functions as both lobby and neighborhood piazza, drawing locals in alongside guests. Rattan and leather details nod to vintage Ferragamo trunks throughout the 73 rooms. It landed on the World's 50 Best Hotels list, and holds a Forbes Four Star.
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A former convent with frescoes and vaulted ceilings still intact, the Four Seasons Milano sits on Via Gesù, tucked behind the Golden Quad where every major fashion house has a flagship. The hotel runs a full-service spa, a restaurant, and a garden bar, so you could technically avoid the city's relentless chic entirely, though you'd have to try hard given the clientele checking in with very specific luggage requirements.
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Giorgio Armani's hotel occupies the upper floors of his Milano flagship, which means the bar, the restaurant, and the spa all sit above the Duomo's roofline. The 95-room hotel translates the designer's aesthetic into three dimensions: pale woods, muted tones, and a hush that feels engineered. The Armani store is in the same building, so the line between shopping and checking in is thin. Forbes Four Star.
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A converted 19th-century bank dressed in travertine limestone and black marble, steps from the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and the Duomo. This luxury hotel carries a Forbes Four Star and reads every bit the part: warm stone interiors, a neutral palette pulled from the cathedral facade, and Baroque bones that no amount of renovation would dare touch. The shopping, the opera house, the cathedral, all walkable, even in heels.
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Perched on the western shore of Lake Garda, this grand old lakeside hotel has been turning its terrace into an argument for doing absolutely nothing all afternoon for well over a century. Vaulted ceilings, antique furnishings, and a spa filled with natural light set the tone inside, while the hotel's own boats offer a way out onto the water when the view from your glass of red wine stops being enough.