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Cubicle Dreaming: La Scalinatella Achieves Perfection

Where: Via Tragara, 8, Capri, Italy, 80073

Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? Send the story our way.

In this episode, Hotel Maven Claire heads to Italy. Enjoy.

La Scalinatella in Capri is the only hotel on Conde Nast's 2007 list of reader selections to receive 100 percent score. And this isn't one of those freebie, gym class, 100s. Leaving the editors of Traveler unable to muster a single complaint is like acing the advanced physics exam... when you have mono.

The hotel's ascent to greatness was long and deliberate, and the setting, amenities, service, and ambiance add up to a flawless experience. According to the magazine:

This romantic 30-room boutique run by the Morgano family (of Quisisana fame) feels like a private villa above the sea. (The name means "little stairway," referring to the hotel's terraced layout, with entrance and reception at the top). It's the perfect place for an intimate tryst, with large rooms well-screened from other guests. The rooms and suites are luxurious and modern, with alcove beds, sunny marine color schemes, and tiled bathrooms; all have panoramic terraces. Some have two baths and whirlpools.

Elsewhere on the island, travelers can find cliff-hanging hotels, bars, and Roman ruins. In the main town of La Capannina, you can even pick up a pair of custom-made capri pants. Anyplace with roomy, cotton pants cut short enough to keep from dragging sand and getting caught on our dirty bare feet named after it is somewhere we'd like to visit.

[Photo: Capri Online]

Related Stories:
· 2007 Awards [Conde Nast Traveler]
· Travel Stories in Capri [Jaunted]
· Conde Nast Readers Have Spoken [HotelChatter]

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Capri's Like That Y'All

Where: Via Marina piccola, Capri, Campania, Italy, 80073

Mariah Carey often records her hit-making songs in a private studio on Italy's island of Capri, so when we need some creative rejuvenation, we may want to head there as well.

However stars aren't always the best judge of hotels. One guest at the Grand Hotel Quisiana, a 19th-century resort, had this tip for the island of Capri:

When you book a hotel on the island of Capri, do not trust the stars. Sometimes you see five stars, but they are neither 5 stars nor 4, but only 3. You spend a fortune to stay in a little room, a room that should not cost more than 120 Euro (170$) in a normal hotel.

We stayed at the Quisisana Hotel only for one night, and the day after we moved to the wonderful Weber Ambassador Hotel, where we had a very rich breakfast, and where for 130 Euro we were given a room which was two times larger than that cage at the Quisisana Hotel!

Rooms at the Weber are also air-conditioned and come with 68-channel satellite television. If you do stay here, just be sure to book a seaview room as the wrong room can ruin the trip.

Related Stories:
· Hotel Weber Ambassador reviews [TripAdvisor]
· Grand Hotel Quisisana reviews [TripAdvisor]