Principe Forte Dei Marmi

Principe Forte Dei Marmi

Cross the garden terrace at Principe Forte dei Marmi and the private beach starts where the lawn stops, no road, no boardwalk, just the hotel's own stretch of sand a few steps from the door. It keeps things small: 28 rooms across three floors, a scale that's unusual for a property carrying this range of facilities, and the design-hotel finish shows in details like blackout blinds, soundproofed walls and hypoallergenic bedding in even the entry-level Classic Double. Move up through the range and rooms grow from that 323-square-foot Classic Double to the 700-square-foot Executive Suite, each with a private bathroom, safe and toiletries whatever the square footage. Guests split their days between an indoor pool for grey mornings and a heated outdoor one for the rest of the year, then work it off with tennis, a dive centre, horse riding or a gym before the sauna and steam room. Families get a playroom, a kids' club and babysitting on request; the restaurant runs a diet menu, gluten-free and vegetarian options alongside its Tuscan staples, and half board is available for anyone who'd rather not think about dinner. Business travellers can fall back on the conference hall and meeting facilities, though anyone chasing anonymity in a big hotel lobby should look elsewhere, and dog owners should know pets under 5 kilograms travel here for a surcharge. What sets it apart from other hotels on this stretch of coast is holding both, a private beach and an indoor pool alongside the outdoor one, inside a building with only 28 rooms to fill them. Come for the beach chairs it owns outright, not for a crowd you'd have to share them with. A 28-room design hotel in Forte dei Marmi with its own private beach, an indoor pool as well as an outdoor one, and a spa with sauna and steam room. Rooms run from a 323-square-foot Classic Double to a 700-square-foot Executive Suite, all with private bathrooms and safes.