Grand Hotel Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy

• Five-star glamour: For those wanting to eat their way around Emilia-Romagna (also known as Italy’s gastronomic heartland), this gracious 20th-century hotel is a glamorou addition to the Belle Époque town of Salsomaggiore Terme. Lovingly renovated and refurbished by Italian-based hoteliers Cosmopolitan Hotels Group, Grand Hotel Salsomaggiore has everything you’d want from a five-star stay.

• Italian dining: Dining is a palate-pleasing Italian affair in the restaurant, I Due Leoni. There's also an exclusive wine cellar where you can taste the finest selection of reds and whites, accompanied by delicious bread and meat. A good-looking bar for cocktails and snacks welcomes with live music on selected evenings.

• Thermal thrills: A supersized shrine to thermal wellness, the spa has a thermal pool with a motorised sunroof, Turkish bath, Jacuzzi, relaxation area, saunas, bucket shower, salt room, and ice fountain. You'll find treatment rooms on hand where you can treat yourself to every spa treatment imaginable: massages, facials, body wraps, scrubs, masks, mud baths, and more.

Entry requirements

The passport, visa and health requirements at the time of booking can be viewed on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website for UK citizens, and on the Department of Foreign Affairs website for IE citizens. It is your responsibility to ensure that you and all members of your party are in possession of all necessary travel and health documents, and in compliance with any other immigration/entry requirements before you travel, including whether your passport must be machine readable or which visas/waivers may be required for entry, such as ESTA for USA travel and/or ETIAS for EU travel. Please also be sure to check the validity of your passport and allow up to 10 weeks for passport renewals.