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Italian city palaces and seaside houses extend a family’s Punta Ala beginnings to island retreats.
Baglioni brings an Italian sense of home to city palaces, coastal resorts, and an island retreat in the Maldives. Roberto and Lisa Polito began with Cala del Porto in Punta Ala in 1974; their son Guido later led a collection whose addresses include Venice’s Luna, Rome’s Regina, and Casa Baglioni in Milan.
7 Baglioni Hotels & Resorts hotels in 2 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.
- Owned by Palace Resorts
- Worldwide: 7 hotels, in Italy and the Maldives
- On the atlas: 1 High Luxury, 6 Core Luxury
History
Guido Polito grew up in the Punta Ala hotel his parents bought and made their home. The family later developed a collection of Italian city hotels and resorts, with the Maldives adding an island chapter. Palace Resorts retained the Baglioni name after acquiring the company, carrying the history into a new period of ownership.
Timeline
- 1574 — The inn beside St. Mark's is already trading as the Locanda della Luna. Baglioni will not own it for another four centuries.
- 1913 — The Liberty palazzo at Via dei Giardini 21, Brera, is built. Casa Baglioni opens there in 2023.
- 1917 — Baglioni Hotel Regina's building rises in Rome's Ludovisi district, near the Spanish Steps.
- 1974 — Roberto and Lisa Polito buy Cala del Porto in Punta Ala and found the company.
- 1988 — Baglioni acquires Hotel Luna in Venice, the group's second hotel.
- 2011 — Guido Polito, Roberto's son, becomes chief executive. His father stays president.
- 2019 — Baglioni opens on Maagau, Dhaalu Atoll, on 1 August, 96 villas.
- 2021 — The former Paradise Resort & Spa in San Teodoro becomes Baglioni Resort Sardinia, 78 rooms.
- 2022 — The Salento masseria at Otranto opens under Baglioni in May, 40 rooms. Palace Resorts buys 75 percent of the company. The Reuben Brothers buy the freehold of Hotel Luna.
- 2023 — Palace Resorts completes the purchase in October. Casa Baglioni Milan opens on 16 January, 30 rooms.
- 2024 — Relais Santa Croce in Florence becomes Palazzo Firenze by Baglioni on 7 May, 24 rooms.
- 2026 — Palazzo Firenze, closed from 4 November 2025, reopens on 28 March after Studio Marco Piva's work with the Superintendence.
The houses to know
- Baglioni Hotel Regina, Rome, Italy — A 1917 house in the Ludovisi district, near the Spanish Steps, 128 rooms.
- Baglioni Hotel Luna, Venice, Italy — Venice's old inn beside St. Mark's, Baglioni's since 1988, with a ballroom painted by Tiepolo's pupils.
- Palazzo Firenze by Baglioni Hotels & Resorts, Florence, Italy — Twenty-four rooms in an 18th-century Santa Croce palazzo, back on 28 March 2026.
- Baglioni Maldives Luxury All-Inclusive, Maagau, Maldives — Ninety-six villas on a private island in Dhaalu Atoll, a 40-minute seaplane from Malé.
- Casa Baglioni Milan, Milan, Italy — Thirty rooms in a 1913 Liberty palazzo on the corner of Brera, opened 16 January 2023.
- Baglioni Resort Sardinia, San Teodoro, Italy — Seventy-eight rooms on Sardinia's east coast, seven minutes on foot from Lu Impostu beach.
- Baglioni Masseria Muzza, Otranto, Italy — Forty rooms in a 17th-century Salento farmhouse, between Baia dei Turchi and the little Alimini lake.
Newest openings
- Palazzo Firenze by Baglioni Hotels & Resorts, Florence, Italy, reopened on 28 March 2026. The 18th-century palazzo at Via Ghibellina 87, built for Marquis Giovanni Maria Baldinucci and later called Palazzo Jacometti Ciofi, had traded as Relais Santa Croce until Baglioni took the name on 7 May 2024. Twenty-four rooms. It then closed from 4 November 2025 to 27 March 2026 for Studio Marco Piva's redo with the Superintendence. Guelfi e Ghibellini still cooks Tuscan. Michelangelo's house is in the same streets.
Opening next
- No further Baglioni openings with a confirmed location and year were identified in the sources reviewed.
Every Baglioni Hotels & Resorts hotel on the atlas
Italy
- Baglioni Hotel Regina — Rome · High Luxury
- Baglioni Hotel Luna — Venice · Core Luxury
- Baglioni Masseria Muzza — Otranto · Core Luxury
- Baglioni Resort Sardinia — San Teodoro · Core Luxury
- Casa Baglioni Milan — Milan · Core Luxury
- Palazzo Firenze by Baglioni Hotels & Resorts — Florence · Core Luxury
Maldives
- Baglioni Maldives Luxury All-Inclusive — Maagau · Core Luxury
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