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B&B Al Battistero d’Oro

It’s easy to slip into the Parma good life in this elegant 19th-century house just behind the Duomo, where Patrizia Valenti’s sprawling and tasteful apartment surrounds a courtyard. The hostess puts up her guests in a delightful ground-floor room with a private entrance and another large bedroom off a back corridor, welcoming them also into her bright and handsomely furnished living room and polished dining room, where she serves a delicious breakfast. She also offers a modern studio apartment in a nearby house. All rooms are beautifully equipped with fine linens and handy amenities (fridges in the rooms and a kitchenette in the apartment), and Patrizia is on hand to dispense advice on getting the most out of her native Parma.