Hotel Splendido | T+L 500 2008 | Travel + Leisure

Hotel Splendido

Sixteenth-century hillside monastery above Portofino, with a modern annex, Splendido Mare, on the village’s piazzetta overlooking the harbor.

Score 84.5
Stats 64 rooms (16 at Splendido Mare); 2 restaurants; 2 bars.
Competitive Edge Unrivaled views of the Ligurian coast, and a great location for day trips to the Cinque Terre.
Rooms to Book Seaviews at the more affordable Splendido Mare.
Don't Miss Champagne and canapés on the hotel’s new boat, a Chris-Craft Corsair 36.
Cost Doubles from $1,025 (Splendido Mare), including breakfast; or $1,608 (Hotel Splendido), with half board.
Contact 16 Viale Baratta
800/223-6800 or 39-0185/267-801

www.hotelsplendido.com

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“As a guest, I had the palpable feeling that not only had everything been considered and reconsidered, but that the reconsideration had been reconsidered, too. I can just imagine the agony involved in choosing stainless-steel wastebaskets or in deciding to place the tissue box in a vanity drawer. (I'm still trying to figure out that one, but I'm sure the hotel has its logic.) Surrounded by terraced gardens planted with cypresses and agaves, the Splendido's pool was one of the...” MORE»

—Christopher Petkanas
“The Other Riviera” in Travel + Leisure, Jun 2002