Grand Hotel Miramare

With its sumptuous brocade furnishings, exquisite attention to detail and impeccable service, The Grand Hotel Miramare is indeed worthy of its name – a place that delights the senses with an anachronistic perfection seemingly plucked from a 1950s movie. Doris Day might walk off an elevator. Courtly elegance abounds in all the small touches : starched linen cocktail napkins by the bed table, the highly polished intricately inlaid wooden floors, the overflowing silver trays of canapes served with cocktails, the shimmering white wrought iron terraces with invitingly plump curshions to stare out at the Mediterranean. In terms of sophistication and the level of attentive service, this hotel is in the same league as The Connaught in London or Le Bristol in Paris at almost the same price point, a place of privilege for sure. That being said, Santa Margherita Ligure is not a beach resort in the Cape Cod sense of the term so be sure to pack water shoes to navigate the Hotel’s rocky beach. And if money is no object, reserve a boat from Giorgio Mussini of Porto Fino, whose wonderful captain Nicholas is a son of SML and will take you for an unforgettable day to Cinque Terre for lunch and a swim. La Dolce Vita indeed.

Loved this hotel! Absolutely worth the money. The staff were lovely, breakfast was good, loved the pool. The room was clean and lovely amenities such as Dipytique. Overall I highly recommended tbis hotel, also a great location easy to get around.

Very good location. Easy access by car,bus boat or train when visiting places. Drama Beach lover or garden enthusiast will enjoy this hotel.Breakfast area facing the beach with sumptuous breakfast choice.Excellent service & impeccably clean.Love their natural products of toiletries.Top quality bed & bed linens if you are sleep deprived. Music is healing as they say so at the end of the day you can sit down & relax in the hotel grounds facing the beach ,have a drink while listening to this guy playing piano every night before going to bed .

Beautiful luxury hotel with a very nice and accommodating staff. This hotel is gorgeous with spacious rooms and beautiful grounds. The location is perfect. The beach is right across the street, but the hotel has an amazing pool. Short walk to downtown and shopping and restaurants. Longer but doable walk to Portofino.

There’s a good reason people travel from around the world to visit this hotel. Beautiful gardens, a gorgeous pool, ornately and carefully decorated and appointed rooms, and top notch cuisine and service. Our suite had a garden view that was lovely and two separate bedrooms. Staff goes out of their way to make things exceptional - welcome and departing amenities were such nice touches. There are only two things I would change about this hotel: the coffee (we have become snobs in Italy - was more burnt tasting than traditional, but may appease Americans more used to that) and the gym (which is more a CrossFit area own d by another company). Fortunately there’s a gym in town that does day passes that was easy enough to get to. Da provare!!