Splendido, A Belmond Hotel, Portofino

A seasonal 5-star of 53 rooms and suites, 48 plus 5 Signature Suites, according to the official page, with Villa Beatrice besides. It belongs to Belmond, and the site now calls it «Splendido, A Belmond Hotel, Portofino»: the old name, Belmond Hotel Splendido, survives in the MICHELIN Guide’s address and in the booking engine.

The building was a Benedictine monastery, turned in the 19th century into Baron Baratta’s summer residence. As a hotel the MICHELIN Guide dates it from 1901, when the Duke of Windsor was first to sign the guest book; Vogue writes 1902. It reopened on 7 June 2025 after Martin Brudnizki’s restoration, according to The Hotel Trotter, and holds 3 MICHELIN Keys.

Until the night of 1 November 2026, then it shuts for the winter. The notice on the official site reads: closed for the season from 2 November 2026, reopening on 5 March 2027. The booking engine, read on 8 October 2026, agrees: it returned no room for 2 November or for 4 March, and rooms for 5 March.

The Google Hotels card nevertheless showed prices for 15 nights between 2 November and 2 January, from €560 to €1,660. They are in all likelihood those of Splendido Mare, the sister hotel on the Piazzetta, open until 6 January according to its own site: for 2 January Google gave €1,660 and the Mare’s engine €1,650. Hotels for Kings describes a season from late March to October: in 2027 it starts earlier.

Google Hotels, read on 7 October 2026, for 2 adults and one night, taxes included: €1,660 on 14 October 2026 and €1,605 on 20 October. The official booking engine, read on 8 October 2026, asked the same totals for those nights and €1,045 for 1 November, the last night of the season; at the reopening €1,220 on 5 March 2027, €2,430 on 15 May and €5,070 on 17 July.

These are each night’s lowest rates, with breakfast: in spring and autumn nearly always for a Heritage Garden View room, from June to September for the Baratta Junior Suite, the cheapest category the site had on sale (€4,630 on 19 June, €4,960 on 14 August, €3,970 on 18 September). For 24 October 2026 Google’s card showed €1,286 against the site’s €1,440.

In Google Hotels’ figures, yes: for 8 October the card’s link to the official site carried €2,210 in all, €210 of it tax. The booking engine keeps the 2 apart: for 20 October a rate of €1,450 and €155 of tax, for 1 November €950 and €95, with no service charge on top.

The sources read do not split the tax between VAT and the local tourist tax. Every total on this page includes it.

16 types, according to the official booking page. There are 2 rooms: the Heritage Garden View, 22 to 39 m² over the garden, and the Premium Room, 29 to 33 m² with a 22 m² balcony or terrace over the gulf. The junior suites number 5, from 39 to 61 m²; the one-bedroom suites 4, from 48 to 78 m².

The 5 Signature Suites run from the 50 m² San Giorgio to the 127 m² La Dolce Vita, above the pool, and come with round-trip transfers, a dedicated host, the in-suite bar and laundry. The site speaks of Signature Suites of «55–127 m²», yet the San Giorgio and Flora listings give 50 and 54 m².

At Salita Baratta 16, on the hill above Portofino, inside the park, according to the official page; Google lists it as Viale Baratta 16. From the door to the Piazzetta it is 814 metres and 11 minutes on foot downhill, computed on 8 October 2026 on OpenStreetMap’s roads; a second router gives 1,042 metres and 15 minutes.

The figures vary from page to page: the FAQ says 10 to 15 minutes, the location page 20 minutes from the marina, Google 1 km. The way back is uphill, and more than one guest prefers the shuttle.

From the hotel, on OpenStreetMap’s roads: Splendido Mare on the Piazzetta in 11 minutes, the church of San Giorgio in 14, Castello Brown in 17, the lighthouse in 25 and Paraggi bay in 24. The second router adds 4 to 9 minutes to each.

Each week the hotel runs 2 free guided walks, at 9am on Thursdays and Fridays, according to its list of included activities. The experiences to book include a walk to the lighthouse by way of San Giorgio and Castello Brown, and a tour of the park towards San Fruttuoso of about 2 hours.

Yes. The site’s FAQ says you drive up to the entrance and that valet parking is complimentary for guests; the booking engine lists parking among what every stay includes. Google also notes electric-car charging.

Portofino is pedestrian, the site points out, so a reserved space on the hill matters to anyone travelling by car. Diners arriving by car pass the entrance gate.

It is free and links the hotel with the Piazzetta, where Splendido Mare stands, regularly through the day, according to the FAQ; the site publishes no timetable and refers guests to the concierge. The booking engine calls it a «scheduled shuttle».

It is for people staying at the hotel: residents come first, and anyone who has come up only for the bar or the restaurant may have to wait. Google’s card mentions a «beach shuttle»; the official pages name only the one to the Piazzetta.

The nearest airport is Genoa: 46 km, 47 to 61 minutes by car on the routes computed on 8 October 2026. The site says 45 minutes on its location page, an hour on its home page and 50 minutes in its wedding factsheet. Pisa is 153 km away: 2 hours on the first router, 2 hours 40 minutes on the second.

By train the stop is Santa Margherita Ligure-Portofino, 5,856 metres away: 9 to 14 minutes by car, 15 by the hotel’s count. The concierge arranges private transfers from airports and stations; in the Signature Suites the round trip is included.

No, the hotel has no beach. The FAQ is plain about it: no beach club, because of the hillside setting; there is the seawater pool, and the concierge arranges visits to nearby beaches and private lidos.

The nearest is Paraggi bay, 1,798 metres away: 24 minutes on foot on the first router, 29 on the other. Booking.com puts the nearest beach at 0.6 miles, and a family in August 2026 mentions a day «at the beach club» without saying which. The other way is by boat: the concierge organises private or group trips to hidden coves, San Fruttuoso and the Cinque Terre.

There is one, outdoors: heated, saltwater, with shaded loungers and towels supplied, according to the hotel’s official factsheet. It lies among the terraced gardens, its infinity edge turned towards the headland; Splendido Grill and the pool bar are beside it.

The site does not give its dimensions. Google adds a hot tub, which the official pages read do not mention; Villa Beatrice has a pool of its own.

It is heated, though neither its temperature nor its hours are published. Access is kept for registered guests, like the tennis court, says the FAQ: only in certain cases, and when there is room, will the hotel consider day access, to be asked for directly.

During the closure, from 2 November 2026 to 5 March 2027, the pool shuts with the hotel.

In 2 restaurants and a bar, according to the official page. La Terrazza serves Ligurian cooking daily: breakfast from 7.30am to 11am, lunch from 1pm to 2.15pm, dinner from 7.30pm to 10.15pm. Splendido Grill, by the pool, does wood-fired pizzas and pastas at lunch, from 12.30pm to 3.30pm, and at dinner.

On the autumn 2026 dinner menu La Terrazza’s dishes cost €36 to €58, on the lunch menu €35 to €65. The FAQ gives slightly different hours: dinner until 10.30pm and poolside lunch until 3pm. Booking.com counts 3 restaurants; the site 2, plus Baratta Sedici and the pool bar.

Yes, in the rates read on the official site, which are called «Room with Breakfast»; the booking engine describes it as a daily à la carte breakfast. It is served at La Terrazza from 7.30am to 11am.

Guests tell it differently: in October 2026 a review speaks of a buffet that leaves you speechless, and Booking.com of an American buffet. On the hotel’s booking pages, read on 15 October 2026, a daily à la carte breakfast is among what “All Stays Include”, so Google’s extra-charge entry is wrong.

It is Dior Spa Splendido, the first Dior Spa in Italy, in the gardens above the bay: 4 indoor treatment rooms, one of them double, 2 double open-air gazebos in Le Jardin des Rêves Dior, a lounge terrace and the boutique. The gym is open 24 hours, and yoga is held in the gardens.

Neither the official pages nor the treatment menu mention a sauna, a steam room or pools: this is a treatment spa. Google lists a sauna and Booking.com a sauna and a Turkish bath, with no further detail.

Treatments are paid for separately; the stay includes the gym and the weekly activities, according to the booking engine. The suite offers add a credit: €300 for the spa in the The Suite Life package.

The site publishes no day pass for the spa. For the pool and tennis the FAQ says access belongs to guests and that outside access is considered case by case; treatments are booked by writing to or phoning the spa.

Daily from 10am to 8pm, according to the spa’s page. The treatment menu recommends arriving 15 minutes early and asks for 24 hours’ notice to cancel without paying for the treatment in full.

The hotel advises booking the spa, the restaurants, tennis and boat trips in advance, above all in high season.

From the price list on the official page: the New Look, Constellation and D-Tissue massages at €280 for 60 minutes and €340 for 90; the Kobi-Dior facial at €290 for 60 minutes; the SplendiDior ritual at €450 for 90 minutes and Golden Aura at €520. Short treatments of 15 to 30 minutes cost €90 to €150.

The menu’s programmes for 2 reach €1,500 for a morning of yoga, breakfast and massage and €5,000 for an evening with dinner over the bay. A hairdresser is available on request.

The hillside tennis court, free on reservation from 10am to sunset, with a coach at extra cost; the gym, the boutique, the terraced gardens and banqueting space, according to the official page. Each week, at no charge, there are tennis clinics for beginners, pesto, pizza, tiramisù and cocktail classes, an olive oil tasting, and pottery and painting lessons.

On request, with no prices published, the hotel arranges a sunset cruise, kayaking, the Cinque Terre and a visit to La Portofinese, the nearby eco-farm. Pets under 10 kg are welcome, the room listings say.

Yes, within the limits of space. The booking engine takes up to 3 children per room and lists a children’s club among the features, and the official factsheet speaks of children’s activities; no page read gives its ages or hours. A family in August 2026 left their toddler there for a day and were pleased.

Rooms sleep 2, with a cot for a child up to 2 in the Heritage Garden View; junior suites take 3 with an extra bed, suites 4 with the sofa bed. Booking.com says there are no extra beds: the official listings say otherwise.

A private villa beside the hotel, redesigned by Martin Brudnizki, according to the official page: 4 suites in the main building and «La Casetta», a one-bedroom stone cottage, in 6,000 m² of park, with a pool, a bar, a cellar and a terrace for events.

Service includes a chef from 7am to 11pm and a chauffeur to Splendido, Splendido Mare and Paraggi. Prices and availability for 2027 are unpublished: the reservations office gives them on request.

2, on the offers page read on 8 October 2026. Early Escape gives the best rates to those who book ahead, with breakfast, and excludes double rooms and Signature Suites. The Suite Life adds to a suite the transfers from Genoa Airport, a sunset boat tour, €300 of credit for restaurants and bars and as much again for the spa.

Both require a minimum stay and exclude certain dates, which the site does not list.

Yes. The celebrations page speaks of venues for up to 60 guests and of the whole hotel for up to 104. The wedding factsheet gives the 2026 rental fees, VAT included: €6,000 for the Secret Garden, 60 people for a ceremony; €4,500 for the Walking Path, 35; €5,500 for the Champagne Corner, 60 standing; €7,500 for Le Terrazze, 15 seated; €20,000 for Splendido Grill, 60 seated.

Set-up, service and menus are quoted separately. For a religious ceremony the factsheet names San Giorgio, 100 seats, and San Martino, 250; for a civil one the town hall, 15, and Castello Brown, 60.

No: Splendido is closed at New Year, since the 2026 season ends with the night of 1 November and the next begins in March. On the Piazzetta Splendido Mare stays open until 6 January; its festive programme was not among the pages read.

None: golf does not appear among the site’s experiences or offers. The hotel’s sport is tennis, with its hillside court and lessons.

Check-in from 3pm and check-out by noon, according to the official booking engine; early arrival and late departure are requested on the day, and a late check-out may carry a fee.

The breakfast-inclusive rate read on 8 October 2026 can be cancelled until 2pm 72 hours before arrival, after which one night is charged. The hotel’s general policy asks for longer notice: 14 days before arrival, and in high season a 50% deposit at booking.

On 7 October 2026 Google showed 4.7/5 from 685 ratings, 87% five stars; Tripadvisor 4.6/5 from 1,441, second of Portofino’s 6 hotels, with location at 4.9, cleanliness at 4.8, service at 4.7 and value at 4.1; Expedia 9.6/10 from 69.

Since the reopening guests return to the view, the redone rooms and the staff. For anyone coming up from outside for the bar or the restaurant, the pool and tennis court are kept for residents, and residents come first on the shuttle.