Portofino — the beautiful harbor town on the Italian Riviera — cannot help but ooze romance and effortless Mediterranean glamour. And nothing captures the essence and carefree sentimentality of this storied fishing village in Liguria like Belmond's Splendido Hotel. A former 16th-century monastery, Splendido is perched on the verdant hillside of Portofino and, from its inception in 1902, has warmly welcomed the wealthy and well-traveled to bathe in the beauty of Portofino's outstanding natural landscape.
One of the best design hotels in the world, and one of the most talked-about, too, the legendary Grand Dame of the Italian Riviera is re-opening its doors this summer to reveal an extraordinary new redesign by the globally acclaimed Martin Brudnizki Design Studio. Inspired by the mood of the Ligurian landscape, the local palette of terracotta and pastel, and the glinting shards of sunlight on champagne glasses and twinkling across the sea, the revamp includes several new additions.
