Grand Hotel Miramare

We arrived for our stay in the Portofino area and ended up deciding on Hotel Miramare. Well, after staying and visiting all of the surrounding areas, I don't think there was a better alternative! A+ location, amenities, staff and services.

Excellent experience overall. Lovely facilities and room. Well trained staff. Location is at the edge of a busy area of town and so very quiet and peaceful but also close to the action. The hotel amenities are plentiful and well maintained.

We have family in Italy and visit from the USA every other year to different parts of Italy, twice to Positano. Usually we stay in local apartments and not hotels, and were wondering if we would miss the authenticity of our usual mode of travel. We were celebrating my retirement from 33 years of public school teaching and couldn't have been happier with our choice. The staff, the surroundings, the service and the VIEW were magical. Even though it is a tourist area like the Amalfi coast, it is filled with Italian visitors enjoying the lovely seaside passegiatas and lively appertif hours we had come to love. The town of Santa Margherita is so accessible from the hotel; an easy 5 minute, flat stroll full of restaurants and shops. Smaller yacht filled Portofino is minutes away as is larger Rapallo where we took a pesto cooking class. There is enough to do for lots of interests, or nothing to do but soak in the view and beauty of this region of Italy, as was our purpose this trip. Seafood is the main staple of all menus, although pizza is available. A cute little boat in the port serves cones of lightly fried seafood with plastic cups of wine in contrast to the elegant dinners at Vistamare. We loved and would repeat both. We stayed for 5 nights in the Portofino suite. We were welcomed by the manager with a prosecco and some history of the family owned hotel. The pool was beautiful, relaxing and with a serene view of the Coast of Dolphins. Our suite was a splurge, but worth every penny to lounge on the terrace in the afternoons or enjoy the complimentary and expansive breakfast at our leisure. Cleaned multiple times through the day, comfortable king mattress, and the softest of linens. There are more reasonably priced rooms as well that still give you access to the wonderful staff, amenities, and wonders of the Italian Riviera. We thank the wonderful hosts at the Grand Hotel Miramare and can't wait to return.