Guest User
October 29, 2024
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.