Grand Hotel Bristol Resort & SPA

Stayed here the beginning of May as part of a tour group. Have no complaints about the room - clean, comfortable beds. Had an excellent dinner at Le Cupola, the hotel's restaurant, with a great view of the harbor.

This hotel is average. It seems overrated to us. The main reasons are: 1 -bath/shower is way too small. If you are tall or above 180 pounds, you will not find it big enough. 2- buffet breakfast is below average. 3- mattress is very hard 4- internet requires a passcode that needs to be reset everyday (every 24 hours) and is only good for 2 devices even if you are staying 4 days. 5- location is approx 1.2 km from the city centre is and there are no shuttles. So if you like to walk, it's good ( nice walk) but if you are not prepared to walk, you will miss out on good action in town or will have to take a cab. The hotel is clean and service is good.

This is a gorgeous hotel with stunning views and great facilities with extremely welcoming and very helpful staff. We only had breakfast on our stay which was always set out nicely with plenty of choice. Our room was a good size and we overlooked the car park and was extremely quiet during the night with no traffic noise, the only improvement on the room could be a mirror over the dressing table. The hotel has a good size swimming pool and lovely sunbathing area, the only downside was there is a lot of traffic noise if you are wanting to relax by the pool. It's a 10 minute walk into Rapello where the red carpet begins that you can follow to walk to Portofino without getting lost.

We, my partner and I, recently spent 5 days at the GH Bristol. The hotel sits just outside of the town, it's easily within walking distance; although if you had mobility issues then it may not be the best choice for you. The lobby, reception area are spacious and airy and the staff very helpful. We had a view of the bay on the fourth floor and it was stunning - incredible. The rooms were spacious, beds comfortable etc... The breakfast was acceptable, nothing amazing but no complaints. Be aware that a taxi from the train station is 17Euro, it's a short distance but this is the standard in the area so don't be alarmed!

We stayed at the hotel grand Bristol last week and we found it to be excellent. The dining room on the roof top was fantastic the food was just excellent. It is a little bit of a walk down hill into town but it's a nice walk along the coast and taxis are cheap enough to come back up the hill afterwards. The staff are lovely and friendly and the girl who did my manicure and pedicure was very sweet. Reception were also very helpful and their English was really good. The only snag is the WiFi which you have to have a code for every single day because it changes daily, this was a bit of a pain and we couldn't fathom why they chose to use that system, if they want to give free Wi-Fi then they should just do it without putting up obstacles. Rapallo is a very nice town and I have to say much better and friendlier than their so-called up market neighbour in Portofino which was unbelievably expensive and no big deal at all. Staying at the end of April beginning of May we thought might not be too crowded but how wrong could we be it was a bank holiday weekend and the place was busy with large tour groups mainlyJapanese who were so well-dressed and polite it made a refreshing change from the usual brash and scruffy tourists, so we can't complain at all - the whole holiday was extremely enjoyable. Carol