Grand Hotel Bristol Resort & SPA

This hotel is exceptional. Beautifully appointed art hotel. We were upgraded to a suite on arrival. Huge room with sea view. Overlooking pool. Breakfast was amazing. So much choice. And wonderful cakes! We enjoyed dinner too. Delicious food and wine topped with excellent service. The hotel offers a shuttle to the town and beach club. This was very welcome and saved taxi fares. We used the shuttle a lot. The guys were super helpful and charming. I struggle to think of anything negative about this hotel. Great choice. Great location for exploring Portofino and surrounding areas. Well connected trains, buses and ferry. Book here for your visit to Portofino. It will not disappoint.

This hotel is amazing! From the minute we arrived to the minute we left we were made to feel like royalty. The hotel it's self is fabulous and the staff are outstanding. Nothing is too much for them. Hotel is beautiful inside and out and immaculately clean. The shuttle service is great. I cannot wait to go back

The staff starting with the transportation, people, front desk and check-in concierge, dining room, staff and housekeeping, all exceeded expectations, and the hotel was located in an area that was beautiful. Highly recommend staying here.

We had no idea what to expect from this hotel, but we were pleasantly surprised. We stayed in a room at the top floor with a terrace and a fairly spacious room. The terrace view was SPECTACULAR overlooking the bay, the Portofino beach towns and the surroundings. In my opinion this hotel has the second best hotel view ever (following Monastero Santa Rosa in Amalfi). The pool area was very neat, clean and accessing the different areas from room to restaurant to pool was easy. As a family, we really enjoyed the pool area and it is a strong selling point for the hotel both for its facilities, the adjacent restaurant and the view. The food was really good, but maybe the breakfast buffet could've been a bit better. Heading down to the ocean was fairly easy with the hotel's free cars going down to the private beach area 5-7 minutes away. As it is an environment with very steep roads and staircases, have strong legs helps indeed. Booking a car between the hotel and beach as not flexible as one would've expect given the price of the room, but it worked out in the end. The private beach area had a restaurant, a patio with sunbeds and a beach. I personally don't like how the set up is, but frankly given the environment and how italian beaches are, this was totally ok. Last, arriving with your own car requires you to find parking at the hotel. The days we were there had very few parking spots and we not able to find decent parking spaces a few times when we arrived day and night. If the beach towns in the areas, Portofino is 15-20 min away, but I personally enjoyed San Margherita the best. Portofino is just expensive and hard to reach. Is this a five star hotel, no it is not but is a 4,5 and really good compared to the alternatives in the areas and I would definitely be open to return to this hotel with the family and recommend it to anyone who is looking for a great hotel in the area.

Our stay here was fabulous from start to finish. We were welcomed with complimentary drinks and freshly baked focaccia on the terrace whilst we waited for our room to be ready. The views from the rear of the hotel are stunning. Our room was a good size and comfortable with amazing views. The spa was a very welcome addition on a rainy morning and they kindly allowed us late check out so we could use our room afterwards to get ready. The complimentary shuttle into town was a nice touch as the distance was too far to walk. I would definitely return to this hotel.