Luxury Travel Advisor - February 2009 - (Page 24) HOTELS Hotel Splendido BY RUTHANNE TERRERO There are few places in the world that make you feel as if you are somewhere magnificently significant; Hotel Splendido (www.hotelsplendido.com) in Portofino, Italy, is one of them. It all comes down to location: The hotel sits atop a winding hill in a stunningly idyllic port on the Italian Riviera, overlooking Portofino’s cove and the Tigullio Gulf, where jetsetters glide along in their yachts and sloops. Then there are the exclusive homes tucked into the hills; just across from the hotel is the home of the designers Dolce & Gabbana, which draws its own posh crowd when the duo is in town. Hotel Splendido has its own celebrity list of guests: The Duke of Windsor was the first client to sign the legendary hotel’s visitors’ book in 1952; Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner and Rex Harrison followed. Hotel Splendido’s superb reputation rests not only on its location, but in its stellar old- world service, which is constantly in play. Everyone is quietly treated in the most egalitarian fashion at the 64-room hideaway, owned since 1985 by OrientExpress Hotels. The company, which considers this one of the top jewels in its crown, has invested in it steadily. This winter, it’s refurbishing its third- and fourth-floor rooms (the property 24 LUXURY TRAVEL ADVISOR | February 2009 http://www.hotelsplendido.com
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