Hotel San Giorgio - Portofino, Italy 

We stayed here the night after our wedding and in other occasions. It is a small, modern boutique hotel, very nicely renovated with not too big but airy rooms. It is perfect if you want to stay in Portofino for a short 1 or 2 nights stay. Like all the hotels in the area it is not cheap, but if you go off season (late September, early June) you can really enjoy Portofino (not so crowded) and spend a little less. The staff is incredibly nice and helpful. Although the hotel does not have much of a view or any amenities such as the pool, they do bring you to the beach in Paraggi with their van any time of day. The beds are very comfortable and we like the decor. They have a simple but good breakfast and they park your car for you (no extra charge for the parking). One thing we loved, my husband asked for a bottle of champagne in the room to surprise me and thex had an excellent choice. By the way they are also pet friendly and my dogs were very comfortable in the junior suite which has a balcony.

Stayed for two nights at this hotel in mid-September 2007. Overall I liked the hotel, but I don't think it is worth the expense and if you want to see Portofino you could easily do it as a day trip from Santa Margherita Ligure and stay at one of the grander and less expensive hotels there. However, if you must spend the night in Portofino, this is a nice place to stay. The hotel has a very boutique feel to it and I actually liked that having stayed at some of the grander more old world hotels in both Milan and Santa Margherita, but the rooms are very small. I travelled this time with one of my girlfriends, but had I been travelling with my six foot five significant other he would have been very cramped. The hotel seemed relatively new and I loved the shower in our room. I actually think the shower was the highlight of the stay. It is a steam/vichy shower that I could have stayed in for hours, especially after we did the very arduous hike to san fruttuoso abbey. The breakfast was adequate and the plasma in the breakfast room always seemed to have these sort of interesting clips of safaris which seemed a little strange. As someone else mentioned, they are doing construction right across the street and there really is no way to escape this. They didn't seem to work on Mondays, but on Tuesday they woke me up with hammering at 7:30 in the morning. Not the way you want to be woken up when you are paying $500 US per night. One other thing to note is that this hotel is set back a little bit from the main square of Portofino and you have to climb up a little hill to get there. Overall I am glad I stayed here and didn't fork up the $1500 per night for the Splendido (while the Splendido did seem lovely it is a major hike from the main square and the age demographic is more geared towards an older set). However, if I had to do it again I would probably park myself at the Grand Miramare and just do a day trip to Portofino.