Splendido, A Belmond Hotel, Portofino

What the classifiers highlight

Edward VIII was the first name in the guest book in 1901, and the hillside hotel above Portofino still runs on that old grandeur, refreshed in 2025 by designer Martin Brudnizki. Nearly every room faces the sea, the salt-water pool hangs above the bay, and the first Dior Spa in Italy sits just below it. It opens April through October.