Even if you just go to The Splendido Hotel for a look around, make sure you don’t miss it if you are in Portofino. It is set high up on the hillside off the road into the town of Portofino and has magnificent views of the bay and the promontory from Portofino. This is one of the "Luxury Hotels of the World" and it is beautiful.
We arrived at about 5pm for cocktail hour on the terrace. We had seats overlooking the bay below us (see photos). The whole terrace is covered in masses of flowers, The staff are wonderful and then the pianist arrived to play the Baby Grand Piano while we had our drinks. We booked for dinner as well and although The Splendido is very very pricey it was without doubt the best meal we had in Italy. Don’t miss it!