Royal Hotel, San Remo

We booked this holiday through an Irish travel company called Abbey travel based in Dublin and although it was expensive (Italy usually is expensive in my opinion), we loveld the look of the hotel.

Flight was to Nice form Dublin with a personal taxi transfer to San Remo at hurtling speeds across the French/Italian border.

The hotel is very grand indeed and would be a lovely place to take your most precious partner for ...
...is 5 star in all aspects.

The rooms are sumptious and the decor is right out of an antique catalogue, the clientelle are all well heeled and the atmosphere is like out of a 1930's novel with Brits abroad emulating the grand tour of the 18th century.

As we are in Italy, it goes without saying that the food was gorgeous throughout our stay and the Italian style pervades every single aspect of the experience. Sheer style ... more

We booked this holiday through an Irish travel company called Abbey travel based in Dublin and although it was expensive (Italy usually is expensive in my opinion), we loveld the look of the hotel.

Flight was to Nice form Dublin with a personal taxi transfer to San Remo at hurtling speeds across the French/Italian border.

The hotel is very grand indeed and would be a lovely place to take your most precious partner for a luxurious break and a bit of pampering. It really is 5 star in all aspects.

The rooms are sumptious and the decor is right out of an antique catalogue, the clientelle are all well heeled and the atmosphere is like out of a 1930's novel with Brits abroad emulating the grand tour of the 18th century.

As we are in Italy, it goes without saying that the food was gorgeous throughout our stay and the Italian style pervades every single aspect of the experience. Sheer style and Class!

The staff are snobbish and a bit aloof though, my wife couldnt get the attention of the waiter for a coffee until I (the man) waved for attention and he came over immediately, Claire was not much impressed by that!

San Remo is one of those locations on the Continent where most people have heard of, Alfred Nobel's house is there and of course the Casino! The town is typically Italian and is remarkably easily managed. The food was EXCELLENT everywhere we tried!

The traffic is dreadful, and I certainly would not recommend a driving holiday as you are likely to get killed on the road!

BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE TRAFFIC AS THE PEDESTRIAN IS A VERY LOW FORM OF LIFE IN ITALY AND CONSIDERED TARGET PRACTICE FOR THE LOCAL DRIVERS!

We played tennis at the hotel's courts and enjoyed the (lovely) pool and the obligatory tourist traps around the area.

I am not sure if children would find this hotel much fun because of its formality and the steep outside steps would be daunting to older or infirmed travellers, however, for a romantic place to visit, this hotel is very good and the only downside is the SNOBBERY encountered with SOME of the hotel staff!

If you can stay a few nights it would be a taster of the finer things in life, the way that the rich people live and all that, you may like you may not but it is certainly would a try.

 

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