travel42 Hotel Review: Grand Hotel Bristol

Grand Hotel Bristol travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Located just south of the center on a rise surveying the jagged coast and Gulf of Tigullio, this is a smaller, more casual version of the Excelsior Palace.

Without traffic delays, this hotel is a leisurely 30-minute drive to Portofino (double that time on a summer weekend, midday), and its location is not lost on savvy travelers who pay one-third to one-half less to stay here rather than in exorbitantly priced Portofino, however picturesque.

If you w...