travel42 Hotel Review: Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria

Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

In a prized cliffside location with panoramic Mediterranean vistas and a footprint on the beach below, this family-owned property (for nearly two centuries) competes at the top, alongside the smaller Bellevue Syrene.

Opened in 1834 and named for Queen Victoria of Sweden who would summer here, this has been Sorrento's grand dame since inception, and it still impresses travelers seeking out a 21st-century take on the Grand Tour. The father-son management tea...