The Grand Hotel Splendido In Portofino

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The Grand Hotels > Monday, November-24-2008 The Grand Hotel Splendido

On the hill dominating the bay of Portofino with a view of the point, the suburb, and the entire gulf of Tigullio, one finds the Hotel Splendido. The name was suggested by D'Annunzio and seems perfectly fitting. The construction was originally a villa by the barons Baratta. It was a Portofinian by the name of Valentino who in 1905 transformed it into a hotel of great prestige. From the time of its opening until the second world war it also had a succession of illustrious guests. After the war it enjoyed a rejuvenation due to the presence of major American Hollywood actors and became a "little Beverly Hills".

The famous Liz Taylor and her husband Eddie Fisher in Portofino(1954) In the old registers of the hotel we find numerous names of international importance. We find also on the walls of the parlor a series of photographs of many of them and in which we can read nearly fifty years of history by way of actors from both the cinema and theater, important directors, men of letters and politics. 1952: 1953: 1954: 1955:

Edward Duke of Windsor- Sir Winston Churchill - Rex Harrison. Gaetano Stammati - Clark Gable - Raf Vallone Humphrey Bogart - Ava Gardner - Groucho Marx Frederic March - Totò - Silvana Pampanini

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1955: 1956: 1957: 1959: 1961: 1962:

Frederic March - Totò - Silvana Pampanini Margarethe Principessa di Svezia - Norma Shearer Ranieri e Grace di Monaco - Perry Como - Vittorio Gassman Esther Williams Luigi Einaudi Riccardo Bacchelli - Walter Chiari - Alida Chelli

1966: 1967: 1968: 1969: 1971: 1977: 1978: 1979:

Joan Fontaine - Marcello Mastroianni - Jean Cocteau Elizabeth Taylor - Richard Burton Armando Trovaioli - Raf Vallone - H.B. Sabin Isabella di Borbone - Costantino di Greece Alain Lombard - Carlo Maria Giulini - Georges Descrières Patricia & Franklin Roosvelt Jr. - Principe Gholamreza Phalavi di Persia Alain Lombard - Yves Cousteau - Fulvio Roiter - Enzo Betiza Don Tatum

1982: 1983: 1984: 1986: 1987: 1988: 1989: 1990: 1991: 1992: 1993: 1994: 1995: 1996: 1997: 1998: 1999: 2000: 2001:

Larry Hagman - Diane Feinstein Nantas Salvalaggio - John Bertram - Paul Elvstrom Egon Ronay - Henry Gault - Ali MacGraw Liza Minnelli - Ornella Muti Ben Gazzara - Franco Modigliani - Captain T. Straulino Alain Delon - Dennis Conner - Caroline di Monaco - Annie Lennox Sybil Shepherd - Larkin Malloy - Rosanne Arquette - Peter Gabriel Rod Stewart - Robert Palmer - Madonna - Don Johnson H.M. Carl e Silvia di Svezia - Ringo Starr -C. Capwell David Puttman - Paolo Villaggio - Al Copley - Axel Rose Umberto Smaila -Jean Alesi - Naomi Campbell - Patsy Kensitt Linda Evangelista - Sophie Marceau - Marcel Julian Billy Joel - Sting - Robert Palmer - Jean Michel Jarre Michael Winner - Paul Smith - Frederick Forsith - Bill Gates Freddy Kruger - Meg Ryan - Barbra Streisand - Robert De Niro Luciano De Crescenzo - James Cameron - Patrick Metheny Alessandro Cecchi Paone - Leslie Bricusse - Timothy Henman Bruno Canino - Uto Ughi - Van der Sar Ted Danson - Mary Steenburger - Pete Sampras - Ashley Judd

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2002: Richard Chamberlain, Vincenzo Montella,Goran Ivanisevic,Massimo Lopez, Melvin Sembler, Katherine Kelly Lang , Ron Moss 2003: Larry King, Christopher Rea, Joshua Hartnett, Bruce Weber, Nan Bush 2004: http://www.portofinoworldsite.com/tabloid/blog-bid-114-print-1

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2004: Micheal Stipe, Francis Coppola, Emanuele Filiberto, Clotilde e Vittoria di Savoia Brian Ferry, Mario Batali, Rita Levi Montalcini 2005: Nancy Reagan, Steven Spielberg, Michael Caine, Paul Hogan, Denzel Washington, Anastacia 2006: Michael J.Fox, Steve Martin, Warren Beatty, Rod Stewart, Michael Jordan, Ornella Muti, Michael Winner 2007: Beyoncè, Claudio Baglioni, Pavel Nedved, Rod Steward and Penny Lancaster, Paris Hilton, Mick Jagger 2008: George Clooney, Cruiz and Samuel, Rooney, Gisele Budchen, Michael Douglas, Jennifer Lopez, Caterine Zeta Jones From the terrace of the "Splendido Hotel Mare" and from the foot road whose sides are adorned with a wonderful botanic garden, one can enjoy on exceptional panoramica view. Portofino World Site, a world apart. Rating: Posted by Editor at 11:53am

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