Royal Hotel Sanremo

Sanremo, Italy. Located on Corso Imperatrice, Sanremo’s seafront promenade, overlooking the Mediterranean from its gardens.

Royal Hotel SanremoSanremo, Italy

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Practical information

126 rooms and 15 suites.
Three restaurants – Fiori di Murano, the gourmet Il Giardino and Corallina by the pool – plus the Lawrence Lounge, named after founder Lorenzo Bertolini.
Heated seawater pool designed by Gio Ponti, Royal Wellness spa, gym, tennis and mini-golf in a private park.
Located on Corso Imperatrice, Sanremo’s seafront promenade, overlooking the Mediterranean from its gardens.

9 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

Mid-1800s
Turin entrepreneur Lorenzo Bertolini runs an inn in Courmayeur that becomes the first “Royal” hotel after Queen Margherita, a summer guest, grants it her patronage.
1872
Bertolini opens the Sanremo hotel on former olive groves near the promenade, to designs by architect Alessandro Cantù.
1939 – 1945
Bombing damages the building during the war.
25 December 1946
Restored by Bertolini’s grandchildren, the hotel reopens under the name “Hotel Royal Sanremo”.
1948
Gio Ponti designs the seawater swimming pool, part of a post-war expansion that also brings the Fiori di Murano restaurant.
2006
Edoardo Varese, of the fifth generation of the founding family, takes over the management.
2009
The hotel adopts its current market positioning, backed by a ten-year business plan.
2020
The hotel, a founding member of The Leading Hotels of the World, joins the Signature Travel Network.
2022
The Royal celebrates 150 years since its opening.