Help me, I'm having second thoughts!
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Help me, I'm having second thoughts!
Has anyone actually stayed at the Grand Hotel Portovenere? I've booked Hotel Paradiso but am worried after reading other posting that I will be stuck in a small shoe box size room with a family of 4 for 3 days and eating their terrible food! No option is of course given during high season,you must take the full plan. Do you think the Grand is worth the extra $40+ a night? The Grand just has breakfast included, which is our preferance, but I would love some personal insite. Thanks again you people are great!
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- <BR>liz: <BR> <BR>I stayed with a friend in La Spezia; so my visit to Portovenere was just as a day trip. Portovenere, along with other towns on the coast (Cinque Terre)are just lovely! <BR> <BR>I did a quick online search & pulled up the Hotel Paradiso (http://www.itsyn.it/paradiso/). It overlooks the bay --- says that all the rooms do have a view. And yes, the example of the room they provide IS very small, but in my experience you don't spend alot of time in your room. <BR>
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Liz, I have stayed at both and that is a hard choice. The food at the Paradiso is ordinary at best--I am amazed they are still demanding half board. The GHP is the better hotel and more modern---with a family of 4 I would be tempted to pop for the difference. There is a 3rd option that is close to both---the Belvedere. Not fancy--a 3 star--but even less than the Paradiso and may not require meals.