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Cracco Portofino

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Portofino, Italy

Cracco Portofino

Cracco Portofino occupies the harbour-front space once held by the historic Il Pitosforo, with executive chef Mattia Pecis running two tasting menus — seven or eleven courses — that draw on Ligurian ingredients, including produce from a mountain farm above the village. A fish-ageing cold room sets it apart from the region's more conventional seafood kitchens, and the terrace above the water is among the more sought-after tables on the Italian Riviera.

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Cracco Portofino restaurant in Portofino

Portofino, Italy

Cracco Portofino

Cracco Portofino occupies the harbour-front space once held by the historic Il Pitosforo, with executive chef Mattia Pecis running two tasting menus — seven or eleven courses — that draw on Ligurian ingredients, including produce from a mountain farm above the village. A fish-ageing cold room sets it apart from the region's more conventional seafood kitchens, and the terrace above the water is among the more sought-after tables on the Italian Riviera.

Portofino, Italy

San Giorgio restaurant in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

San Giorgio

The kitchen works a Mediterranean line with strong regional roots, reviving preparations like meat-stuffed lettuce in capon broth alongside modern technique. Positioned near Brignole station on Viale Brigata Bisagno, it sits at the upper end of the city's dining tier at €€€ pricing.

Il Marin restaurant in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Il Marin

A Michelin-starred seafood restaurant occupying a glazed-wall dining room above Genoa's Old Port, Il Marin translates Ligurian maritime territory into technically precise modern cooking. Chef Marco Visciola works across three tasting formats plus à la carte, with dishes like Martini cocktail spaghetti finished tableside and roasted monkfish with almond hummus anchoring a menu that ranks among northern Italy's most considered seafood programs.

Paolo e Barbara restaurant in Sanremo

Sanremo, Italy

Paolo e Barbara

Operating from Via Roma since 1987, Paolo e Barbara holds a Michelin star for its grounded, ingredient-led approach to western Ligurian cooking. Kitchen gardens supply much of what reaches the plate, from eggs to olive oil, and the menu pivots around the region's fish and vegetables. A precise, unhurried restaurant in a city that rewards patience.

Rezzano Cucina e Vino restaurant in Sestri Levante

Sestri Levante, Italy

Rezzano Cucina e Vino

A fifth-generation family address on the Ligurian Levant, Rezzano Cucina e Vino holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) for seafood-focused tasting menus that draw from the Ligurian Sea with precision and restraint. The veranda overlooks the central square and the setting sun, making it one of Sestri Levante's most considered dining settings at the €€€ tier.

Sestri Levante, Italy

The Cook restaurant in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

The Cook

The Cook holds a Michelin star (2024) and operates from a narrow lane in Genoa's historic centre, bringing a modern cuisine approach to a city better known for pesto and farinata. For the Porto Antico area's more casual seafood, Il Marin sits a short walk away.

Rosmarino restaurant in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Rosmarino

Rosmarino occupies a lane steps from Piazza De Ferrari, serving Ligurian meat and fish in three informal dining rooms that have earned consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025. The kitchen's signal dishes — brandacujun salted cod, borage ravioli, sbira tripe — draw regulars back through ingredient quality and fidelity to regional tradition. At a €€ price point, it sits in Genoa's value-serious tier without conceding ground on craft.

20Tre restaurant in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

20Tre

A Michelin Plate-recognised farm-to-table address in Genoa's historic centre, 20Tre draws its identity from seasonal Ligurian ingredients reframed through a contemporary lens. Run by three partners, the kitchen works with regional produce and the occasional well-placed Asian accent, at a price point that sits firmly in the city's mid-range dining tier.

Andree restaurant in La Spezia

La Spezia, Italy

Andree

Andree holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) for its contemporary take on Ligurian seafood, operating from a vaulted brick room with an open kitchen in central La Spezia. The menu pivots around locally sourced fish, available as either a tasting sequence or à la carte, supported by a wine list with genuine regional depth.

La Spezia, Italy

Baia del Silenzio restaurant in Sestri Levante

Sestri Levante, Italy

Baia del Silenzio

Baia del Silenzio holds a Michelin Plate (2024) and a position on one of Liguria's most photographed waterfronts, where it runs three distinct formats under one roof: a bistrot at lunch, a gourmet dinner service, and a wine bar. The kitchen focuses on Ligurian ingredients handled with contemporary technique, and in summer the terrace extends onto the beach itself.

Sestri Levante, Italy

Balin Sestri Levante restaurant in Sestri Levante

Sestri Levante, Italy

Balin Sestri Levante

A Michelin Plate-recognised restaurant on the Sestri Levante seafront, Balin pairs Ligurian ingredients with contemporary technique and selective Asian accents in a small dining room that books out well in advance. At the €€€ price point, it occupies a considered niche in the town's eating scene: creative enough to reward curiosity, rooted enough to feel local. Reserve ahead; the table count is limited.

Sestri Levante, Italy

Capo Santa Chiara restaurant in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Capo Santa Chiara

Poised at the edge of Boccadasse’s storied beach, Capo Santa Chiara offers a refined coastal escape where creative cuisine and the Ligurian sea meet in quiet harmony. In a modern, beautifully refreshed setting, the chef presents a tasting-led journey born from years of thoughtful experimentation—dishes that feel both daring and deeply rooted in place. On the terrace, the salt-tinged breeze and a horizon of glittering blue sharpen each course, inviting guests to linger as the light softens and the shoreline glows. This is a sanctuary for those who savor nuance: precise textures, clean flavors, and a service rhythm attuned to unhurried, memorable evenings by the water.

Da O Batti restaurant in Portofino

Portofino, Italy

Da O Batti

Da O Batti is a Ligurian trattoria on the narrow lanes of Portofino, ranked #246 in the 2025 Opinionated About Dining Casual Europe list and holding. Chef Giovanni Costa works within the coastal Ligurian tradition, where proximity to the catch and local herb gardens shapes what arrives on the plate. For visitors looking beyond Portofino's tourist-facing seafood restaurants, this is the address that locals and returning visitors keep returning to.

Portofino, Italy

DaV Mare restaurant in Portofino

Portofino, Italy

DaV Mare

Backed by the Cerea family behind the three-Michelin-starred Da Vittorio in Bergamo, DaV Mare brings serious kitchen credentials to Portofino's most photographed piazza. The wrought-iron terrace looks directly onto the harbour promontory and its medieval castle, making it one of the few places in Liguria where the dining room view is as considered as the menu. Demand for the limited tables runs high; advance booking is the only reliable approach.

Portofino, Italy

Etra restaurant in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Etra

Housed in the historic Palazzo Doria De Fornari on Genoa's Piazza Ferrari, Etra holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) for chef Davide Cannavino's concise creative menu. Around a dozen meat and fish options span two tasting formats, each available à la carte. The name is an anagram of 'arte', and the dining room — contemporary art on the walls of a Rolli palace — makes that connection literal.

Hostaria Ducale restaurant in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Hostaria Ducale

This venue is no longer listed as an active En Primeur Club venue. Public source checks on 2026-06-22 found the original listing closed or replaced; live contact, rating, FAQ and schema details have been removed.

Il Michelaccio restaurant in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Il Michelaccio

A Michelin Plate bistro steps from Via XX Settembre, Il Michelaccio holds a clear position in Genoa's mid-range dining scene: market-driven Ligurian cooking at €€ prices, with occasional departures into broader Italian territory and natural wines throughout.

Il Salotto Atelier Gourmet restaurant in Rapallo

Rapallo, Italy

Il Salotto Atelier Gourmet

On Rapallo's seafront promenade, Il Salotto Atelier Gourmet earns a 2025 Michelin Plate for fish and seafood prepared with technical skill and ingredient-led restraint. The restaurant sits inside the Rosabianca hotel, where large windows open to the Ligurian waterfront in summer and an intimate dining room provides a composed backdrop year-round. It holds a 4..

Ippogrifo restaurant in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Ippogrifo

Operating from its address near Genoa's Expo Fiera since 1982, Ippogrifo has built a four-decade record as one of the city's most consistent seafood addresses. Classic Ligurian techniques anchor the menu, from warm seafood salad to fish cooked with Taggiasche olives and potatoes, with Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025 confirming its standing in the city's mid-to-upper dining tier.

Isi Ivano Ricchebono Chef restaurant in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Isi Ivano Ricchebono Chef

Isi Ivano Ricchebono Chef belongs to Genoa’s polished Ligurian dining tier: a quiet Carignano room built around two tasting menus, à la carte flexibility, and a kitchen that treats pesto, pasta and local references as material for interpretation rather than nostalgia. The draw is the balance between regional identity and controlled modern technique, with a business lunch that makes the format more accessible than the evening setting suggests.

La Pineta restaurant in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

La Pineta

La Pineta occupies a ground-floor room on the outskirts of Genoa, where the cooking happens over an open grill at the centre of the space and the menu arrives by word of mouth from the owners at your table. Awarded a Michelin Plate in 2025 and ranked #416 in Opinionated About Dining's Classical in Europe list, this is traditional Ligurian dining stripped of ceremony — abundant, fire-led, and priced at €€.

La Terrazza restaurant in Portofino

Portofino, Italy

La Terrazza

La Terrazza sits along Viale Baratta in Portofino, a village where the harbour view is as much a part of the meal as anything on the plate. Positioned within one of Italy's most photographed fishing ports, it operates in a dining scene shaped by Ligurian coastal produce — fresh catch, local olive oil, and herbs grown on steep terraced hillsides overlooking the Ligurian Sea.

Portofino, Italy

Le Cantine restaurant in Sestri Levante

Sestri Levante, Italy

Le Cantine

A 2025 Michelin Plate holder set within a restored 16th-century oil cellar on the edge of Sestri Levante, Le Cantine makes a deliberate break from the Ligurian coast's fish-centric tradition. The kitchen focuses on self-produced vegetables and meat cooked over olive wood, while a regionally anchored wine list ties the cooking firmly to Ligurian terroir.

Sestri Levante, Italy

Le Cicale in Città restaurant in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Le Cicale in Città

A Michelin Plate-recognised address on Via Giuseppe Macaggi, Le Cicale in Città operates within Genoa's tradition of serious seafood dining, with a menu shaped by daily market arrivals rather than a fixed repertoire. The raw fish counter draws particular attention, alongside house-made primi and seasonal prawns. A mirrored dining room, silverware, and attentive service place it firmly in the classic register.

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Hotels

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Splendido, a Belmond Hotel hotel in Portofino

Portofino, Italy

Splendido, a Belmond Hotel

Splendido, a Belmond Hotel in Portofino, is open for the 2026 season after its Martin Brudnizki renovation.

Portofino, Italy

Grand Hotel Miramare hotel in Santa Margherita Ligure

Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy

Grand Hotel Miramare

Over 120 years old and family-owned since 1945, Grand Hotel Miramare occupies a prime waterfront position in Santa Margherita Ligure with direct views across Tigullio Bay. A Michelin Key recipient and Leading Hotels of the World member, the property pairs Art Nouveau architecture with a curated contemporary art collection, four dining spaces, a saltwater pool, and a private beach club.

Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy

Grand Hotel Bristol Spa Resort hotel in Rapallo

Rapallo, Italy

Grand Hotel Bristol Spa Resort

Built in 1904 in Liberty-style architecture, Grand Hotel Bristol Spa Resort occupies a rose-pink seafront position between Rapallo and the Portofino promontory. The five-star property combines historic Ligurian character with a 2,000 m² spa, panoramic pool, and the Le Cupole restaurant. For travellers arriving on the Ligurian Riviera, it represents over 120 years of continuous hospitality on one of Italy's most photographed coastlines.

Splendido Mare, A Belmond Hotel, Portofino hotel in Portofino

Portofino, Italy

Splendido Mare, A Belmond Hotel, Portofino

Occupying the heart of Portofino's Piazzetta, Splendido Mare is a Belmond property with fourteen individually designed rooms and suites, each carrying harbour views and nautical detailing. Completely reimagined in 2021, the hotel's centrepiece is DaV Mare, a destination restaurant run in partnership with the Cerea family, serving Ligurian cuisine above the square. Open through January 6th, 2026.

Portofino, Italy

Royal Hotel Sanremo hotel in Sanremo

Sanremo, Italy

Royal Hotel Sanremo

Operating since 1872 and a current member of Leading Hotels of the World, the Royal Hotel Sanremo occupies a subtropical park above the Ligurian Riviera. The Giò Ponti-designed pool, belle époque interiors, and a kitchen focused on Ligurian and Mediterranean cuisine place it at the upper tier of the Italian Riviera's grand hotel tradition — a property where the architecture and the landscape are inseparable from the experience.

Eight Hotel Portofino hotel in Portofino

Portofino, Italy

Eight Hotel Portofino

A renovated Ligurian townhouse steps from Portofino's central piazza, Eight Hotel Portofino positions itself in the quieter, design-conscious tier of accommodation on the peninsula. Contemporary styling is layered over traditional architecture, giving the property a different register from the village's larger heritage hotels. It is the kind of address where restraint and location do more work than scale.

Portofino, Italy

Excelsior Palace Portofino Coast hotel in Rapallo

Rapallo, Italy

Excelsior Palace Portofino Coast

Positioned on the arc of the Ligurian coastline where the Bay of Rapallo meets the Portofino promontory, the Excelsior Palace is a restored Liberty-era grand hotel with 119 rooms and suites, two restaurants, a new spa opening in May 2025, and a private beach. The property sits 500 metres from Rapallo's centre and 32 kilometres from Genoa Airport, placing the Riviera di Levante within easy reach.

Hotel Bristol Palace hotel in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Hotel Bristol Palace

On Via XX Settembre, one of Genoa's main commercial arteries, Hotel Bristol Palace has anchored the upper tier of the city's traditional hotel stock for well over a century. With 133 rooms and a palazzo-scale presence, it occupies a different register from the boutique properties that have emerged across northern Italy in recent years — a place where formal hospitality conventions still hold weight.

Eight Hotel Paraggi hotel in Portofino

Portofino, Italy

Eight Hotel Paraggi

Eight Hotel Paraggi sits on one of Liguria's few sandy beaches, a Michelin Selected property that trades the theatrical harbour of Portofino for something quieter: direct access to the cove, architecture that reads as restrained rather than decorative, and a scale that keeps the guest count deliberately low. For travellers who want proximity to Portofino without its performance, this is the more considered choice.

Portofino, Italy

Europa Palace Sanremo hotel in Sanremo

Sanremo, Italy

Europa Palace Sanremo

A Michelin Selected property on Sanremo's Corso Imperatrice, Europa Palace occupies a grand Belle Époque building that reflects the Riviera dei Fiori's late-19th-century resort ambitions. Its position on the promenade places it within the city's established hotel corridor, a tier above budget accommodation and alongside the classical grand hotels that define Sanremo's accommodation register.

Grand Hotel Savoia Genova, Curio Collection by Hilton hotel in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Grand Hotel Savoia Genova, Curio Collection by Hilton

Grand Hotel Savoia occupies one of Genoa's most architecturally distinguished addresses, steps from Piazza Principe and the old port city that UNESCO recognised for its historic centre. Part of Hilton's Curio Collection, the property sits at the intersection of Belle Époque heritage and contemporary hospitality standards, making it a credible base for travellers who want to read the city from a building that has shaped its own part of the skyline.

Hotel Blu di Te hotel in Santa Margherita Ligure

Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy

Hotel Blu di Te

Selected by the Michelin Guide for hotels in 2025, Hotel Blu di Te occupies a residential address in Santa Margherita Ligure, the Ligurian resort town that sits between Genoa and the Cinque Terre. The property belongs to a tier of independently minded coastal hotels that trade on atmosphere and setting rather than branded scale. For travellers who find the larger waterfront palaces of the Riviera too institutional, it offers a quieter point of entry into one of Italy's most quietly enduring resort circuits.

Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy

Meliá Genova hotel in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Meliá Genova

Meliá Genova occupies a central address on Via Corsica in one of Italy's most underappreciated port cities. The property sits within the Meliá Hotels International portfolio, placing it in a mid-to-upper tier of Genoa's hotel offer alongside a handful of internationally branded competitors. For travellers using Genoa as a base for Liguria, the location and brand infrastructure make it a practical anchor point.

Palazzo Durazzo hotel in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Palazzo Durazzo

A Michelin Selected palazzo in Genova's Porto Antico district, Palazzo Durazzo occupies a restored 17th-century aristocratic residence on Via A. Gramsci. The property sits at the intersection of Ligurian architectural heritage and contemporary hospitality, placing it in a narrow tier of Italian urban hotels where the building itself carries as much weight as the service program.

Villa Gelsomino Exclusive House hotel in Santa Margherita Ligure

Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy

Villa Gelsomino Exclusive House

A Michelin Selected property on the Ligurian Riviera, Villa Gelsomino Exclusive House sits above Santa Margherita Ligure at Via Privata Assunta Costa 31, offering an intimate alternative to the seafront grand hotels that have long defined the town's hospitality tier. The selection places it within a curated bracket of Italian stays where scale is deliberately limited and residential character takes precedence over resort programming.

Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy

Villa Rosmarino hotel in Camogli

Camogli, Italy

Villa Rosmarino

Villa Rosmarino sits on the terraced hillside above Camogli, one of the Ligurian Riviera's most characterful fishing towns. The property belongs to a small cohort of intimate Italian retreats where architectural restraint and natural setting do more work than grand gestures. For travellers who find the Cinque Terre overcrowded and Portofino overpriced, Camogli offers a credible alternative, and Villa Rosmarino its most considered address.

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Baratta Sedici bar in Portofino

Portofino, Italy

Baratta Sedici

Baratta Sedici belongs to Portofino’s quieter drinking map: small-scale, address-led, and better understood through the village’s evening rhythm than through awards or chef mythology. With no published phone, website, price range, hours, awards, chef, or menu data in the record, the sensible reading is practical as much as editorial: treat it as a Salita Baratta stop that requires local confirmation before planning a night around it.

Portofino, Italy

Bar Auriga bar in Camogli

Camogli, Italy

Bar Auriga

Bar Auriga sits on Camogli's seafront promenade, a small bar in one of Liguria's most photogenic fishing towns. The address alone — Via Garibaldi facing the painted harbour facades — positions it within a broader tradition of Italian bar culture where aperitivo hour is a daily social institution rather than a trend. For travellers passing through the Ligurian Riviera, it marks a pause worth taking.

Bar Le Colonne bar in Santa Margherita Ligure

Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy

Bar Le Colonne

A hotel-interior bar on Via Milite Ignoto, Bar Le Colonne belongs to Santa Margherita Ligure’s quieter aperitivo circuit, where the Ligurian coast shapes the evening as much as the glass. With no published awards, pricing, hours, or menu detail in the available record, it is best read as a setting-led stop rather than a documented destination cocktail counter.

Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy

Bar Royale bar in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Bar Royale

Bar Royale places Genoa’s aperitivo culture inside a lobby setting on Via Arsenale di Terra, close to the city’s port-facing flow rather than the postcard lanes alone.

Douce Pâtisserie Café bar in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Douce Pâtisserie Café

Douce Pâtisserie Café occupies a ground-floor address on Piazza Giacomo Matteotti in central Genoa, operating in a city where the café counter tradition runs deep and pastry culture sits closer to French-influenced northern Italian habits than to the cornetto-and-espresso south. The address places it within walking distance of the historic centre's main institutional buildings, making it a natural stop for both residents and visitors moving through the civic core.

Glo Glo Bistrot bar in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Glo Glo Bistrot

Glo Glo Bistrot occupies a quietly commanding position on Piazza Lavagna in Genoa's historic centre, placing it among the city's more considered bar and bistrot addresses. In a port city where drinking culture has historically leaned toward informal bacaro-style counters and neighbourhood enotecas, Glo Glo represents a format that takes both glass and plate seriously. Travellers passing through on the Ligurian coast circuit tend to find it a reliable anchor point.

Les Rouges Cucina & Cocktails bar in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Les Rouges Cucina & Cocktails

On the first floor above Campetto square, Les Rouges Cucina & Cocktails occupies one of Genoa's more deliberately designed evening spaces, pairing a kitchen program with a serious cocktail offer. The format positions it between a restaurant and a bar in a city where that hybrid is still relatively uncommon. It draws a crowd that arrives with appetite for both plates and drinks, not just one or the other.

Muá bar in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Muá

On a narrow lane just inside Genoa's centro storico, Muá sits within the city's quieter, resident-facing dining circuit rather than the tourist-heavy waterfront strip. The address on Via di San Sebastiano places it among the medieval caruggi, where ingredient sourcing and neighbourhood regulars define the room more than foot traffic. For travellers willing to move away from the port, it rewards attention.

Pasticceria Liquoreria Marescotti bar in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Pasticceria Liquoreria Marescotti

A long-standing pastry shop and liqueur bar on Via di Fossatello, Pasticceria Liquoreria Marescotti occupies a specific place in Genoa's daily social fabric: part confectionery counter, part neighbourhood aperitivo anchor. The combination of house-made pastries and a liquoreria tradition speaks to a distinctly Ligurian format that larger Italian cities have largely lost to modernisation.

Pasticceria Tagliafico bar in Genoa

Genoa, Italy

Pasticceria Tagliafico

On Via Galata in central Genoa, Pasticceria Tagliafico occupies a place in the city's long tradition of neighbourhood pastry shops where the ritual of a morning coffee and a vetrina of local confections still sets the pace of the day. The format is unhurried, the focus is on Ligurian pastry craft, and the address puts it within easy reach of the historic centre.

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Arrigoni winery in La Spezia

La Spezia, Italy

Arrigoni

Arrigoni brings Ligurian wine culture into focus through a cellar-and-shop format in La Spezia and a production story tied to hand-farmed hillside vineyards. The draw is terroir: Vermentino, Pigato, Sangiovese and Bosca shaped by Colli di Luni DOC and Cinque Terre DOC, with a quiet, heritage-led tasting format rather than spectacle.

La Spezia, Italy

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