Imperial Palace Hotel

Originally built as a private villa in 1889 by the aristocratic Costa family of Corsica, featuring a bridge to the lush gardens with a private beach, and a spectacular view across the bay, these are just some of the reasons to choose Imperiale Palace Hotel.

This hotel is One of the most luxurious hotels on the whole of the Italian Riviera, for over a century the Imperiale Palace has been the focus of Santa Margherita Liguria glamorous social whirl and high-profile cultural events .On April 16th 1922, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs Walther von Rathenau and the Soviet Commissioner for Foreign Affairs Georgij Vasilevic Cicerin met in the oval room, now “Treaty Room”, to sign the famous Treaty of Rapallo, which marked the end of the First World War.

Once the residence of a noble family, this impressive villa has now been turned into a luxury hotel. It has a panoramic location in Santa Margherita Ligure, 3.1 miles from Portofino and 1.9 miles from Rapallo.
The hotel has several bars and restaurants, whether inside dining in the hotel's magnificent belle époque dining room, the gourmet ""Novecento"" Restaurant, or a candle-light dinner on the panoramic sea front terrace of ""Villa Imperiale"", guests will enjoy both superlative cuisine and accurate service.

Le Vele Grill Restaurant and American Bar, straight on the water with beautiful view over Santa Margherita Liguria and Portofino. The historic Liberty style ""Caffè del Trattato"", with the adjacent Paraggi Terrace, is the perfect venue for a leisurely aperitif, a cocktail or after-dinner drink. A unique centre for Holistic wellbeing can be found in the hotel ,specializing in combining ancient traditional Asian techniques together with innovative western massages to achieve an optimal state of mind, body and soul.

Choose between the most relaxing massages like Abhyangam, Indian traditional massage realized with fluid and harmonious movements or the amazing deep muscular release of Thai massage.