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 Enjoying a stunning, panoramic view and located between Cinque Terre and Portofino, two of the world's most famous places, the Vis à Vis is one of the most extraordinary hotels in Liguria, managed for three generations by the family De Nicolai, linked to the center of the town and the way to the beach by an outside lift. Conceived and built in 1961, the Vis à Vis represent the fulfilment of the dream of Giacomo De Nicolai who spent a considerable part of his early life visiting the world's best hotels and many of the most elegant and important ocean liners of the time. |
 This accumulated appreciation of the best of land and sea engendered his building a "Vessel on Dry Land". Thus was born the Hotel Vis à Vis, whose views extend down from its dominant hilltop location towards the greens and blues of the Mediterranean, offering its guests light, peace, elegance and freedom in emulation of the first class ships of a now-departed era. |
 Framed by the green Mediterranean, itself daubed with the intense blue of one of the cleanest bodies of water in Italy, the Vis à Vis is the ideal getaway for those who seek basic comfort, elegance and style, a refuge offering refined but authentic Ligurian cooking served in the acclaimed Ristorante Olimpo, a heaven of peace, silence and relaxation. |
 The Hotel Vis à Vis is as ever managed by the Family De Nicolai. Giacomo's singular personality, his refined sense of life, his intimate familiarity with many different cultures of the world, his extraordinary charm and the steadying presence of his lifelong partner, Flora, who completed his inspiration, are the transparent essences which endure as his legacy. |
Today, the Hotel Vis à Vis is an oasis where land and sea ambrace each other, where its visitors relax in tranquillity, lulled by the sound of moves and by the sweet perfume of jasmine. |
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