GarlicMy husband and I are staying there in October this year- we usually stay at RPR. I LOVE the smell of RPR - the lobby in particular. Does portofino have a smell, hopefully as good?
My husband and I are staying there in October this year- we usually stay at RPR. I LOVE the smell of RPR - the lobby in particular. Does portofino have a smell, hopefully as good?
Good to know! I would 100% wear Royal Pacific's scent. I think there are addictive properties in the scents that make us keep coming back.I love Portofino’s lobby scent. I’ve always said if Portofino and Hard Rock could bottle their lobby scents and sell them as colognes, I’d be a customer.
So, if @Vampyr likes it, it's probably not garlic!Garlic
For those who know Portofino Bay well, are there rooms in the West wing you would suggest trying to ask for? We have a standard 2 queen bay view room booked, just curious if anyone has a room number they have stayed in that has a great view. We want the West wing as it is closest to the boat taxi. We also would rather be higher up than at lower level rooms. If there is a great room that isn't in the West wing, we would obviously consider it.
New member, First post so hope this is in the right place.
Is is possible to walk from The Portofino to the nearby Walgreens and 7-Eleven ?
Many Thanks
- The theming hits the uncanny valley hard for me. Better than you'd think it would be, but not authentic enough to feel "right". Makes it appear cheaper than it really is at first blush.
Yes....plus it's much cleaner than I witnessed on my trip to Italy...And, as I recall, they brought artisans in from Italy to perform much of the artwork, frescos, etc. when building Portofino.I used to feel this way until I went to Italy. Then I was like damn.. they nailed it.
Yes....plus it's much cleaner than I witnessed on my trip to Italy...
There is a point where authenticity/theme stops and practicality takes overThat's exactly the problem - it's way too clean, which makes it look fake. But then no one wants their resort looking dingy. Sort of an impossible situation.
Damn....seems like they just finished their room refurbishment a couple years ago.Does anyone know exactly what's going on with this planned refurbishment through 2025? I'm curious just how disruptive it's going to be.
I gather that it's an external renovation due to the hurricane, rather than internal. But who knows.Damn....seems like they just finished their room refurbishment a couple years ago.