Built in the city centre

Inaugurated in 1874 in the presence of the Prince of Hohenzollern, it had 120 rooms and was surrounded by a large garden.

It owes its fame above all to the fact that in 1876 it hosted the Tsarina of Russia, Maria Alexandrovna, who came to San Remo for the winter with her gigantic retinue.

The empress, leaving, to reciprocate the city of hospitality, gave her a hundred palms that still today adorn Corso Imperatrice, named after her, as a gift.

The hotel underwent numerous transformations over the years.
The last one was in 1927 when, thanks to the work of the company A.Carbonetto, it was raised one floor higher and transformed into a house.

The forepart of the Hotel today has taken the name Hotel Alexandra.

A Hotel Nizza was still working in Corso Nuvoloni (behind the Russian Church) until a few years ago.
But this is of course another story.

(text from various sources; images from private archives)