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Imperiale Palace Hotel
Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy
Leisure Time Tours and the Minkowitz family take over a five-star Belle Epoque hotel on the Italian Riviera near Portofino, with the entire hotel kosher for Pesach. Food is glatt kosher under Rabbi Wilshansky of Milan, and the program adds daily services, lectures, a children's program and optional tours of the Riviera.
There is a nonstop flight from New York (JFK), about 8.5 hours in the air.
Genoa has flights from London Stansted and Paris Orly. Milan Malpensa has nonstops from New York JFK, Newark, Miami, London (Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted), Paris (Charles de Gaulle, Orly) and Tel Aviv.
Most North American travelers fly overnight to Milan and continue by car or train, about two and a half hours to the coast.
Routes come from each airport’s published route list, checked October 2026. Flight times are estimates from the distance. Airlines change schedules, so confirm before you book (route list we used).
Daytime highs are around 64°F (18°C) and nights around 52°F (11°C); the sea is about 59°F (15°C), too cold for most swimmers.
What governments say about travel to this country. Nothing here is this site’s own judgment.
US State Department travel advisory for Italy
Level 2 of 4: Exercise increased caution
This is the governments’ own wording, not a rating by this site. Israel’s National Security Council also publishes travel warnings for Israelis abroad. Ask the operator what security the program itself arranges, such as guards and entry checks.
Check opening times before you go; some places close or get very busy during the holiday.
A tiny harbor of painted houses, reached by a short boat ride, bus or seaside walk.
Good for kids, teens, couples, grandparents
A medieval abbey on a hidden cove that you can reach only by boat or on foot.
Good for teens, couples, grandparents
A 17th-century villa and hillside park above the Santa Margherita harbor.
Good for couples, grandparents
A seaside town with a small castle in the water and a cable car up to a hilltop church.
Good for kids, teens, couples, grandparents
A fishing town with tall, colorful houses facing a pebble beach.
Good for kids, teens, couples, grandparents
Marked paths over the headland with sea views, from easy strolls to half-day hikes.
Good for teens, couples
One of Europe's largest aquariums, next to a maze of medieval alleys.
Good for kids, teens, couples, grandparents
Five cliffside villages linked by train and footpaths; go by train from Santa Margherita.
Good for teens, couples
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