Villa Bonera lays its foundation upon the rests of an ancient roman temple to Neptune. During the first half of XVIII Century, approximately between George Washington’s and Marquis de Sade’s births, a major restoration work has been made, during which the magnificent marble staircase has been added. Around the mid-1800s, Gnecco Counts rented the Villa to the more blazoned Marquises Arconati who, with the necessary connections, in 1846 made Giovanni Battista Giorgini and Vittoria Manzoni, daughter of some novelist named Alessandro, got married in the Villa’s private chapel (today’s breakfast and dining room). From the second half of XIX Century already, Villa Bonera became site for a hotel and prestigious destination for russian, english, swiss, dutch and german guests; these last particularly took to heart the Villa, so during World War II they confiscated it and made it the headquarter of Nazi’s Navy. War raids left some original paintings of 1700/1800 anyway, beyond the lovely frescos still present in many rooms and in the common areas. In the past Century late 50’s, early 60’s, Villa Bonera has been acquired privately and Morandi family started to run the business: at first granpa Mario, then dad Roberto and mom Gabriella, and now brothers Marco and Barbara carry on the tradition of hospitality in Nervi with a smile, in a family environment.