Dreams are free at the Hotel Paris

San Remo had its heyday in the 60 years leading up to WWII, and is graced with a number of elegant hotels from the era - and sadly some that have not been maintained in such good condition. We fell in love with the Hotel Paris - long since boarded up - and spent our time in San Remo planning exactly what we would do to restore it to its former self. Now all we need to do is find a spare $20m.

But when we do, we're going to live in this Art Nouveau villa (sadly also abandoned) decorated with stained glass irises and majolica tiles and just a short walk to work.