Borghetto San Nicolò is a frazione (and parish) of the municipality of Bordighera, in Liguria, northern Italy.

[2] Borghetto San Nicolò is a quite ancient village and it probably was founded by Ligurian tribes devoted to hunting and cattle breeding.

On 21 April 1686, the representants of eight villages, Camporosso, Vallebona, Vallecrosia, San Biagio della Cima, Sasso, Soldano, Borghetto San Nicolò and Bordighera, had a meeting in order to build what they called Magnifica Comunità degli Otto Luoghi, which can be translated as: "The magnificent community of the eight villages".

[4] Borghetto means small village and is an early medieval term; San Nicolò is related to the saint of the village (Saint Nicholas) and was added to the name of the comune in 1861 following the Kingdom of Italy foundation, in order to identify it among other Italian comunes also named Borghetto.

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