Hotel berhampiran La Botte Piena, Salerno

Value for money. The check in was a little weird. Also the walls are like paper. One can hear everything. Very clean tho.

Very clean, comfortable hotel. Very friendly and helpful staff. Special mention to housekeeping staff who were so accommodating, room serviced as soon as we left to go out. Beds extremely comfortable, with extra pillows and duvets provided. Bathroom large, with a walk-in shower. Excellent location in the town centre and a few minutes walk to the train station. Cathedral and churches well worth a walk down to see, and plenty of cafes and restaurants nearby. Breakfast at the hotel was a little meagre, but not unusual for Italy. Wish we had brushed up on the Italian language, not many English speakers in Salerno, but that was our fault and will take lessons before returning! All in all, we had a lovely stay at this hotel and would definitely go back.

Let me start by being positive. The location is fantastic! A few minutes from the train station, about 8 min to the ferry terminal to catch the ferry to explore the Amalfi Coast towns. It is on a pedestrian street with lots of shopping, cafes, restaurants and bars. It would get 5* for location. We stayed in the “family suite” for two weeks. You have to let them know when you are checking in because there isn’t a front desk. Someone comes to let you in. The “suite needs to be refurbished as there were curtains that needed to be replaced. The kitchen was sp****ly equipped. No sharp knife or cutting board. No kettle. Backsplash covered in grease marks. The shower head was on the floor of the shower so we had to tie it with dental floss so we could use two hands to shower. No exhaust fan in bathroom. Bathroom next to the kitchen with about a 12” step to get in it. We did not have daily housekeeping. I wasn’t looking for luxury but this certainly wasn’t as advertised.

Personale gentilissimo e professionale, sia alla reception che in sala colazioni. Un particolare grazie ai ragazzi della reception che hanno esaudito le mie richieste. Camera moderna, pulita dove non mancava nulla. Colazione discreta ma croissant e in generale i dolci da migliorare (in Campania ci si aspetta qualcosa di artigianale). Parcheggio un po' piccolo in proporzione alla grandezza dell'hotel ma abbiamo comunque trovato sempre posto nei 3 giorni di permanenza. Hotel nel complesso moderno e ben tenuto. Internamente si nota la cura nei dettagli della hall e non solo. L'hotel si trova a pochi minuti di macchina (o treno) dal centro, che non è raggiungibile a piedi. Nelle immediate vicinanze si trovano invece negozi, ristoranti e bellissime strutture con piscina e spiaggia. Di fronte l'hotel è nella via vicina ci sono palazzi nuovissimi e belli anche da vedere. Siamo stati molto bene. Consigliato. PS: L'hotel ha anche una zona ”residence” (palazzo dietro). Non capisco davvero il motivo di molti voti bassi dati all'hotel e deduco che dipenda da questa struttura residence appunto e non dall'hotel.

The hotel is ok, some weird rules around the pool where you are obligated to wear a cap in order to access it. The safe guard is very persistent on keeping this rule. The restaurant was surprisingly better than expected. It takes about 1.5h to reach amalfi by the car from hotel. Hotel has a parking lot which is def a perk. The rooms were ok and clean.

We stayed here for 3 nights and enjoyed our stay here and the place as well was nice in Atrani. It is only a 10 min walk to Amalfi. The rooms were of a decent size and bathrooms weren't too bad either, providing you with the standard shower gels and hair/body washes, along with a hair dryer that was slightly better than the average hairdryers that barely dry. Our first night we had a hiccup - we were asleep and the fire alarm in our room went off! We do not smoke and had no electricals in - we still aren't sure what happened. It went off several times and the hotel staff apologised when we went down to complain. We still are not sure why it went off, and this was not since mentioned by any member of staff - not even a note or acknowledgement about our sleep being disrupted, which we were really disappointed about. Thankfully it was just the one night and it must have been a faulty alarm, however we were disappointed that nobody checked on us the next couple of days of our stay and didn't apologise for the inconvenience. Breakfast buffet had a nice selection of mostly cold foods and some hot items too, and we were able to request our coffee of choosing i.e. cappuccinos. A lovely selection of food to fill yourself on. It took us over an hour to find the place which was very tiring and stressful! Essentially do not follow google maps, When you find the route it is so straightforward. You need to go down to the beach level and you will come across a restaurant with ”Palme” in the name. To the left of there is a small archway with a sign to the hotel - you just follow up the stairs. That is the only place that has the hotel sign posted. The hotel also has a spa with sauna etc however we were told it was an extra 80 euros to access the spa, so we decided against it. Overall, the hotel was nice, decent food, decent room sizes and nice staff.

We arrived on Sunday 22/10/23 with limited expectations, the hotel had a Wedding in progress and this made check in at most casual, initial impressions were ok décor looked traditional and clean, The room 204, that's where it all went down hill, room was small and bland. a small TV hung on the wall, a fridge was in the cupboard below which didn't seem to work and was supposed to be stocked, it wasn't, it was empty, walls were scuffed and could have done with a lick of paint. The bathroom was small and had an over bath shower with usual facilities, the bath needed the sealant replaced around the whole bath, the shower blind was a bit dated and grim the underside of it was not clean. I'm afraid it wasn't inviting, quite the opposite, needed updating. The door to the balcony was new and worked well, when you get outside you see this hotels appeal being 600m Above Sea Level the views are breath-taking. Bed was hard as stone like sleeping on a mortuary slab, not that I've ever done that and i actually slept quite well. my wife however wasn't as pleased, we enquired about a topper at reception, the language barrier did get in the way but we thought we'd got through, alas we didn't get the topper. we had one meal in the hotel which was ok. Breakfast was served on level -1 a large soulless room, normal continental fair ham, cheese, bread, hard boiled eggs some limp lettuce, no cereal to speak of, yogurt tea and American Coffee. Not exactly well presented but ok. my wife is a coeliac(gluten free) and the staff provided gluten free products, on the Wednesday morning and i can only assume that as there were only 5 people in the hotel breakfast was served in the ground floor restaurant, which was better, and had great views, breakfast was served at the table. There was a bar but it was not well stocked or manned. 2x G&T's £8 parking was ok a bit tight but ok. The hotel is in the hamlet of Agerola which has limited restaurants and bars we had drinks at Madame in the square and at the bar across the road when the aforementioned was shut, we had a meal in the next village along, which was also small and only had one or two restaurants that we could find. Not exactly buzzing but very pretty and it was October, also bear in mind the temperature is 3-4 degs lower than the coast, Also it takes about an hour to get to the coast, round some tight bendy mountain roads, if your a nervous driver might not be the place for you. We left a day early and moved to Pompeii as he weather was not good, and we wanted to get nearer to Naples, paid the bill which included a local tax! I'm sure was included on the original booking but i may be wrong, worth watching out for. This hotel is very pretty and traditional the staff are friendly and helpful, it has the potential, to be a good hotel, public rooms are modern and clean but they need a bit of fine tuning, Room/s need modernizing. Overall we had a pleasant stay.

Abbiamo trascorso un meraviglioso capodanno ... Locale chic, personale gentile e disponibile, bella la compagnia la musica coinvolgente che ci ha fatto ballare fino allo sfinimento .. eccezionale!!! ... Ci siamo divertiti da matti !!! Grazie allo chef che mi ha fatto avere portare veg degne di nota e tutti entusiasti per i piatti .. il vino non è mancato mai .. Una cucina ottima ... Chapeau ❤️ super consigliato