Top 10 La Tavola dei Cavalieri Hotels

From the morning breakfast which was brilliant, wonderful, courteous and professional staff, the pool, the lovely room, awesome minibar. Proximity by public transport to Gaeta. Excellent. The pool is big and blue with deep end and shallow. The break fast options are yummy and wide variety, hot, cold fresh cornetti. My room was well kept and clean. I loved the minibar. Front office staff are so welcoming and friendly, very helpful.

The staff were rude and straight up sarcastic. It's like they were all in a very bad mood. Almost no one speaks English even though the hotel has the word ”international” in it's name. One or two persons in the reception speak English, which they seemingly only use in order to say no. The signage was off throughout the hotel. Signs for the fitness room lead to the kitchen, which isn't a problem really, just dumb. But there is no sign leading to the toilet in the reception, and the receptionist mocks you when you can't find it. Afterwards, when you ask where the elevators are, the answer is: ”Do you also want me to explain to you how elevators look?” Parking fee (15 euro per day) came as a surprise, but it might be in the fine print. The directions to the parking lot was incomprehensible and demeaning. It took 20 minutes to get the parking gate to open. The bed was missing its top mattress, so we slept directly on the hard springs, and it was just bad sleep. The staff said this is how all Italians sleep. All other hotels we have been to have normal comfortable beds. They also don't have duvets, which is hard for people form northern Europe to do without.

Old Times. This place had to be absolutely top in XX century and still retains a lot of charm. Some places, like this hotel, get old very well, in spite of some minor inconveniences (e.g., lack of lift for upper floors, breakfast was a bit scarce). Views are spectacular and staff is very friendly indeed.