Guest User
October 30, 2023
We holiday in Sant Agnello/Sorrento regularly and had never stayed at this popular hotel until another operator cancelled our holiday and we had to rebook with another. Turned out very well for us and we had a great 2 weeks stay. All staff from reception, the restaurant, housekeeping to the driver are so friendly, chatty and helpful. They make your holiday so much more enjoyable. I moved rooms after the first week to one with a balcony. My error as I thought this is what I had booked. I'd say you definitely need a room with a balcony for a 2 week stay as the rooms without are quite compact with small bathrooms and would only suitable for a few nights stay. The superior rooms are more spacious with more amenities. Breakfast is buffet style and pleasant enough but the food and choice at dinner, for a Sorrento hotel is definitely the best we've ever had. Good choices, large portions (especially the desserts!) and delicious. We only dined in the restaurant about half of the duration of our 2 week stay as there are so many lovely restaurants about and a few places we always visit but we were impressed with the hotels quality of food and wine selection. We prefer the more laid back pace of Sant Agnello and like to stroll the 15 - 20 mins walk through to Sorrento or jump the local bus, but the hotel offers a complimentary shuttle which stops just by Piazza Lauro which only takes 5 minutes and is one of our favourite little squares. It was so handy and efficient. On a few occasions if we had walk through and had been out all day, I whatsapped or called the hotel to arrange a return pick up which was never an issue. The hotel is just a few steps away from Marinella beach, the terrace with the best views over the bay and some very good 5 star hotels for drinks and dinner without having to venture into Sorrento. We didn't use the pool as we don't sunbath but it did look nice. I sat up on one of the roof terraces reading my book which was nice and peaceful with fab views. A few evenings we sat out in the garden by the pool with drinks before dinner. But always remember and use mosquito repellent in Sorrento! The hotel has entertainment on Monday - Friday and the acts were always good, my only issue was that they started at 8pm while most of us were in the restaurant. Seemed such a shame that singers / pianists etc were playing to bar staff only and by the time we finished our meal and came out to sit by the bar we'd only catch the last 30mins if we were lucky. I've already booked Sorrento again for next year to stay at another very good hotel prior to this holiday. If i'd had know how great the staff snd their services were, i'd definitely would have rebooked to stay again at the Caravel.