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Greeted by friendly receptionist on arrival late at night. Check in was quick and easy. Our room was on the 2nd floor, the upper-most floor. The room was spacious and well equipped, with two beds, bedside tables, a large chair, a desk, a fridge, television, but most importantly an air-conditioning unit. Everything was in good working order. The outlet plugs are the strange italian 3-pin ones as opposed to the usual Europe 2-pin model, so not all our adaptors worked. Bathroom was decent and has everything one would expect. The shower is rather on the small side and could do with higher water pressure. More than ample lighting in the room. Our only real complaint of the stay is that every single night (we stayed 5 nights) there was an awful noise and commotion coming from directly below the hotel’s balcony - some kind of odd party going on every night. Unsure if this was related to the hotel itself or not. This noise continued well into 02:00H / 2am. I messaged reception every night that ‘il rumore é troppo forte’ but nothing was ever done. Dinner was absolutely awful - shocking quality at extortionate prices; hardly anything traditionally italian either. Save yourself and go somewhere local or in the city centre. Much better and cheaper elsewhere. Location seems good but public transport in the area is abysmal and should not be relied upon. Taxis are incredibly expensive, especially for tourists. Apart from those issues it was a good stay and would stay again. I just wouldn’t dine in the restaurant ever again, and would probably request a room away from that god-forsaken balcony.

Restaurants onsite are sub-par. Breakfast buffet is poor. Scrambled Eggs cold. Bacon under cooked. Too many croissants and not enough breakfast variety. Dinner buffet = $100 EU and is awful. Farfalli pasta was hard, both sauces were like warm. Salad bar served limp lettuce and overly warm veggies. Cava dinner - expensive but not worth it. Tasteless. Wait staff was stressed, filled up fast and service was really really slow. Do not recommend - dinner was bound across the menu. Rooms are fabulous! Desk staff is fantastic and super helpful! Gift shop is lovely. Entertainment was Whitney Houston and Queen songs - excellent! Pool areas - def guests MARK their chairs all day - so finding a chair after 9:30 am is IMPOSSIBLE!! The life guards are useless! The kayaking rental onsite was super easy. Bartender (brown hair, glasses and goati) at Brach Bar was super - despite there was NO ONE else bartending to support the beach restaurant and pool guests They really need a family only pool for the infants and toddlers - and probably tighter rules around wearing diapers in the pool - yuk!