Abbey of S. Maria De Olearia

The check-in process was completely lacking. I stood outside for over an hour emailing calling and trying to get lit in the door. It says the front office is open, but you have to know how to get in the door. Apparently you have to use the keypad and click on one of the options that was available. But nowhere was that in the directions and the phone number to call the reception area was not taking phone calls and no one ever responded to my emails so I spent almost 2 hours standing outside until other people came along and let me in. Absolutely ridiculous!

The hotel so far clean and modern

Beautiful hotel, clean and spacious. Staff really nice and always happy to help. We knew it was set on a hill as we chose it for the view, you don’t need a sunset rooftop bar in the centre as you have got your own at the hotel. Breakfast had plenty of choice for everyone. The dafne restaurant food was amazing, we ate there for our anniversary and they brought us a cake, I recomend the red snapper. If you don’t have mobility issues it’s a lovely walk down to the centre (but it’s all up hill on the way back) but there is a brilliant free shuttle bus that runs most of the day and night every hour. When the shuttle isn’t running there is a public bus that stops outside the hotel. We got a taxi down to the port with our luggage which the reception arranged for us. Sorrento is absolutely beautiful whether you choose to spend your time round the pool relaxing soaking up the sun or seeing the sites, there’s something for everyone. We loved marina grande especially on an evening when it’s all lit up. Sorrento is the perfect base for neighbouring sites, we visited positano, Amalfi, Capri and Naples all by ferry and it was so easy. We spent 5 nights here and would happily return.