Hotel Bracciotti

Never again. The rooms are very basic, and you can hear everything through the walls, which was awful with neighbors using the toilet all night. Service was terrible, with reception staff who were completely unhelpful and seemed clueless. Breakfast was a bizarre setup: you have to queue and ask a stressed server for cold coffee and oily scrambled eggs. Nothing is self-serve.

The rooftop pool is small, with deck chairs for sunbathing and a great view, sea in front and mountains behind. Our room was modern, spacious, and faced the sea, with lots of wardrobe space. Breakfast was just so-so, mostly continental, without much variety. The waiters serve the food, which felt strange to us, as if they were controlling how much you could have. We paid a lot for a sea-view room at this three-star hotel. It felt like the room came at a premium, while everything else was just OK.

29/7, room 26. The food is excellent, home-cooked style, and not expensive compared with local restaurants. Next time, we'll eat only at their restaurant. We had a comfortable room with a modern bathroom, and were absolutely satisfied overall. Service was very good in general, apart from the young, apathetic waiter at the breakfast bar. If you treat him with respect, like your own son, he'll wake up right away.

The pools on the top floor and the location both get 5/5 from me. Room cleaning also deserves 5/5. Breakfast gets 4/5 for the variety and quality, though the way it works needs attention. People smoking during breakfast spoil the whole floor because the space isn't separated. Tables aren't cleaned and set in advance, so guests are left unsure where to sit, which adds to the long waits. Sometimes the line to ask for food is long too. It's not an open buffet yet, though many items could easily be set out that way by putting a slice on a plate ahead of time. A bit of organization, separating the terrace from the main restaurant, or simply banning smoking at breakfast would help. The Comfort Triple Room gets 3/5. It's advertised as 22 sqm, but at 3.2m by 4.6m, even with a large bathroom, it's well under that. Still, it's decently equipped and has one of the best hotel fridges I've found, small but actually works. The AC gets 1/5. Calling it air conditioning is a disgrace; it barely removes the humidity. Parking also gets 1/5. The best option is the public blue zones. Be warned, don't move the car from Friday afternoon until Sunday midday, because finding a spot nearby will be extremely hard.