Il Panorama Housing Cilento

The place sounded like a dream in the description, but the reality was quite different. I hate leaving a bad review, and I was grateful that there was running water, AC, a fridge, toilet, shower, bed, and electricity. Beyond those basics, though, the house and grounds felt bare, plain, and short on comforts or attention to detail. It’s one large old house divided into apartments, and the outside was poorly maintained and not clean. Steam cleaning, a coat of paint, and some tidying would help. There was no Wi-Fi, which came up more than once during our stay. After driving for over 5 hours, mostly in rain, we found no reception area. We knocked on a door, and luckily someone answered and called the owner. Communication was hard, and without Wi-Fi we couldn’t use Google Translate. It started raining again while we waited, so we sat in the car. The owner eventually arrived. He didn’t speak much English, but we got the key. The terrace had a folding card table, one plastic chair, two wet chairs, and no shade. Some tiles were broken, and there was garbage under the stairwell. The panoramic view was only visible if you stood at the terrace railing. Inside, the main room was a kitchen with a small table and chairs and a bed, with no sofa or extra chairs. Cutlery, cooking utensils, and tableware were sparse and mismatched. There was no kettle, and we had to ask for a lighter to use the stove. The shower was incredibly small, and the toilet was so close that you had to sit sideways. The bedroom had a clean but old fitted sheet, and I had to ask for a top sheet. There was nowhere to put our suitcases. There were no reading lights or lamps, just very bright ceiling lights. The one in the kitchen/main room had dust and spider webs on it. Google Maps doesn’t show the right location. Coming from Agropoli, you pass the suggested turn, then turn right just down the road before the left-hand curve. There’s a famous restaurant that makes Mozzarella Cheese there. Take another right and follow the narrow, winding, bumpy one-car road uphill. You just hope nobody is coming down, because the drivers who do use it drive like maniacs.