Il Cantone del Faro Apartments

The rooms are roomy, there’s good storage, everything was very clean, and WhatsApp communication was good. There’s a useful parking area and a lift to each floor. We never actually saw anyone, though there was a reception area where a man always seemed to be asleep on the sofa. The kitchen looks a bit tired. There are a few things that could be improved. For an apartment meant for four, there were only two glasses in the cupboard, and there was no toaster or kettle. The safe didn’t work because a previous guest had left it locked, and they said they were waiting for a locksmith. The balcony door wouldn’t shut or lock, leaving the locking shutter as the only protection. There weren’t any balcony chairs, so we had to carry kitchen chairs outside. If you’re traveling with children, they sleep in the kitchen in two proper single beds, not sofa beds, so you’d need to keep quiet on the balcony. The place is near the beach, but getting to the hotel, beach, and road means crossing a stream. Driving through it is easy enough, but anyone with a stroller or wheelchair has to use a poorly made bridge of scaffold-like boards and pallets. Restaurants and a very nice cake shop are a short walk away. The best views are farther up the road or in the hills. Be aware that there’s no beach or breakfast from September until some unspecified date. This isn’t advertised; they only tell you after you’ve booked. The private beach, when available, is more like wooden decking with umbrellas and chairs beside the sea. You have to climb down to reach the water, so children couldn’t be left there unattended. We booked through booking.com. The hotel said they couldn’t charge our card, though we’d used the same one on all our other trips, so they sent a payment link that worked fine. We left a ‘fair’ review on booking.com but couldn’t add any more detail because the booking had effectively been cancelled. Somehow our review was changed from fair to exceptional and given a ‘10’, which it absolutely wasn’t. I’d say it was more like a 6. The property uses the name Sirina House Hotel rather than the listing name on Google.