La Panoramica Hotel

Best hotel on our six week holiday. Gorgeous view of Mt Vesuvius from front windows. Enjoy a walk down the sloped street nearby and be in the centre of an old Italian town - see how the Italians really live. Hotel staff were very polite and helpful. Pool deck is terrific for cool get togethers and a cold dip. Loved, loved, loved this hotel!!

Hotel is clean. Beds are comfortable. Breakfast is nice, however we showed up at 9.10am this morning and the service was dire. No cups no plates, all put away, staff were obviously not impressed even though breakfast ends at 9.30am. Josie on reception is lovely, she is the saving grace of the place. The dining room closes at 9.30am. That's it until 4pm when the bar opens. Nothing to eat or drink, no facilites at all . Dinner is from 7 pm , there is no food available after 9.30am. Reception can get you a drink if you ask. The walk to town is down a very steep hill for supplies if you can find a store. There is nothing nearby, No shops or restaurants. If you havent hired a car or moped then this is not the place to stay. Taxis very expensive. The Lidos (beaches) are privately owned, you can walk down the hill and along the road to them. You have to pay for entry and a sunbed .£40 for 2 of us. Panoramica has a pool on 2nd floor which is closed .There has been a cleaning machine in it for 2 days and all the chairs and sunbeds have been put away. We are moving hotels tomorrow, I'm not spending another week in the middle of nowhere overlooking the docks. If you don't hire a car or moped then the location is terrible. It's a good base but certainly not a hotel to stay in all day as there is nothing to do, nowhere to sit out or anything. We stayed 3 nights out of our 10 and have moved into a B&B in Castellammare centre.