Hotel Mediterraneo

Stayed two nights ahead of our Azamara cruise. Had a great time. Very good restaurants near by. Nice breakfast and enjoyed sitting on the top floor terrace. Front desk personnel were very helpful. Very quick trip by cab to our cruise. Our friends room was nice but did have the glass enclosed shower located in the bedroom.

I was participating in a regatta with some friends and I needed a hotel close to Sottomarina harbor and sail club which Hotel Mediterraneo is, just a 900 m nice walk. Furthermore hotel faces the Adriatic seashore of Sottomarina and however at walking distance from Chioggia's center. Ina nutshell: great locations. Hotel is really nice indeed. Modern, clean, well designed, functional, well-lit, spacious. Always included breakfast is very good and abundant, rooms are comfortable and again very well-lit, full glass wall towards Adriatic Sea. Rooms have a very complete equipment also including bathrobes, teeth kit, shaving kit, sleepers. Water plus all what is in the minibar and on the table is included. An “Alexa” AI device is also integrating room’s equipment, very rare also in superluxury hotels. Finally, staff is very kind, nice and friendly and at check-out they give you a package-gift. I’d always choose this hotel again when coming back to Chioggia.

Problems started right after I arrived by car. Turns out that the *********** description of parking arrangement was straight out lying claiming parking costs 3 euro whereas at the reception I was informed that there is no onsite parking space and I will have to park 200m further down the road for 10 euro per day. The 200m turned into half a mile when I actually got there. This kind of information should be printed with BIG letters on the booking page before you book the hotel. I was very tired after long hiking trip in Slovenian mountains, and having convenient parking so I don't have to walk far to get to my car was a key point in choosing the hotel. Next, the view from the room. It's true. The hotel is actually beachfront and my room also had windows towards the sea. Unfortunately from the 2nd I wasn't able to see any sea behind the street and the bars on the other side. I asked for a room on a higher floor so I could actually see the sea, but I was told none is available. Overall rooms from which you cannot see the sea should not be advertised as having 'ocean view'. This was second key point which i based my choice on and again i was lied to by the hotel management. Considering above two points would be enough to make me cancel the reservation, but it was too late and I was too tired to find a replacement. In which case all I can do is to write an appropriate review. In addition, smaller things that also negatively impact my perception of this hotel: my room smelled strangely, the minibar was empty and you actually have to call for room service to deliver whatever you want to your room (I'm not gonna pay for that though and any chances for me leaving a tip in this hotel have died long time ago), room was very small, barely enough space to walk through the room. On top of that I paid 576 euros + 6 euro city tax + 20 euro parking for 2 nights, which gives a per night price of over 300 euros. That's on par with some 5 star hotels with much better arrangements and amenities. This hotel standard is nowhere near this value range. On the positive side: the staff was nice, the room seemed to be clean, the bathroom was ok. The terrace on top had a decent view to the venice islands and on the other side to the sea, but you can also see ugly buildings next to the hotel which obstruct parts of the view.

We enjoyed our stay at Hotel Mediterraneo. The room was very clean and comfortable. The view was quite nice. The staff was AMAZING, especially Alessia. The breakfast was quite good and Alessia's recommendations for dinner were too. We would have appreciated being able to reserve beach chairs in advance of our stay. The beach area is not under the hotel's control and we would have benefitted from understanding that prior to our stay.