Il Poggio di Tropea

Everything works efficiently and everything is good quality. Delicious half board food. Each morning you are presented with the evenings menu so you can select your choice . The restaurant relocates to lovely gardens in the hot months and the waitress service is a welcome change to the more common hotel buffet style food . Every night is a really pleasant experience which starts with wine selection where there were plenty of local Calabrian wines to choose from . Great pasta courses , lots of fish and shell fish . Generally there is plenty of choice with little or no repetition of dishes even in a 14 day cycle . Breakfast is equally good and is served on the beautiful roof top garden where there are amazing views. A good section of sweet and savoury choices are on offer …….and there is a coffee machine that makes delicious freshly ground coffee. Breakfast is a real highlight. In July /August you would be crazy to walk to beach because of the intense heat but it is possible. However, the regular and efficient mini-bus takes only 2 minutes. The beach is great and the free , reserved beds and shade on the white sand beach is a great feature. The beach is beautiful and the restaurant there serves clams mussels, fresh fish and all the associated pasta – casual and prefect …. We ate there every day. If you prefer a natural beach where there are no beds or facilities you can walk to one and it takes about 20 minutes . Both beaches was clean and the water beautifully clear. So… to sum up – it is hard to find anything at Piccolo that was disappointing or sub-standard. As long as you are ok with beach and not having a pool and also the fact there isn’t a great deal around the hotel to see or do you will love it . That said …. Tropea is only a 30 minute walk away or use the fast and efficient Piccolo mini bus. Loved Calabria -its an undeveloped part of Italy with beautiful beaches un-spoilt countryside and not too many big hotels . The people are great – the food fantastic and if you want to speak and practice Italian they let you do it and help . Hired are car for one day which was fine but frankly Tropea is by far the nicest the town- so why move around ? Highly recommend this hotel and this area .

We spend a week at the hotel Poggio di Tropea and had a wonderful time. Everything was clean and tidy, and the food was authentic and delicious! We booked a room with a seaview and it was definitely worth it, hence an 180 degrees view of the Thyrenian Sea. Attached photos is from the balcony of our room. We didn't use the hotel's private beach though, since the public beach is only a 10 minute walk (down 200 steps) away and is just perfect for both adults and children. The water is quite deep though, so children should be able to swim some. As a finale note, we would like to thank the young people from Kalligea Group for ensuring entertainment during the day and the evening for the whole family. They really went all the way 🙂