Casadelmar

This hotel gets it so wrong. Rated 5 star it is simply in a 5 star setting. The rooms are very average, poky and the price is more than double what it should be. They charge you extra for EVERYTHING. 11 euros for water, 10 euros for anything in the mini bar, 7 euros for a beach towel, 15 euros if you’d like an egg cooked with your breakfast. At every chance they want to charge. This is all whilst charging you €1800 per night for the room. If you charge this much it should be 5 star delivery. I’ve stayed in way better hotels who charge €300 for a room. The service is lovely and the girls are very apologetic about the way the hotel is run - they know it’s not how to run a luxury hotel. For the price it’s the worst place I’ve ever stayed. Cannot recommend

Some background: while I love a luxurious accommodation, I typically don’t drive while on vacation. However, everyone recommended that we rent a car in Corsica, and so we did, but we didn’t much care about what kind of car we got. We ended up with a small Toyota SUV, which was fine for our purposes. However, when we pulled up to Casadelmar in it, we were repeatedly asked whether we were at the right hotel, whether we in fact had a reservation at Casadelmar, and whether perhaps we had confused our hotel for Casadelmar (we hadn’t). After that slight hiccup, we were shown to our beautiful room. It had a small w/c right next to the front door, but the separate shower, tub, and sinks were great (even if the bathrobes were scratchy). Our room had a spectacular view and was incredibly private. But the walk to it was through a carpeted hallway that was extremely humid even in mid-Sept. The biggest downside was the unfriendly, unhelpful, and pretentious staff. When we checked in, they mentioned a ferry to their sister property, La Plage Casadelmar. We decided to eat at the restaurant our last night and hoped to take the ferry as we had been getting a bottle or two of wine at dinner. When we inquired, they directed us to contact the restaurant ourselves for a reservation. When we did, we discovered that the first seating was 8pm (20:00), which was reasonable, but when we asked about the ferry times, they said we could take it. Upon further inquiry, but only when asked, they said it stopped at 7:30pm (19:30) and suggested we just try and get a taxi. We ended up eating at Terramea, which was a less than 5 min. drive, and absolutely amazing. The biggest disappointment was the 2** Michelin restaurant. We were seated at a table crawling with bugs. When we inquired about new utensils given the bugs, we were very reluctantly provided some but with huffing and eyerolls—terribly surprising for the caliber of the restaurant. The initial small bites to whet the appetite were terrible—one was almost inedible (one was a hard, stale beignet; “beignet” was their description). The rest of the tasting menu was fine but uninspired—with the exception of a gift from the chef of veal ravioli in veal jus with truffles and the desserts. Everything else was fine but not at the level of a 2** Michelin meal. Everything at the hotel was overpriced, but the rooms were luxurious and comfortable—and the location was great for us as we explored natural waterfalls and pools about an hour north, Bonifacio about 40 minutes south, and three beaches all between 15-30 minutes away. A highlight of the hotel was the infinity pool that was nearly perfect—it included a very attentive staff member who quickly replaced towels after anyone left. We were by far the youngest guests that we saw, but the hotel provided a great base for those wanting more luxury in their accommodations.

Magnifique! I don’t have enough adjectives to describe just how outstanding this place is. A gorgeous property with a beautiful pool. Our room excellent. The food delicious. The service friendly and very attentive (maybe too attentive - no need to push our seats in every time we return from the breakfast buffet). But this is not a complaint. I’m a fussy traveller and would say that this is one of the top resort hotels I have ever stayed at. Costly yes, but truly worth every penny. A long way to travel for us, but will return one day. It’s that special.