빌라 코랄리움

We were recommend to stay at this hotel in Praiano ,which is the sister hotel of the Onda Verde Hotel by a good friend who was there a year ago . They had a wonderful time so we thought we would give it a try . It is located between Amalfi and Positano. We loved every minute of our 4 day stay ! The family owned hotels are actually connected together sharing the same reception area ,restaurant and amenities . Our family had two rooms which were very nice and both had terraces with stunning views. What we loved about this place was it was a small hotel run by the owners and their family members. The breakfast was delicious with an assortment of items to choose from . They had a chef ready to prepare any kind of egg dish we wanted and the pastry table with an assortment of freshly prepared items were all very good ! We had dinner there the night we arrived and our last night at their restaurant Franchino’s which was well beyond our expectations! Every thing was delicious and nicely presented . They were some of the best meals we had during our 4 night ,5 days stay in the Amalfi Coast . They arranged water taxis for us to go to and from Amalfi and Positano, private boat tours of the Amalfi Coast , and recommend restaurants for lunch and dinner . We stayed at 5 star hotels in Capri, Sorrento, and Napoli and enjoyed our stay at this family run hotel the best ! We highly recommend this hotel and the Onda Verde .

When we arrived at the hotel we had booked parking & were slightly confused as the car park was full, we called reception and we’re given instructions to double park and block someone in, if the person in front needed to get out the hotel staff would move our car - these instructions would have been useful upfront as there is nowhere safe to stop on this road. The car park is on a busy section of road with quite a lip up into it and I’d rather not have left our hire car keys incase the car was bumped or damaged as this would have resulted in a hefty fee from SIXT. Upon arriving at reception the views were stunning and staff very friendly, our room was nice but probably a bit basic when we’d paid £350+ for a night with no sea view - although as we found out these rooms do actually still come with a private terrace a little walk away so don’t be fooled into paying more for a higher level room. Once we were sorted we headed to the pool/pool bar and the chap working was very rude and made us feel like everything was a problem. The first two cocktails we asked for he told us he couldn’t make, he didn’t have mint for a mojito or tequila for a tequila sunrise, which was really poor for an expensive hotel. We eventually managed to agree on G&T and geared ourselves up for asking for lunch, this didn’t go down well either and this member of staff ruined our pool experience as we weren’t comfortable asking for more drinks - which were very expensive compared to most over places. Our evening meal was incredible and we sat outside the restaurant with the most stunning view, although I’m sure this possible at any hotel along the Amalfi, the staff at dinner were really friendly and couldn’t do enough. We had a lovely stay but overall I think we’d try elsewhere next time, the pool was very small for the size of the hotel & luckily we visited at a quiet time, the rude man at the poolside bar left a really sour taste in our mouths as this was really the only place to sit and have drinks in the day and we were made to feel really awkward.