Carrick Hotel Camogli

Excellent hotel and highly recommended

says 5 star but defiantly not a 5 star hotel. It was clean and A/C worked great. Location was good. Place is super cooky.

We spent 6 days here and loved it. The staff were very friendly and helpful. The room was big and spacious as was the bathroom. The air con and black out curtains were perfect for a good nights sleep. Plenty of choice for the breakfast buffet. Roof top terrace was lovely in an evening. If I was to wish for anything it would have been more gluten free options and a more reasonably priced bar as felt it expensive. Short walk to the rail station for homeward journey was also handy.

I don’t know what we were expecting when we booked this hotel at relatively short notice, but we were truly impressed with the Carrick, & would heartily recommend it to anyone! We’d booked the ‘superior’ (standard) room, & this was much larger than the photos on the website suggested (I believe the unusual ‘triangle’ shape of the room can look deceptively small in photos); the bathroom was clean & well-equipped, and the dressing gowns & towels provided were exceptionally soft. The breakfast was superb, with myriad fruits, yoghurts, jams (thankfully nothing from Sig.ra Markle’s collection ), cold meats & cheeses, & an outstanding bread selection, featuring at least four different types of croissant alongside the rolls, white, rye, & brown breads, & ubiquitous focaccia. The breakfast espresso was first-class, & as a sparkling water addict, I was very pleased to find both naturale & frizzante bottles available alongside the juices at the drink station. While we didn’t partake, there were also hot options, with scrambled eggs, sausages, & bacon being available. The rooftop terrace, featuring sun loungers, umbrellas, a bar, & the hot tub with views of Camogli & the bay, was delightful: beach towels were provided here & could also be obtained from reception for the trips we made to San Fruttuoso. Undoubtedly, though, the most impressive feature of the Carrick was its staff, all of whom couldn’t have been more helpful, friendly, & polite. Particular plaudits must go to Rosario, the manageress at reception who was so helpful & committed to us, variously welcoming us on arrival with glasses of Franciacorta, bidding us farewell with some biscuits for for the ‘plane, & of course chasing/making dinner & lunch reservations when the restaurants in Camogli/San Fruttuoso seemed unwilling to answer the ‘phone/emails/instagram posts, alongside arranging a taxi for us to visit Mille e una Notte when a Foccacia Festival in Recco meant such vehicles were thin on the ground (indeed, a further example of her commitment to her position and to us - the taxi she managed to obtain was essentially a delightful friend of hers who agreed to take us up into the hills & collect us later on), but these are but a few examples of how marvellous she was in Her work: Brava, Rosario!