Villaggio Baia d'Ercole

Overall, I can definitely recommend the hotel. The main plus points are the beautiful beach, the excellent food and the great staff. The restaurant looks directly out onto the sea and the view at breakfast alone is worth its weight in gold. At dinner there is a wide selection of delicious and healthy starters, both hot and cold. There is always a pasta dish and a dish with fish or meat at the evening buffet, as well as a dessert and fruit to choose from. At lunchtime you can order pizza or salad. The hotel has two very nice pools. The entire hotel complex is very pleasantly designed and the gardens are very well maintained. There is even a small fitness area with equipment, although it is actually quite small. The staff are very friendly and committed, some employees speak excellent German, the others are fine. There is free WiFi, but sometimes a bit unreliable and you often have to enter a password. The very attractive bungalow complex also has an amphitheater for evening entertainment. We were there in the off-season, so there was no program in the amphitheater or I didn't notice it. In the evenings we had live music from a solo entertainer who sang. At breakfast there were always very long queues in front of the coffee machines. As a tip for tea drinkers, I recommend asking the waiters to bring you hot water in a jug, then you don't have to queue for every cup. The bed covers are, as is unfortunately often the case in Italy, quite impractical, i.e. there is only a sheet and the actual blanket on top. Mine always got tangled up, I don't know if that's the case with the Italians... Some of the rooms have already been renovated, some have not. Ours hadn't been renovated yet. There was not much storage space in the bathroom, the shower was quite small and a bit clunky. That should be better in the other rooms though.

Three of us stayed in April 2024, and it was a wonderful experience. Very beautiful village directly on the sea, full of vegetation, lawns and well-kept plants. All the village staff were professional and welcoming like few others. The new room is very nice, the breakfast was superb, nothing was missing... on the contrary. Highly recommended.