Hotel La Bussola

Perfect location, close to everything. I have stayed in Amalfi often, so I knew where I wanted to be. We paid extra for a balcony and a sea view. The balcony was great but the room was on the first floor and the view was more of the trees with glimpses of the sea and boats. I was very disappointed. I asked if they could change us to a room with a better view, but they didn’t. The breakfast was great.

They gave us a room on the first floor so there was only a view of trees with glimpses of the sea and boats. We paid extra to have a sea view so this view was very disappointing. All the sea view rooms on higher floors have excellent sea views. I asked them to change our room but they didn’t. Also the trim around the door to our room had a finish nail sticking out on which I snagged my $100 knit top. I told the staff and they sent someone to pound the nail in. I showed them the hole in my top. They seemed unconcerned, so I had to ask what they could do for me. They had a woman “repair” it. After she sewed it, you could obviously see the stitching right in front. I said that that is not acceptable. They said you can just wear that side in back! I know none of those ladies would wear a top repaired like that. I told them I paid $100 for the top. They offered me $10. That was an insult. They finally paid me 46 euro for it. I shouldn’t have had to negotiate that! The staff was not our favorite on this trip, to say the least. If I were training this staff I would have told them to be nice to the tourists. When I showed them the hole in my top they should have said, “I am sorry, what can we do to make it right?” Or something like that. It was obvious that the nail sticking out caused the hole!