Maison La Minervetta

Marvellous view from the room to the bay and Vesuvius (a French balcony in a Deluxe room). Free access to Bagni Delfino (a platform with sunbeds and umbrellas and stairs to the sea, from 10 am till 6 pm) in Marina Grande. Private stairs descending right to the beach (this way up/down may be difficult for elderly people). Parking at the hotel. Free snack buffet from 6 till 7 pm. Very helpful staff at the reception. 10 min on foot to the main pedestrian street.

The décor of public areas is interesting and extraordinary but looks a bit too encumbered with great number of quite different items. Not all rooms are decorated in the same way. If you choose the hotel due to the marina style, you may be greatly disappointed as we were, being accommodated in Deluxe Room 11, which is performed in a mixed blue-yellow colour scheme with conspicuous Indian motifs, too gaudy. I suppose the administration should offer a separate reservation option for this room. Not a single peg in the bathroom. Lovely pottery at breakfast but the food is rather moderate for a 4* hotel: only eggs as hot dishes, little fruit and greens, no watermelon, no olives – that is in August in Italy! No electric kettle and tea/coffee sets in the rooms, though you can ask for boiled water at the reception but it is not very convenient. The pool is tiny (2X4 m) and shadowed in the afternoon. Failure in the hotel reservation system – 6 months in advance booking.com confirmed two nights reservation but 3 months later the hotel rejected the first night reservation without any apologies and I had to seek for another variant – luckily it was not on the day of my arrival.