Four of us stayed at the hotel for four nights in early August 2008. My uncle was marrying an Italian girl not far from Pescara. The hotel is literally right across the street from the beach and minutes away from shopping and restaurants.

The rooms were pretty standard and the bathrooms seemed fairly large for Europe. The shower had plenty of room, although water tended to get everywhere if you took a long shower.

The hotel staff was friendly but their English was a little broken. I do not recommend the Rooftop Restuarant for dinner, but the breakfast bar is good.

If we ever return to Pescara, we will most likely stay at the Esplanade again mainly for the convenience of the local sights.

We stayed for 2 nights and can't say we enjoyed it. From the outside it gives a pretty nice impression, but the rooms need to be refreshed and the staff consist of middle-aged men, who don't seem interested in making your stay enjoyable...

It's definitely overpriced - and we wouldn't stay there again in case we'll be passing by Pescara. The breakfast is really poor as well.

I studied in Italy during the summer of '04. 10 of us decided to go to Pescara for a long weekend. We stayed at the Esplanade and had a great time. The hotel rooms were spacious and clean. The staff was helpful. The hotel restaurant is on one of the top floors completly open to the outside, with a view of the Adriatic. The food is good, but the scenary is what makes it awesome. The price is very reasonable for the quality of the hotel and its location. It is directly across from the beach, shops, and restaurants. It also give direct access to the city. Plenty of shoping and dining can be done with-in a short walk of the hotel.

Hotel is very easy to find, just a 5 minute walk from the main station straight down to the beach.

The Esplanade staff spoke very good English and were very polite and helpful.

The hotel itself is pretty basic. Room has TV and good air-con. Good size bathroom.

Didn't eat in the restaurant, mainly because of reviews on tripadvisor.

Nearby restaurants are ok, but nothing special. If you happen to eat after 8:30pm then the restaurants will be busy and we found that all the waiters struggled to cope.

Only restaurant we would recommend is the Fish restaurant just opposite the hotel. I think it was the La Sirenetta.
Pizza at the Palm Beach restaurant was probably the next best.

We chose Pescara because we had to be in that region for a few days. I think we were ready to come home after our 4 days there as there are not too many things to do.

We did try the Museum of Modern art, which had an Andy Warhol exhibition in 2 rooms and then there was just one other room with a few paintings in.