We would never stay here again. Caveat Emptor. Bottom line: the management oversold the facilities and underdelivered when the rooms had problems. Worse, they had "bad math" when it came time to pay the bill and overcharged us by $600 Euros until we caught it, so be careful.

I rented all four rooms of the Torre Turbolo Roman / Saracen tower hotel from the Villaggio Nettuno based on the website and discussions with their management.

We planned a family reunion there with kids and grandparents. We loved the Massa Lubrense area and vacationed there before. The village of Marina del Cantone is lovely and has a number of good restaurants and attractions.

However, Torre Turbolo was really disappointing given how expensive it was and the awful owner and management. Salt in the wound was when we discovered that we could have stayed in the brand new Spa Resort in Marina del Cantone in beautiful rooms and had daily massages for less than the tower cost.

While this would be an OK place to camp on Amalfi, don't rent their shelters! Don't get wooed by the romantic notion of sleeping in a Roman tower.

BEWARE THEIR WEBSITE MARKETING:
- "Private ways to the beach" not private beach as they said on the phone. We booked in Italian, so there were no translation issues.

- The Tower seems remote, but upon arriving it is completely surrounded by campers and trailers, so the view is not as it seems on the web. This is especially an issue on the bottom Scirocco "garden" unit, since it's completely surrounded by campers with no privacy and no grass like in the pictures.

- Smaller top unit gets really hot during the day. Low wall made us nervous with young kids. Level with Nettuno "Resort" night bad american disco music and skits, so plan to be awake until 1am.

PROBLEMS:
- When negotiating a price, get it all down in writing via email before coming to stay
- Air conditioning in Libeccio failed repeatedly and they were not able to fix - and the rooms get hot and say hot if you can't get AC in July/August. The electrician said the place was just not wired right.
- Smelly bathrooms and awful water pressure for as expensive place as this is
- Stove/oven didn't work in Maestrale apartment
- Dirty beach but when it's clean, it's beautiful
- Mediocre restaurant, but there are great ones in town a short walk away. The pizza was good, though.
- If you rent the bungalows, just know that they have really bad entertainment until about midnight which kids like, but it's really loud, even from the tower, but would have been unbearable from the bungalows.
- Our kids were not allowed to play soccer in the campground near the tower, since so many tents were there.
- They tried to charge us $300 Euros for a basic portable crib.
- It's loud at night with all the campers and music, so small kids may have trouble getting to sleep.
- Washing clothes does not include drying, so you get handed a sack of wet towels/clothes not even wrung dry.
- They claim internet service, but they had none for 7 of the 14 days we were there and sporadic for the rest. Plus, it's pretty expensive and slow. Drive up to the city and get free fast wifi.

Ciao, Z