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Via G. Marconi 127, 84017, Italy
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Ranked #25 of 40 hotels in Positano
4.0 of 5 stars 106 Reviews
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Ottawa, Canada
2 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
“The Vertical Hotel”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 August 2011
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Note that this is no ordinary hotel. It is on the very nothern end of Positano and is hard to see in the pictures of Positano. It is built from the beach up to the main road, each room has a sea view terrace with views of Positano as well. The only question is how large your terrace is. Some terraces are so large you can't possibly use the whole thing and some so small only a table and two chairs fit. The hotel is divided in two. The beach side, with a funicular, and the pool side (with restaurant for breakfast) with two elevators. Rooms 1XX to 5XX are on the elevator side and rooms 6XX to 7XX are on the funicular side. Note that everyone uses the funicular to get to the beach and it can take 5 minutes for the funicular to arrive. We choose a room on the elevator side partly because it would be faster to get to and from breakfast (room service for breakfast is 20 Euros per person) and partly to get to our room when returning from downtown. Do be sure that the room you are given is the room you booked. The hotel dropped our rate by 70 Euros when we questioned them about room size. Our room was recently renovated, very clean (as was the entire hotel) and comfortable. The pool and beach staff are happy and helpful. The reception staff can depend on the person; Raphael is lovely and was very helpful, but some others just seemed to want to be rid of you. The reception staff are not very forthcoming with tourist information and the hotel could use a full time concierge to help guests with excursions. Do all your research before arriving. Internet is not included; we stayed 7 days so paid the 25 Euro for a week of wi-fi. The shuttle buses are on time and there are often two at busy times. Don't expect any conversation from the the drivers. Check your bill carefully when checking out. Our 70 Euro discount was not calculated correctly. Note that whenever you sign for food, at breakfast or at the pool or beach, you will be charged. There is no amount on the form you sign and staff will tell you they don't know how much you are being charged. The hotel should really try to improve this so that people know what price they are signing for. You don't see the charge until checkout and its very difficult to understand the Italian itemized list.
We enjoyed our stay very much. We did not miss staying in the town because we had fabulous views at the hotel, it was quiet at night, and the shuttle made it easy to get to and from downtown.

  • Stayed August 2011, travelled with friends
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Budapest, Hungary
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3 reviews 3 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Good shower missing to be perfect!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 August 2011
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Everything was spectacular (view, service, food, beach, weather, etc.), EXCEPT for the ridiculously small and old shower cabin in an otherwise big bathroom.
I'd like to have a nice relaxing shower in a 5*, especially after a day at the seaside.
Don't know if all the rooms have the same small facility or only we were that 'lucky'.
That said, I would really recommend to go there, it's worth it, even with the old, small (but clean!) shower cabin!

  • Stayed August 2011, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Washington DC, District of Columbia
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23 reviews 23 reviews
Reviews in 15 cities Reviews in 15 cities
21 helpful votes 21 helpful votes
“Great location and private beach; rooms and service OK but views amazing.”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 August 2011

I think you need to weigh the pros and cons of this hotel We loved the location just atop the cliffs of Positano, but some might prefer to be down in the center of the town where you can walk everywhere. Le Agavi has a shuttle that goes back and forth down the hill to the town, and we preferred to sleep, eat and relax a bit away from the very crowded narrow streets of Positano. The private beach (or sunning area) is pretty amazing with a restaurant as well, but we never would have even known it was there but for other guests who we met in the elevator! You have to take a walk, a cable car and an elevator to get there which is part of the fun. The service at the desk was spotty - some of the staff making great recommendations and being very helpful, others just handing us a flyer from a local vendor without much thought. The breakfast was delicious though, on an exquisite terrace, and our room also had a beautiful terrace with views of the sea. So weigh it with your other options - but we had a wonderful time during our stay,

  • Stayed July 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Athens, Greece
1 review
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“A 3 star hotel with 5 star rates!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 August 2011
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Le Agavi was the last hotel we visited during our honeymoon in Positano. Unfortunately its was a very dissapointing experience because the hotel was nothing like what we expected, especially for the rate charged for a double room. Additionally the website is very misleading!!!! The hotel is very old and old fashioned and needs refurbishment and redecoration immediately!!!!! The main problem was with the hotel facilitues. The private beach and beach bar has nothing to do with the luxury that one should expect from a 5 star hotel. The hotel has a poor wooden deck for a beach with plastic sun beds, tables and chairs. The beach bar looks more like a cheap canteen and the quality of the food is also that of a very low quality canteen. The beach shower and changing room are so old and rusty.... Not to mention the extremely dirty water that made it impossible to swim in! Please see the pictures below which reflect reality to a 100%! The same stands for the pool area - plastic chairs, sunbeds and a pool bar that belongs to the 70s! The rooms were ok in general but had nothing to do with what appears on the website. They were very noisy though since the doors were not at all soundproof so we could here everything from very early in the morning!!! It was a very disspaointing experience for us so we upload all pictures below to present the real image of the hotel. Of course the view was great but this was the only good thing about this hotel....

  • Stayed July 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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capivanni, Responsabile reception at Le Agavi Hotel, responded to this review
11 August 2011
Dimitra Lignou-Afea SA Travel Congress Service-Grece

referring to the content of your e-mail, I am obliged to point out that the website you consulted before you made the reservation corresponds to what we really offer to the clients.

It is not misleading as you would like to make believe.

If you did not like the hotel, you could have booked other hotels in Positano.

We have rejected other reservations more remunerative than yours in order to offer you the availability, but you repaid us with your overbearing, provocative and defamatory attitude to our hotel and its staff.

I think that your complaint is just an excuse for obtaining a refund which is not due to you as per the hotel rules (earlier departure).

We always do our utmost to fulfill the clients’ wishes, but it is necessary that we receive eventual cancellations three or four days prior to the date of arrival so that we have the chance to make other bookings in order to avoid an economic damage.

We would never take the liberty of judging hoteliers or travel agents we work with.

Your opinion and threats are not constructive and they cannot concern us as most of our partners are very happy to cooperate with us and our guests do enjoy the services we provide.

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Long Beach, New York
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6 reviews 6 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“The hotel that has everything!!!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 July 2011

This was the last hotel we stayed in on our honeymoon and the best by far. The hotel is located outside of the downtown area on a cliff overlooking Positano so the views were incredible. We preferred being outside of town because it felt more exclusive and relaxing and wasn't as touristy. The hotel also provided a shuttle downtown which was very convenient (only a 5 minute drive and they picked up and dropped off just about every hour on the hour, which made it very easy). This is the only hotel with a private beach which is rocky, but all beaches in positano are rocky and it didn't bother us at all because we enjoyed laying by the pool, having cocktails and taking in the view. Our suite was very large, clean and had two floors with a huge balcony and we didn't have a problem with the decor at all, it did add to the charm of the place. We stayed for 6 days and actually ended up skipping Pompeii because it was so relaxing we didn't want to leave and we did not have one issue for the entire stay. The food at the restaurant was excellent. The staff was the best out of any of the hotels we stayed at on our honeymoon. We want to go back every year! Also, check out the vendors outside the hotel. I bought bracelets as souvenirs for my friends and saw the same exact bracelets downtown for 5 euro more.

  • Stayed June 2011
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Address: Via G. Marconi 127, 84017, Italy
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