My wife and I have been in the travel business for over thirty years. I traveled to Ravello with my daughter and teenage grandson. We had two rooms at the Villa Amore. Except for the view, which is to die for, I would never recommend or return to this hotel. We checked into the hotel on a Monday and parked the car in a parking lot as directed by the hotel. The walk to the hotel involves many, many steps up hill. The location of the hotel is truly breathtaking. BUT, BUT both rooms were poorly cleaned and both rooms had garbage from former clients in the shower and bathroom. We stayed only one night. My daughter woke up with terrible bites (76) all over her body. They appeared to be bedbug bites. We had to go to a hospital in Rome the next day for treatment. Then, when we checked out of the hotel Villa Amore Tuesday morning and went back to the parking lot to get our car, it had been towed away. The hotel had failed to tell us when they directed us to the parking lot on Monday that we had to be out of the parking lot by 6am the next day, Tuesday, because there is an open air market in the parking lot every Tuesday. Towing cost me 100 euros. Fine cost me 38.50 euros. That does not count the time wasted in getting the car out of the towing garage which was about a third of the way down the hill toward Amalfi. No, Sir. This is a hotel to stay away from. It apparently is owned by two very elderly frail ladies who have done nothing in years to upgradethe place and who have lost all supervision of the cleanliness. The restaurant, by the way, is independent of the hotel and is excellent. Certainly dine here. Great staff, fabulous views. But in no way stay in any bed here unless you bring insect spray or are prepared for hospital and dermatologist bills. And above all, watch out for the parking.
The Villa Cimbrone, very nearby is definitely worth a visit. There is a fabulous hotel here on the Villa grounds but it will cost you a lot to stay. If you can afford it, this is the place to stay. But, as I said, it is in the expensive category.
- Amore Hotel Ravello
