I myself am a guest of this wonderful hotel ever since I was born.
My Grandmother took my mother there and she took me, now it is my turn to take my children. We go back to Riccione 2-4 times every year and it feels like home, not only because I know just about everyone of the staff and they make me feel welcome and cosy more than at home, but also because of the great service (ask for anything and the staff will do their very best to fullfill anything possible), the excellent food and the nice rooms! At Riccione this is the place to stay at and there is absolutely no other chioce!
The hotel is located directly at the beach and most of the rooms have a great seaview!
It takes about 5 minutes to walk to V. Ceccarini, the shopping mile. If you arrive by plane, no problem, the hotel has a private shuttlebus, if you decide to come by car there is a big garage! The hotel offers private babysitters but also has a big "Miniclub" offering activites every day and the children love it. There's an extra dining room for the children, which opens earlier than the main restaurant and offers food children prefer.
There's a refreshing pool and a second one is being built at the moment as well as a wellness center. Obviously I have never been there for business, but the hotel holds many congress' and has bigger and smaller rooms for conventions and meetings.
In the summer, once a week the hotel organises a bbq on the beach which is always a great experience to remember for all the guests.
I can not wait until next year to return and will enjoy the last rays of sun in September already before I will spend the winter dreaming of my next summer holiday at Riccione!

The best thing about this hotel was the incredible service I received from the desk staff. They all spoke great English and called several of the nightclubs to check open status (alot of stuff in Riccione closes in September) as well as get directions for me from the hotel. They supplied me with an electricity converter when my own crapped out on me as well as wine glasses from the restaurant so I could enjoy a bottle I had bought in Tuscany upstairs. The breakfast staff in the restaurant was equally kind.

The lobby/downstairs areas are bright and attractive, and the overall decor helps put you in a good mood.

The room and bathroom were spotless and smelled great, although the hallways all reek of cigarettes. The shower lacked a curtain and only had a small partition covering one quarter of the side of the shower, necessitating hand-held use of the spray handle.

The room was also quite cold and the max temperature produced no heat. Riccione is not freezing cold, but can be quite chilly on a mid-September night.

The view was decent, but about a third of it was obstructed by construction of a new wing of the hotel closer to the ocean.

Breakfast was somewhat limited (no eggs or muffins) and the fruit was not very fresh.

A four star place in Italy is not the same as what you get for four stars in the US, but the staff and appearance of the place really won me over and I would probably stay again.

Good 4* hotel: services, furnishing, breakfast, situation. Stayed on the second floor. Indeed the traffc can be a bit noisy in the evening. On the higher floors the situation is better. There is some construction going on south of the hotel. Just mention your requirements and ask for a proper room with a good view of the beach.
Hotel Pool is a bit small but proper and nice to cool off. The hotel has no fitness machines but offers the nearby Therme. There is fitness, but only open from 9:00 am to 13:00. The hotel offers (push) bikes which are great to explore the city and beachfront. The beachfront is only a 50 m away and good for running excercise or walk.
WIFI connection was quickly established. The signal on the second floor was at times weak.
The hotel is located in the quiter more relaxed parts of Riccione. Restaurants, winehouse gelateria and shops are just around the corner.

Stayed here for a trade fair taking place in Rimini trade fair. Staff very welcoming throughout the stay.

Hotel and rooms in general were clean but whether this was end of season or just too many groups staying in the hotel the fixtures and fittings are worn, scratched, stained or just plain missing. Ok don't laugh but do people really steal the plastic tube that inserts in the toilet roll and then clips into the ceramic holder tiled into the wall?

If your here for business and need to use the hotel wifi system with your laptop, cross your fingers. It worked intermittently with the intervention of a technician every day. If you hope to sit in your room and work you might be lucky, or you'll end up like me either sitting in the hotel corridor or down in the lobby.

The bedroom walls are paper thin so don't be surprised to hear everything that your neighbours , up, down to the side are doing and saying.

Breakfast, excellent coffee, this is the norm for Italy, buffet was ok but nothing to get up early for.

Didn't eat in the hotel restaurant.

Stay again, if nothing else is available i suppose so, but the situation of the hotle in regards to the pedestrianised centre is a good 10 minutes walk.