We decided to visit Corsica for the first time last August with our two children and as I left it quite late, I found it hard to get accommodation. When I called the Roc e Fiori, I was offered a two bed 'apartment' with private jaccuzi and separate living area for a large amount of money.

When I arrived, we were shocked. The apartment was small, very basic decor and quite tricky to get too with luggage. The jacuzzi was a tiny dirty plunge pool with freezing cold water.

They ran out of towels every day and did not allow us to keep a few basic food items in the fridge like milk and biscuits.

Definitely not worth what I paid for and would never go back.

This hotel promised so much, and delivered very little. It is far from the centre of Porto Vecchio, up an uninspiring road, with only a pizzeria of the plastic chair variety around the corner for company.

We had booked a "privilege room" but I would have named it a "Holiday Inn" Room completely with nasty synthetic bedspread.

The grounds were depressing and needed attention, the whole mood of the place was off - felt like a reasonable hotel fallen on hard times / ghost hotel.

The biggest issue here was the price. When compared with what else was on offer around the area (but sadly booked up) or to London hotels, this came up massively short - a beautiful room at Claridges would be significantly cheaper than this place and worth twice as much.

In the end, my boyfriend and I were so depressed by Roc e Fiori that we went back to Bonifacio and stayed there, leaving our synthetic bedsheet and 1980s bathroom untouched.

We requested four nights for mid april directly with this hotel and because my wife has a problem climbing stairs we specifically asked for a ground floor room.We were told that ' all rooms are at ground floor level' so we confirmed the reservation and paid the 30% deposit requested.
On arrival we found that all of the rooms are accesible only by flights of steep stone steps with no hand rails, this ruled out any possibility of us staying.
The hotel is on a rocky hillside and only the main building and reception area are at the car park level. All the rooms plus the pool and terrace areas are accessed by steep stone steps.One of the rooms we were offered even had some of these to reach various levels inside the room.
The managment refused to refund our deposit and a subsequent e-mail requesting that they refund at least part of it has not been answered.
The only positive comment is that tthey did assist us to find another hotel.

This was a major disappointment and very bad value. Service was friendly but not overly helpful as we realised on arrival - complete with toddler and luggage. The room was very average -more akin to a beach bungalow with basic bathroom and amenities- the terrace outside was decked in unfinished splintering timber and adorned with one empty planter and another full of weeds. The grounds (including pool area and furniture) need some serious investment, weeding and general tlc. Ironically the interior of the main building was clean and comfortable with many varied reception rooms. The obligatory half board dinner was fine and the service friendly if understaffed - the atmosphere was better in the restaurant downstairs as opposed to the large function room upstairs. Breakfast was basic.

In short this is in a quiet and useful location for the beach but thats about it.