Have just returned from a 2 night stay at the Loreley hotel in Anacapri. My experience in summary:

Location: I'd have to say that this is the best reason for staying at the Loreley. Only a couple of minutes walk from Piazza Vittoria which is the main square in Anacapri. All the buses to/from Capri/ Marina Grande stop at this Piazza. The chair lift to Monte Solaro is also a minute away. Villa San Michelle about 6-7 minutes walk away.

Rooms: Mine was very very basic but clean. It was a twin room. No view to speak of and the room was very dark so even during the day the lights had to be on. Ensuite shower/toilet was very small but pleny of hot water. Sheets were clean and extra blankets provided.

Breakfast: Very very very basic!! For all you people from the UK - not a bacon/sausage/egg in sight! But I suppose breakfast isn't a big deal for the Italians! So expect a few pieces of white bread (not soft and warm!), a croissant, and butter and preserves. The coffee was excellent though.

Staff were helpful but didn't find them overly effusive.

In summary, considering I was only in the hotel to sleep, it was fine. But if you want to relax in your hotel, then this isn't the hotel for you. Having said that, perhaps there are bettter rooms in the hotel.

I just walked in here from the cab about 3 years ago. It was recommended to me by someone on the ferry over from Naples. It was very friendly with a good breakfast, well located to Mte Solara and the certer of Anacapri.

The room was clean with a nice view of the sea, but maybe downstairs room lack the view.

While not fancy (3 star by my estimate), I enjoyed this place alot.

My first advice arriving in Capri is to take a cab to Hotel Loreley, yes the bus is cheaper, but the cabs are lined up and ready...convertible ride to the top of Anacapri is worth the 20euro when seeing Capri for the first time. The views are magnificent!

The Loreley is a quiet hotel super close to the town center of Anacapri and bus stop to all major attractions. The hotel is owned by a very nice family that were so helpful when we had tons of questions about train schedules, etc..even used their computer to help us get information.

Rooms are low key, but clean and simple. You get what you pay for here.

We stayed in this hotel on July 2006. The location of the hotel is great - we didn't like the city of Capri and the port area - they were both full of jetset people, awfully lots of crowd and over-priced shops and restaurants. Anacapri is a lovely, quite place from where you can easily go hiking for example. The restaurants are cheaper and there are far less people than in other parts of the island. Buses run often - it takes about 20 minutes to reach the port.

Loreley is a good budget hotel. If you are looking for something fancy you shouldn't stay here but if you are looking for reasonably priced accomodation and great location then this is your place. There was no air condition but it didn't bother us as the island of Capri is not that hot during the summertime as the continental Italy. Even though it might be hot during the daytime you might need a long-sleeved shirt in the evening - so the room wasn't too hot in the night and we were able to sleep well.

The rooms and the hotel are a bit worn and the toilet and the shower weren't great (it takes about 15 minutes before you can use the toilet again because the cistern is filling up so slowly and the shower didn't have much pressure and the water spreaded all over the bathroom after shower). Breakfast consisted of croissant, bread roll, juice and coffee/tea which was ok. The staff was friendly and will gladly help you if you have any questions.