This is the second year my friend and I have stayed here, and each time has been perfect.
From the smiley welcome at the airport of the hotel manageress who recognised us from last year, we knew we're were onto another winner of a week. The suites are really more like villas minus the cooking aparatus, although there's a fridge which is great for a bottle of wine that can be consumed on the veranda befor dinner! We stayed in one of the smaller suites but there was still plenty of room, I hit the jackpot and had the double bed and my friend slept on the sofa, which was apparently plenty comfortable enough but during the week we discovered there was a proper mattress under the bed!
The air con was a lifesaver as the weather was amazing, but sometimes it was nice to just stand on the tiled floor and cool down!
The food was fantastic, we ate there all the time! Partly because we didn't have a car to travel around but mainly because it was so fresh and tasty we didn't want to risk a meal anywhere else in case of major disappointment! Every meal the lovely chap would recommend something to us, which we just went with even if we weren't sure, and everytime we discovered something we loved!
Last year we went down to the beach a couple of times, which is about a 25 minute walk, and spent the day at the sister hotel, White. This is a lovely place, great views and lovely contemporary feel. But this year we were feeling lazy and didn't venture out other than for a run every morning before breakfast.
We found out that the buildings had all been built in the late 1990's, which amazed us because it genuinely looks way older. The stone used to face all the buildings is lovely and the paint colours that have been used on windows, doors, chairs etc are all different but similar tones of what I'd say in the UK were Farrow & Ball....really gorgeous. Second year on and everything looks as well maintained as last year, the gardens are tremendous and all of the staff were really friendly and smiley.
Not sure what I can add to that really, other than the fact that we took advantage of a 25% off offer in June and the full board option was really good value.
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30 July 2011
Thank you for Choosing Petrino Suites for a third time for your Summer holidays, We thank you for your nice review and we hope to welcome you next year.
Best wishes from all of the team of Petrino and especially from Maria .
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