Panorama Palace Hotel

I will be happy to change my review to 4 stars when the hotel decides to turn their air conditioning on for the month of May. The rooms were VERY warm, and the front desk was not able to provide us with a fan of any kind to accommodate this. The beds were also stiff, and the pillows thin. Lovely location, and a nice enough lobby though.

Beautiful, our room had an ocean view. It was fantastic. The room was large and clean. The woman at the front desk was wonderful with any questions we had, she even talked us into taking a metro bus instead of a taxi. It saved us quite and bit of money and made the trip a better experience. Dinner and breakfasts were very pleasant. Would book again at this hotel.

The good things about this hotel are its location overlooking the sea and the lovely, quiet, little beaches below it with safe swimming. Our rooms were large and airy and overlooking the sea which we were entranced by. BUT there was no air conditioning and not even a ceiling fan so I hate to think what it must be like at the height of summer. The TV in one room blew the electrics when it was switched on, the shower attachment holder in the other room was broken so the shower head swung around at knee level while you washed your hair and swimming pool was frigid. HOWEVER, the noise was unbelievable - this is not the hotel's fault. It's situated opposite a small square which attracts local youths in the early hours of the morning and then the street cleaning regime takes place between 2am and 4am. It's not helped that the noise echoes around making it seem louder than it would be at street level. ALSO the location in Meta means you have to get a bus everywhere. It's not within walking distance of Sorrento and even the train station is a decent walk uphill. There were a number of tour groups, including school children, staying when we were there; they tend to eat at the hotel but if you want to join them it's 15 euros for a starter and 20 for a main course making it a very expensive dining option. This type of mass catering must impact on the nearby local restaurants, especially in October when the two we visited were devoid of diners. It was a pleasant enough experience but I probably wouldn't stay there again. Word of warning...the local tax is 56 euros in cash; we were told it would be 42 so it was a nasty surprise at the end of our holiday and at 4am when we were rushing to get to the airport that we had to scrabble around and find an extra 14 euros.