Villa Romana Hotel & Spa

Sitting at the top of Positano, basically the furthest you can go - from the pier. Take the bus up there or get your luggage delivered by porters if you're trying to hike all the way up there from the pier - it's a LONG and hard hike. Decent stay, good service from concierge who answered our questions well.

The location is great for access to the town and coast. The hotel itself is quaint but sadly lacks on so many fronts. The hotel is mostly run by men who are rude and unhelpful. The breakfast tea is cold, the fruit bad and the hot breakfast option is not an option. The rooms are clean and practical although noisy next to the street and the air conditioning can’t cope. We were glad it was May we visited and not mid summer. It’s so sad that with the right management and investment it could be what it looks in the photos and we were not alone in our disappointment. We will be returning to the Amalfi coast but sadly will not be returning to Villa Romana.

Minori is a tiny town, and here you have only 200 m to the beach. There is only valet parking (20 € per day), reception is fine. There is a small outdoor area with pool and sunbeds. Sunbeds cannot be changed in position - so this is very odd! Rooms and bathrooms are fine - but no seaview. Breakfast is buffet style - and fine. But my water for tea was in no way hot....

We loved the hotel and the location. Minori is a small town with a “locals” feel which we liked. Visiting the nearby towns of Almalfi and Miaori we really appreciated the comfortable and more relaxed feel of Minori. The seafront is easily walkable down mostly narrow streets although some roads it can be busy with traffic at times. We spent a lot of time on the seafront just watching the world go by, and the locals! We found the bus service unreliable and when one did appear it was full and not allowing further passengers aboard. Use the ferry service from Minori if it’s running (it won’t run in rough seas), it’s cheap and efficient. We ate mostly on the seafront, there’s plenty of choice for eating out. Our hotel room was very spacious with a good size bathroom and it was super clean, the cleaning staff remade our room daily and it was always spotless. We had a lovely little balance, the only downside was that it faced onto the road and was pretty noisy, the Italians seemed to like tooting their car/moped horns a lot! The doors and shutters did block some of this out but at times it was really noticeable. When we might have had the windows open for the fresh air we found it was too noisy to leave them open. However, as we had such roomy accommodation we tolerated the noise. Breakfast was great, plenty of choice and good quality food.