Hotel Palumbo

The gentlemen at the reception, i forgot his name but very helpful guy. He wears spectacles and he did our check-in in the midnight of 29th september and he called the cab too. Good holiday i would say.

There was no good breakfast. On holiday all we want is good food and good sleep to have a good explore. But there was no good breakfast. You can definitely add more to the breakfast.

We liked the proximity to the sea and quay. The hotel was a traditional, renovated farm house, so had real character and good furniture. It even had its own little chapel of Santa Anna! Especially we liked and always look for the proximity to the station with frequent trains and local bus stops. We liked our large balcony, where we could eat our excellent take aways from Al fornio, amazing affordable lasagnes. It was opposite the good supermarket which sold good affordable beer and wine. The staff at Hotel Palumbo were helpful and spoke good English. The street outside was well lit and tree lined and a short walk to the sea. The balcony would have been even better with a parasol, which I did ask for but they did not have one. The local Italian people were very friendly and helpful indeed. The dentist and pharmacy excellent.

We did not like the use of flimsy plastic cups for fruit juice. They washed other things up so why not glasses? However we found the use of plastic cups etc throughout the area excessive. This was not really the hotel's fault but the pavements just outside the hotel had dog dirt. This dog dirt on the pavements was also typical of this part of Italy. The Italians do not seem to clean up after their dogs. Of course some do but on the whole they did not. We really found this a nuisance and had to be careful where we walked. The tree lined streets were a dog's paradise! Litter also accumulated in these areas. The local council owe it to their hoteliers and tourist industry to clean up and encourage inhabitants to be more environmentally aware of these issues.

Gorgeous furniture in attractive Masseria

Limited restaurants / bars nearby