Hotel Italia e Lido Rapallo

The hotel is very comfortable and has this special ambience of a stay with friends. The location is perfect: beautiful and right on the sea-side next to the ancient castle. It is close to the old town, ferries and the railway station. The staff are very friendly, efficient and helpful. The breakfast was good and definitely much better than expected from a 3* hotel. The standards of cleanleness are very high. I would recommend this hotel to my friends and would love to return one day.

The hotel beach is the only "weak spot". It is quite small and could use some cleaning, especially after rains and storms. I never used it. However, I would like to add that Rapallo is an ideal base for exploring Liguria but not a beach place. It has a town beach but swimming there is not so pleasant because of proximity of the marina and ferries that come and go every hour. St-Michael (20 min walk from Rapallo) is a good place to swim.

The location is excellent and the staff were always friendly and helpful. Views from the restaurant made a good start to the day (as we did not have a sea view from our room).

Room (305) a bit small - but good for the price. Need a mirror in the bedroom (not just in the bathroom!). Breakfast a bit limited after 8 mornings of the same! We never managed to get a spot for parking in front of the hotel but free parking on the road nearby was fine.

Excellent location, excellent breakfast and good value for money.

A huge crack on our room wall which had been taped up but did take the shine off a little.