Hotels near Giardino della Minerva, Salerno

Let me start by saying that we ended up here with a Smartbox received as a gift for the whole family. We find ourselves in a quadruple room, with a mattress on the floor and only two single blankets for four people... The two boys await us and receive us kindly... Then, we lost track of them for three days. We are verbally assured of breakfast, as was indicated in the Smartbox. We discover that we have to have breakfast in the bar/grocery shop below. The first morning we go and the gentleman at the bar didn't know anything about it, but he welcomed us with great kindness anyway. Too bad that, not knowing anything, he had very little assor**ent even though it was 9 in the morning. However, breakfast consists of a coffee and a croissant. The next day, Sunday, we were left empty. Bar closed, guys unreachable by phone. Keep this in mind if you end up here on Sunday. I would add that the cleanliness is discreet, but it could be done much better. Balcony unreachable because blocked by a bed. Except for the location, which is undoubtedly convenient for reaching the center on foot and for getting around by car. And except for the availability of making a coffee independently and for free, which alleviated the pain of breakfast for us. The car park mentioned on the site consists of a public car park a few meters away, where it is not certain that you will always be able to find a space. Disappointing experience... They definitely still have a lot of work to do to reach adequate standards.

Very clean, comfortable hotel. Very friendly and helpful staff. Special mention to housekeeping staff who were so accommodating, room serviced as soon as we left to go out. Beds extremely comfortable, with extra pillows and duvets provided. Bathroom large, with a walk-in shower. Excellent location in the town centre and a few minutes walk to the train station. Cathedral and churches well worth a walk down to see, and plenty of cafes and restaurants nearby. Breakfast at the hotel was a little meagre, but not unusual for Italy. Wish we had brushed up on the Italian language, not many English speakers in Salerno, but that was our fault and will take lessons before returning! All in all, we had a lovely stay at this hotel and would definitely go back.

After lots of research we decided to make salerno as a base to explore amalfi coast and capri, and we r happy that we stayed here. Direct fast train from Rome [sorrento doesn't]..hotel being just Opposite to railway station. Easy to reach. We booked 1 double room and 1 single room for our family of 3. Rooms r clean, AC works great, normal size bathroom ,good hot water,supermarket nearby, walking distance to port and beach. Taxi stand just opposite to hotel, and main bus stop also just in front. We took ferry to capri (2 ports for ferry, LNG ferry 1.5 km away, 10 euro for taxi )and for amalfi town we took SITA bus 24 hour pass 10 euro per person and we started with amalfi, ravello and reached Positano and return. Easy to catch bus ,and just in 10 euro pp we completed our amalfi coast . Excellent location.and no noise in rooms, breakfast is great, fresh bakery and fruits every day. Staff is cheerful and extra helping. Best of all our hotels in Italy. Though rating is 3 star it is Actually better then msny 4 star hotels. Kudos to family management

The hotel does have a grand-presence on Lungomare. Being an older and spacious property does have it's advantages - like having a wide balcony with chairs to gaze out at the exotic Amalfi coast (photo attached). Though Easter time, we were lucky to have a room with a balcony. Conveniently located in a 10-minute walk the the Salerno station, bus-stop or concordia Pier to reach Amalfi. Room was spacious with large cupboards and a small place to cook-meals. A kettle would have been comfortable in the room. Being Asian, I love my warm water and a morning coffee. Breakfast was tasty with some of the local sweet delicacies like Sfogliatella and Conchiglia. I noticed it was spread in way which reduced food-wastage on the table. However, I missed warm sausages or omlette. Would have also liked vegetable salads and cut fruits. A variety of whole fresh fruits were accessible, but sometimes we get lazy to peel and eat an entire fruit :) Staff were friendly and helpful.

Very comfortable stay. Nice, clean room certainly no complaints in that respect. Location is outside of the centre of Salerno, however a half-hourly train can be caught 5 minutes walk away from the hotel, which gets u into Salerno in 15 minutes, and u can be at the tourist ferry terminal in 25 minutes. A small number of restaurants around and a supermarket is 2 minutes away. Breakfast was very basic but was sufficient enough. Not too bad for the price point and definitely cheaper than Amalfi Coast, but the easy access to Amalfi Coast made it worth the stay.

The hotel is ok, some weird rules around the pool where you are obligated to wear a cap in order to access it. The safe guard is very persistent on keeping this rule. The restaurant was surprisingly better than expected. It takes about 1.5h to reach amalfi by the car from hotel. Hotel has a parking lot which is def a perk. The rooms were ok and clean.

We booked for our anniversary an used this apartment as a base which is situated high up on the Amalfi hill, not the hotel fault but wanted to make people aware it’s on a dangerous bend the apartment was equipped well however the other inconsiderate residents used the washing machine on the top floor at 4 am. We was based on floor 5 so could hear this none stop. I think people use here as a base the hotel is further down the road an apparently more modern. The restaurants are all in the hotel an nearly £50 for 2 ppl for breakfast is ridiculous priced but this was for a buffet of pasty yogurt an eggs served to your table how you like them. Just felt over priced. Also you can’t use the hotel pool even though it wasn’t at full capacity. They offer a shuttle service to & from the main town €5 each way and can be reached via what’s app service. Some of the staff where pleasant and friendly and some not. I got the impression you have to be a hotel guest to be treated well. As an apartment the bedding was changed once the towels once or pay £12 each day for clean ones even though they are paper thin. Maiori is a small older traditional town in my opinion close enough to catch the ferry to positano / Capri/ Amalfi etc but I wouldn’t return.

We stayed here for 3 nights and enjoyed our stay here and the place as well was nice in Atrani. It is only a 10 min walk to Amalfi. The rooms were of a decent size and bathrooms weren't too bad either, providing you with the standard shower gels and hair/body washes, along with a hair dryer that was slightly better than the average hairdryers that barely dry. Our first night we had a hiccup - we were asleep and the fire alarm in our room went off! We do not smoke and had no electricals in - we still aren't sure what happened. It went off several times and the hotel staff apologised when we went down to complain. We still are not sure why it went off, and this was not since mentioned by any member of staff - not even a note or acknowledgement about our sleep being disrupted, which we were really disappointed about. Thankfully it was just the one night and it must have been a faulty alarm, however we were disappointed that nobody checked on us the next couple of days of our stay and didn't apologise for the inconvenience. Breakfast buffet had a nice selection of mostly cold foods and some hot items too, and we were able to request our coffee of choosing i.e. cappuccinos. A lovely selection of food to fill yourself on. It took us over an hour to find the place which was very tiring and stressful! Essentially do not follow google maps, When you find the route it is so straightforward. You need to go down to the beach level and you will come across a restaurant with ”Palme” in the name. To the left of there is a small archway with a sign to the hotel - you just follow up the stairs. That is the only place that has the hotel sign posted. The hotel also has a spa with sauna etc however we were told it was an extra 80 euros to access the spa, so we decided against it. Overall, the hotel was nice, decent food, decent room sizes and nice staff.