Villa delle Palme

This hotel is a small family run hotel. It was very clean and unique. It is almost like a Bed and Breakfast. We stayed for 4 nights in their largest rooms with the largest balcony. The shower and bathroom for this room is very small. Our favorite part was the the view. It truly has an amazing view. Breakfast is in the downstairs restaurant right next door. Breakfasts wer okay. We loved sitting at the restaurant a step off the street. The little bar in the hotel was amazing. I discovered that I love a good strong lemoncello spritz. The innkeepers were not overly friendly and they spoke English.

First the positives the hotel is a great budget hotel, good location, very clean, lovely staff and we had a great view from our balcony. They have a restaurant attached to the hotel which is very nice for lunch and we had arrived early so took up the offer of lunch as we waited for our luggage. The lunch was lovely and the service was excellent. The negatives really started with the owner she had been chatting to us and perhaps unsurprisingly was keen that we ate in their restaurant (which we had) and the restaurant along the road they also own which we decided against. We told her we were eating at Il Tridente and going for drinks at Francos which she sold us were over hyped and a waste of money. Both were excellent by the way so don’t miss them on your trip. The next day it got worse, the weather had turned so no ferries were leaving Positano to go to Capri. We were told we were basically stranded but out of the kindness of the owner we could keep our room for the night. On speaking to our hotel in Capri we were told that the ferry’s were running from Sorrento so just get there and come over. She told us we would never get a taxi and when the girl on reception offered to call one for us she took the book from her and said “No he can call one himself” and have me the taxi book. I called the first taxi and they came and go us and took us to Sorrento no problem. I get that it is a small family run hotel but we are on honeymoon and wanted to experience other restaurants and bars in Positano not just theirs and also the inference that it was a near impossibility to get to Capri was a little underhand. That aside though we had a pleasant enough stay.

Wonderful family run hotel. Rooms are clean and comfortable. Great location in Positano where it's not too crowded but great restaurants are nearby and the views are great! Manuela was extremely helpful and answered all of our questions. We would definitely recommend to anyone visiting the Amalfi Coast.

Stayed at this hotel with friends towards the end of trip. Loved how easy it was for our car was able to drop us off at the top of the hill and we just walked about a minute to entrance of the hotel. The only reason I gave this hotel a 4 star is because the breakfast is very lacking. I wish the selection was a bit bigger, or varied from day to day, but I guess it is what it is. The size of the room was great for 3 of us (one queen size bed and one twin size bed). Keep in mind when booking that this hotel is a trek from the beach, it takes about 30 minutes to walk down the road, or about 15 minutes if you take the steps straight down to the beach. Overall, would stay again, but would keep these things in mind if bringing kids.