Hotel San Francesco Ischia

Basic breakfast. Excellent staff.

Beautiful hotel in beautiful setting. Very traditional with lovely friendly hospitality. We stayed in an apartment to the side of the main hotel and had a large one bedroom with seating area that converted the sofa into another double bed. Half board was definitely worth it with the food being 100% traditional Italian. We were assigned a table at the start of the holiday and this was our same table each morning and evening (if you have bottled water or wine they will cap it, label it and present it at your next sitting which we found perfect as it saved on wastage) We were presented with menus in the morning with three choices for starter and main and we had to make our selection then. Breakfast was very well catered for with a great selection of hot and cold with the chef making eggs to order. This hotel and the island is Ischia is like stepping back in time to the 1970’s - not commercialised, just beauty, tranquility, kindness and very traditional. If you are looking for a break to completely recharge then this is the place for you. There was nothing that was too much trouble for the hotel, they arranged our trip to the local spa and even provided their own transport to and from. Highly recommend this hotel - There is nothing to dislike. The pool area was also fabulous with comfortable sun loungers and the indoor pool and sauna were also fabulous too. We were two ladies travelling and felt very safe here and on the island. There was an excellent local bus service within two minutes walking from the hotel and we used this to travel around the island. The local beaches were soft glorious sand and you can rent two beds and an umbrella for €20 a day, the nearest beach is a 7 min walk from the hotel. Travelling from the main land was extremely easy and the ferry ride took around 45 minutes and the scenery was spectacular for the whole journey (although Naples port was very busy!). We were collected from the airport in small minibuses and transferred to and from the port by Tui staff and the same from the port to the hotel. I want to tell everyone to go to Ischia but really don’t as it is so unspoilt and it would be sad for this to change.

Spent an excellent 10 days at Hotel San Francesco , the facilities were very good and the choice and quality of food equally impressive, but what really made our holiday was the exceptional staff. Every member of staff was super efficient and friendly and very helpful, we would certainly recommend this hotel to anyone.