Hotel Minori Palace

This hotel was a great find in the wonderful little town of Minori. We returned to England today (18/6) after a four night stay. Central to everything - less than a minutes' walk to the ristorante giardiniello (highly recommended - we had dinner twice /book with Giovanni) and the sal de riso (great patisserie, coffee, restaurant....). Boats to Amalfi, Positano (very crowded), Maiori (to Sorrento/Capri) and Salerno within two minutes' walk. The staff at the hotel were lovely - from check-in to efficiently arranging the taxi this morning at a competitive price to take us to Amalfi airport. We had a rear facing room with a small balcony and could hear (with an open door) little children singing at school which was a joy to hear on a week day morning. Room was comfortable and clean (our cleaning lady was really helpful and nice) with the added bonus of being able to log in to amazon/netflix movies if you have an account. Minori feels very safe for women travellers and families. The only negative remark generally on the Amalfi coast is the high cost of eating out. It's higher than most restaurants in England but it's a wonderful experience. The Italians really know how to do "il dolce far niente" well. It's contagious and therapeutic.

Nice hotel, very comfortable beds. Great location. Showers aren’t very powerful , breakfast was very basic. I asked if they did toast but was told there’s an extra charge for toast! No atmosphere, lovely bar downstairs that apparently isn’t a bar as they’ve moved it to the roof top. Charged extra for having two cups of coffee but wasn’t aware until checkout. There was an additional charge but they couldn’t tell me what for so had to pay it. Dinner menu was the same every day with little choice so didn’t eat there for dinner. Kept having to go to reception for milk as the maid forgot to leave it most days.

What a wonderful place, we have loved every minute at Minori Palace, we were half board-breakfast and evening meal were great, breakfast a little repetitive but we didn't mind that as still lots of choice there, and more importantly the quality and standard of the food and service was amazing. A special shout out to Dominic and Abigail-they put so much effort in continually, very impressive and lovely people. Air Con is fab, was so lovely walking into our room after a day out in the 40 degree heat we had. Minori is the perfect base to visit places on the Amalfi Coast, we found the boats the easiest and most enjoyable form of transport to explore - Positano, Capri, Amalfi and the Atrani, we did the lemon walk from Minori to Maori-this is very lovely. We also walked up to Ravello (difficult in the crazy heat) but definitely best way to get the great views. All really lovely places. We loved the Suzy Beach bar at the front at Minori-perfect views and reasonable prices. Lots of lovely places to eat and drink in Minori. Overall, this was one of the loveliest holidays we've done. A beautiful setting and great people at Minori Palace-thank you for making our stay even better. We will return.

POSITIVES: Comfortable hard bed, efficient air con*, great location. NEGATIVES: Breakfast was pretty basic. Inside bedroom wardrobe flooring very dusty. Bathroom was very tired with chrome work rusted and or damaged. Dusty on tile edges and light fittings. Shelves not fitted entirely to the wall, all areas need a deep clean to remove limescale and fresh silicone good really make a difference. Minimal storage space and hangers, no drawer space at all. *Whilst the Air Con unit was efficient, it shone a bright digital reading when on, lighting the whole room thorough out the night. We ended up covering the light with small clothing in order to darken the room to sleep.