Hotel Minori Palace

Location: This hotel is on a quiet local street about 250 metres inland from the beach, in the Amalfi Coast seaside town of Minori (the Campania region of southern Italy). Check-in: I was travelling on a bus tour (Albatross’s Grande Italian Tour), so check-in was done by our tour director. The staff manning the reception did not appear to be overly friendly when I paid my extra’s bill for some extra’s. Room Facilities: Where to start…… My room was on the first floor, and just as well, because the one lift that serviced the 4 floors of the hotel always seemed occupied. The room was painted all white, and almost everything in the room was white. The hotel is knick-named the “White Palace”. There was some small built in shelves in an alcove in one corner of the room, but that was the limit of storage, with nowhere for my full-sized suitcase, which had to be placed on the floor under the window. The all white Queen sized bed was comfortable enough, although the mattress was a little firm. There were no bedside tables, just a small glass shelf on each side of the bed. There was a small portable suitcase stand that may have accommodated a carry-on size suitcase – not much use to me. There was a useful white desk and white chair opposite the bed, with the smallest refrigerator I’ve ever seen tucked under it on the floor. The worst aspect of the room was the view out the window (see Pics). The room looked over a dirty, moss covered, overgrown courtyard that simply looked disgusting. I had trouble sliding the curtains along the runners, perhaps the curtains were too embarrassed to allow me to see out the window. The bathroom was small but functional enough for a solo traveler. The shower floor was alarmingly slippery, and the shower itself was filthy with lots of mold and dirt visible. The complimentary Wi-Fi was easy to connect but slow. This hotel was by far the worst of the entire trip. Breakfast: Breakfast was also the worst of the whole tour. The staff seemed very disinterested. Dinner: We ate one meal at the hotel restaurant. The first course was delicious, but after that the food slowly slipped downhill and in the end, none of us enjoyed the rest of the meal. Check-out: Same as check-in, performed by our tour director. Overall: I suspect that this hotel is typical of an area that is overrun with tourism, and unless a lot is spent on staying in an expensive 5 or 6-star hotel, this is the norm for the Amalfi coast.

Stayed here for 2 weeks. Lovely hotel. Reception staff always very helpful and friendly. Breakfast plentiful and consisted of excellent coffee, various fruits, cakes, cold meats, cheeses, cereals, boiled eggs as well as hot bacon and scrambled eggs which is more than enough to keep most people happy and the service was good. The room was a fair size with a balcony overlooking the street, a nice bathroom with a roomy shower cleaned and a fresh supply of towels and toiletries daily. There is a useful mini fridge located in the wardrobe kept topped up with bottled water. If there is any criticism it would be that there could be a little more storage and the mattress is memory foam which not everybody likes. I'm not a fan of this type of mattress, but having said that it was of good quality and a lot better than some I have tried and I got used to it eventually. Wouldn't hesitate to stay here again, thank you for a wonderful stay in lovely Minori!