Grand Hotel Capodimonte

We stayed at the Capodimonte for a week end of June, beginning of July 2025. Having booked the holiday, and then looking subsequently at the hotel's location, I was worried that I had booked somewhere remote from the town and up a significant hill. I have done so before! Other reviews have explained that the walk into town is easy and indeed it is. It is a relatively short walk and the incline is not challenging. The hotel must have been something of an engineering challenge, built into the side of the mountain. You approach the hotel at ground floor but reception is on the fifth floor, got there on two dedicated lifts. There are separate lifts taking you to the other floors (including the pool/restaurants etc.). We had flown out on an early morning flight and were quite frazzled upon arrival. We found the concierge service and reception check in service exemplary. Our room was on the third floor and it was quite a walk from the lift to our room, involving several sets of stairs. The corridors were nicely decorated (if I was to be pernickety, there were a couple of places where there was damp staining to the paintwork at wall/ceiling level - but that is an observation rather than a criticism). Our room was what was termed a superior room. This was a good size and nicely decorated. It had a small balcony looking out over the road with some sea view. Was there a little road noise? Perhaps, but not in any way intrusive - mostly the noise of the little 2-stroke mini vans. The bathroom was reasonably model and well equipped. The bed was large and very comfortable. WiFi was of reasonable speed. Overall, the room was very comfortable (again, being picky, was there a slight musty smell? There was again, some damp staining). The room was serviced daily and very well by very polite cleaning staff. Breakfast was very pleasant with good views over the Bay of Naples. There was a fruit, cooked meat, cheese, bread buffet and the opportunity to have freshly cooked omelettes etc. Coffee was waiter/waitress service and good quality. The waiting staff were very professional. We did not eat at the hotel other than breakfast, however, the restaurant by the pool looked pleasant. During our stay, we had a few drinks both at the poolside bar and the bar on the 5th floor (the latter having live music on a couple of evenings we went there). These were charged to our room - unlike some hotels, the cost of the drinks I did not consider to be unreasonable. Really, I have no complaints: a nice hotel in a good location (close enough to the main town but not too close), excellent, professional staff and an overall good level of service.

We couldn???t fault this hotel, it had thought of everything! - turning your half board dinner into a lunch voucher so you didn???t have to stay in every night. - providing a room for you to get showered and dressed on your flight day rather than make do with the pools showers - multiple bars and 2 restaurants which showed the fantastic view. - every sun lounger was in ???prime spot??? with a beautiful view so even when those people got up to put their towels down at 8am whilst they disappeared to breakfast it didn???t matter! - far enough up the hillside to give you the view and breeze but low enough to be able to be in the main town within a 5/10min walk. Breakfast was lovely and the one dinner we had was also nice. Can???t fault the team and food round the pool. We didn???t have our 4 year old with us but we could have taken him as the hotel was suitable but at the same time felt luxury rather than family orientated. We will be back.

A beautiful hotel nestled in the hillside above Sorrento town. Two minutes walk and you are in the stunning centre of Sorrento with its limitless choice of bars and restaurants. A ten minute walk down steps takes you to the Marina Grand, the old fishing village of Sorrento where the fresh fish is stunning. The centre point of the hotel is its five tiered swimming pools with lots of tiered sun decks. We never felt crowded, the views of Vesuvius are stunning, the constant bustle of boats across The Bay of Napoli are constant entertainment. Rooms are well appointed and modern, stylish and typically Italian. Breakfast was good. The restaurant was great for lunch, we never tried in the evening but heard great things from others.