Property: 10 |
Cleaning: 10 |
Host: 10 |
Location: 9 |
Price/Quality: 10
| Breakfast: 10
This was our first stay at Casa Mazzola. It was recommended by a friend. Having stayed there for 5 nights, we would very likely not return to Italy without returning to Casa Mazzola. Managed by a father (Luigi) and son (Ugo), this is the opposite of checking into a hotel. They greet you like old friends. And offer a fantastic selection for breakfast. The location and view is simply stunning. It is just not possible to overstate how fantastic their location and view is. If there is any downside, it is that you cannot really walk to town. If you have a car, Sorrento is just several minutes away. If you catch the local bus (right near their gate) it is maybe 6 or 8 minutes away. However, the benefit of being up the hill, out of town, is that it is so quiet and yet you can see the town below, along with the bay of Naples, Vesuvius, and Naples itself across the bay. Luigi and Ugo are both the nicest, warmest, most welcoming people. When we brought dinner home, or ordered delivery, to have on the balcony, they offered us wine glasses, utensils, etc from their kitchen area for our dinner. With that view, it was better than eating out at a restaurant. We had them arrange a private driving tour of the Amalfi coast one day, and a small group boat tour out to Capri. Ugo made all of the phone calls for us. Both tours were fantastic. They also gave us very good advice and info about Sorrento and the area which helped us decide where to spend our time there. Navigating the local buses to and from town turned out to be very easy and we used that several times. We loved our time at Casa Mazzola and wish we could have spent more time there. To Luigi and Ugo, we can only say Thank you very much! Goodbye (until we meet again).
stayed from 09/27/2024 to 10/01/2024