Hotel Virgilio

After a most inhospitable sojourn at the Hotel Virgilio, I must report the following. The hotel’s operation was positively shameful! I am quite certain that I was the only guest in the hotel, and as such, might be permitted to think that a modicum of service would not be too difficult to obtain. They advertise that they provide breakfast, lunch and dinner between specified hours; however, when I enquired about lunch I was told that they couldn’t do anything until the evening. I was very hungry and this was a very unwelcome response. I presented myself at dinner and they had to turn on the lights as, of course, I was the only customer and I might add this was not done cheerfully. I was not given a menu but basically informed of the small selection they were prepared to grudgingly provide. I decided to keep it easy and ordered a steak, potatoes and a small salad. The steak was so thin it could only have been shaved with a deli slicer and this is not in any way an exaggeration. The salad was a pitifully small plate with a few bits of lettuce and a few slices of tomato – oil & vinegar came in sachets. For this I was charged 20 Euro! My expectations weren’t grand, simply a clean room for a night’s rest. The room was at least, clean. As for rest, well, the hotel provided a continuous cacophony of sounds of indeterminate origin, possibly plumbing – this with no guests! They advertise 24 hour reception but they didn’t bother to answer the phone which simply continued to ring until the caller gave up. I was on the second floor but the ringing echoed throughout the hotel. The complete lack of soundproofing would ensure that guests are intimately aware of their neighbour’s activities and with the hotel fully occupied, even efficient earplugs would work overtime. Possibly the worst part was the bed. It was spectacularly uncomfortable. I suspect the tile floor would have been more accommodating. Not only was it rock hard but it actually PUSHED BACK! In the middle of the night I exerted myself to turn the mattress over wondering if they had put it the wrong way up. Nope, just hard! The only reason to stay at the Hotel Virgilio would be to avoid sleeping in the street.

Perfectly adequate for overnight stays. We did two. Breakfast not inspiring - should be fruit on off