The first impression of the hotel is a little disappointing, as I compared it with other four-star hotels in the area that I visited in previous years. The lounge area is primitive and not very cozy. I booked a standard room for 30 days, and according to the description, my room should have been on the ground floor with a view of the wall, without a refrigerator. Imagine my surprise when my mother and I were shown to a room on the second floor with a nice terrace overlooking the garden and a refrigerator! Many thanks to the hotel management for such a pleasant upgrade: we really liked the room, although there were a couple of inconveniences: there was no clothes dryer and there were not enough hangers for our clothes in the closet, especially the clips for trousers. To the credit of the hotel, all our requests were met within a couple of hours, an employee came and pulled a clothesline, plus additional clothes hangers were brought to our room. At the time of booking, I wrote that I was coming with my 80-year-old mother, and a comfortable bed was a necessity. Again, thanks to the hotel for the great, comfortable brand-new mattresses and pillows, which were beyond praise! Another positive aspect is cleaning. Our room was cleaned by a very sweet, friendly woman with a stunningly radiant smile, always kind and attentive. I was able to talk to her even with my limited Italian and her zero English, this maid is just a miracle! The cleaning was at a high level, there were always snow-white fluffy towels and a change of bed linen every three days.
Regarding food: we booked bed and breakfast, but the hotel is aimed at guests staying on half and full board. It is very unpleasant that the restaurant is located at minus one level. So, there is no way to enjoy breakfast outdoors, which is a huge disadvantage. The breakfast itself is varied, there is sausage, cheese, omelette, boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes, sweet peppers, ricotta, yogurt, cereals, several types of bread that can be dried in a toaster, croissants, both Ischia-style and classic, cream cakes, muffins, shortbread cakes, pancakes, fruit, melon and so on. It would seem that the choice is huge, but all the products are of such quality that you start to doubt: am I in Italy? After all, Italy has the most delicious food in the world, but the hotel apparently buys the most inexpensive, medium-quality products. Another thing that disappointed me was the shuttle to the Gardens of Poseidon and back. The fact is that the Gardens of Poseidon open at 9 a.m., and the first shuttle goes at 9:20 a.m., that is, the first half an hour, the most divine, is lost by the Poseidon visitor. The shuttle back, the last one, picks up the hotel guests at 18:25, and Poseidon works until seven, but you still need to change clothes and walk to the bus stop, that is, you have to leave the pools at 18:00, again losing the most beautiful golden hour. And now the main thing is the pools. They look beautiful, but the smell of disinfectant is clearly felt, it may be added to the water, because the pools are not drained every day, but simply cleaned with a mop. Well, after we had stayed there for a month, and after my words of thanks for the hospitality, we were not even asked how we would get to the port, whether we needed help with the transfer? By the way, the shuttle-bus was in the parking lot at 10 a.m., and they could have dropped us off to Forio Porto, but this is probably a different level of attitude towards guests. Just Arrivederci, and that's it.
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