Casa Barbara by Napoliapartments

The location is good, opposite the beach and between the town and castle area. The air conditioning worked well (it's probably the newest item in the place) but the exterior bedroom has no A/C.

The space is good, the place is bad. This place is a throw-back to the 1970s, and not in a good way. It has probably the cheapest and worst furnishings we have experienced in any accommodation we have stayed. It's such a shame (and shameful too) that, with a modicum of effort and expenditure it could be made into a nice apartment - because the location is quite good - but it is currently ugly, worn out, unwelcoming and very overpriced. Most things are so old and rimed with old dirt that they are on their last legs. The lounge and kitchen furniture are of the poorest quality, the Internet connection is dreadful, plaster is split or falling off the bedroom walls, and towels are thin; other things are poorly fitted or broken, like the sticking doors, shower doors that leak over the bathroom floor, broken chair seats and broken wooden slats in the exterior shower door. The 'management company' responded to our request to fix the weak gas hob by replacing the gas cylinder which did not solve the issue, but did not provide a bigger coffee pot or light bulbs to replace the broken and dusty ones in the bedside and lounge lamps and exterior terrace. The exterior railings were rusty, and the top roof terrace unsightly and accessed via a narrow spiral staircase. The outside space was basic compared to the neighbouring two flats, which have nice flowers, whereas our terrace has four straggly cacti in tubs full of weeds. One of the deck chairs had broken fabric. The access gate from the shared top entrance is 'secured' by knotting a length of plastic string together. At least the air conditioning units worked well, but the third bedroom accessed via the terrace does not benefit from one, so it is like sleeping in an oven. We would not recommend staying here - decent accommodation can make or break a holiday, and we wish we could have stayed in a much nicer place, but accommodation in Ischia is very expensive.

Great location by the beach, walking distance to port, restaurants and castle

The apartment has a strange layout. One of the bedrooms is accessed directly from the shared terrace, and there is a shower next to it with saloon doors, not very private. The door from the stairs is the access to all three of the roof terrace apartments, the terrace is divided by railings but not really private. My daughter slept in the room off the terrace so had to lock herself in at night. We didn't lock the door the the main apartment so she could get in if required. There was limited hot water.