Very clean hotel in quiet Atrani. This hotel is right at the end of the road. Not too many steps from the road to the hotel and an easy gradual uphill walk from the piazza at the centre. There is public parking you can pay for.
Quiet location by the river. Pleasant outside seating, nice breakfast room. They have all the usual continental pastries, cheese, yoghurt, fruit, cereals, and cold meats. No egg. Coffee to order. Service is pleasant from the man, woman and sweet dog! Think by this time of the season they are a bit over it.
We wanted to go to the music festival in Ravello and the host was resourceful in telling us the time of our bus so we would be on time.
Bedroom was clean, a good size, bed queen size, comfortable, shower nice strength and hot. We had a balcony with a small view of the sea. Nice open feeling. There was a fridge and a standalone fan and dehumidifier, and anti-mozzie plugin, which we needed on one night. Unfortunately no kettle.
They are clearly house proud, with lots of notes about not banging doors and no washing inside the room. We used the local laundry and they were very nice, however one t-shirt did not come back clean and a new one came back a paler shade with a grey tinge. So do not send nice things to the laundry.
Getting around is by public bus. Which is hot, full and a bit of a bunfight. Bus stop just above the village on the main road. Amalfi is minutes away so a short walk. Positano is much further, took us an hour on one occasion. Coming back from Positano you might have to wait for a second bus as it is full, and hot! Maybe the ferry would have been better.
If you choose this hotel organize ahead of time with the host to have your luggage taken up by the Porter, a paid service. While Atrani is a short walk from Amalfi it is not a nice walk with suitcases. So check with the hotel what arrangements they can make. The main road that the bus goes along is on a higher level to the village, so there are steps down, and unless you are big and strong, very hard to carry bags down.
We came by bus from Sorrento to Amalfi. Then walked along the road, through a tunnel to Atrani, then down the stairs to the main Piazza, then up the road and up the stairs to the hotel. I would not do that again. The host did not help with the stairs up to the hotel and did not send us an email ahead to ask about travel arrangements as many other hotels have done. So you have to tough it, so ask ahead, perhaps that will be easier.
Two big benefits of staying here - 1) you are in a clean, quiet hotel, in quiet village away from the mad crowds; 2) you are on the doorstep of one of the best restaurants we have eaten at - A Paranza, (read more about the restaurant on its own page) just a short walk down the main road from the hotel. Do not be put off by the nonchalant service (in some places it can be bordering on disinterested, might even feel rude) - by now, you have worked out it is the Italian way, particularly from men. Italian women are way more friendly!
