Torre Turbolo

A unique experience sleeping in an ancient Saracen tower of 1500!!! Beautiful experience, with wonderful sea views and direct access to the sea. In a minute you are at the beach!! Private parking under the tower. Nice apartment and with everything you need. I will return as soon as they reopen!!!

Raise the drawbridge, I am never leaving! This place is basic but amazing. A medieval tower with a balcony overlooking the water. Kids loved it, we loved it and although its not exactly budget it is affordable...something that in a few years time will no doubt change!

Let me start by saying its on the Amalfi Coast and it's a tower, I was expecting steps! However upon arrival we were guided into a jammed parking space at the bottom of the tower, then told we had to go back to reception to check in. Reception is across the road after several flights of stairs and across a very busy road. Having two young children (5&2) it might have been better to guide us there first! Add that to the very tight steep steps up the tower and I now have thighs like the Hulk! I'd read previous reviews about how close caravans and tents etc were to the tower but I couldn't believe how tightly packed in they were when I saw it with my own eyes! It was quite an amusing spectacle watching the staff trying getting campers in and out. To be honest if I'd have been in a tent or motorhome id have turned straight round and driven off quickly! Back to the apartment, (top floor) whilst the terrace has been updated since previous reviews with a more permanent shade made out of wood and bamboo, inside still needs work. Just small things light paint peeling off the walls, broken lights etc.. For the cost I would expect more. Not once in our weeks stay was the room cleaned or towels/bedding changed. We also couldn't get rid of the ants which seemed to have made a home behind the oven hood. It seemed to be a problem for the whole site as every tent/caravan had a ring of ant killer around it. There is no private beach, there is a steep set of steps leading to a rocky outcrop that u can jump off. The beach itself can be accessed from the campsite, the first 10m stretch is free public beach the rest is all paid for (€16 a day for 2 loungers and a brolly) It was August and the free beach was packed you couldn't even walk though it to get to the paid bit and instead had to navigate the busy road into town instead. Once at the paid part you could easily find a lounger if you didn't mind be four plus rows back from the water and squeezed in like a sardine. (The first rows been booked months in advance) you will also need Aqua shoes as this is a rocky beach. Having said that the kids loved the beach and the sea was lovely and warm. The positives: the views! I could have sat all day on the terrace watching boats pass by! Some of the worlds largest mega yachts would moor up! The sunrise was beautiful. The town/marina was pretty and had some lovely waterside restaurants. Having said that I'm sure you could stay elsewhere and find that same view, I certainly would in future.