Hotel Villa Bellavista

"This villa is run from a family who are real genuine natured hosts who make sure you come back there! My stay at Villa Bellavista was one of a kind! This villa is located in a beautiful spot on the Amalfi cost.The building of this harmonious villa lives up to its local traditions and culture. It shows in its decorations by maiolica tiles and a variety of trees, plants and flowers, exotic and citrus fruits, which give you a fresh and waking smell. This switches you immediately in a good mood! Once you go inside a big hall with a large balcony appears straight on the sea with a stunning view. This villa is looked after into the most tiny details to make sure guests experience welcoming, comfort and safety. Sometimes it made me feel lazy enough not to leave the place to go round about, as I could just sit there enjoying the pleasant atmosphere and have all the attentions you can get from a kind and friendly staff. Breakfast is a real treat! There is a buffet which offers you sweet and savoury tastes, from croissant filled up with chocolate nutella, chantilly and pasticcera creams to muffins and different doughnuts, warm sourdough bread and rolls, different hams, salami and cheeses, salads, fruits and different drinks, coffee and cappuccino. Of all these goodies, you can get as much as you please. I had such a good breakfast that I could skip lunch and eat again straight to dinner.... Dinner time is quite a good time to eat local food and specialties made sometimes from the grandad of the house.... Then you have time to get dressed and go out to enjoy the many beautiful places along the coast, which are not so far away. You can go dancing to the Africana club, which is hosted by an imposing Saracen tower, standing straight up over the see against the sky with a beautiful moon and stars shooting a magical light, like a cuddle over you.. making you feel like you are almost living in a dream. Or you can move to Amalfi, Atrani or Positano, where night time is very much live for late hours. You can enjoy these places in its architecture of the duomo at Amalfi and the stunning walks around it. Recently at Positano, after several digs they have been able to open a museum to show you the life and the activities of the Roman and Medieval time by an interesting crypt and the remains of a Roman villa. Villa Bellavista also has a small swimming pool which lies surrounded by lemon trees that give off a fresh and crispy smell giving you the best aromatherapy you can get. From the villa you can also go straight down to swim in a beautiful fjord which has also a live water spring hiding amongst the cliff and can enjoy yourself by snorkeling, surrounded by small little fishes. In short staying here is like taking your home with you but enjoying a different landscape and nature ... surrounded by genuine and friendly perfect hosts, Adele, Sonia, Rosa, Lorenzo and the little Ginevra! Enjoy your stay!!!"

"I did not know what to expect from this hotel as the reviews were very mixed. But we were happyli surprised. We had booked rooms with extra big balconies and also halfboard, breakfast and dinner. The rooms were very nice and clean , the balcony was excellent and had a really beautiful view. The dinner was a 3 course dinner plus salad, so we thought it was excellent value. The breakfast buffet was really good as well. We enjoyed all the meals on the terrace with an amazing view. The hotel has got this 70'es vibe, White lotus'ish in a really good way. Another plus is the small restaurant across from the hotel, where they make the best pizzas and were so friendly. We enjoyed our stay in Bellavista."

"I had a very disappointing experience with this hotel. They canceled my reservation just one day before my arrival, claiming that my credit card had been declined. However, I have been traveling around Italy for 20 days and used this exact same card for all my hotel bookings. It worked perfectly everywhere else, and only this hotel refused it. What made it even worse was the way they handled the situation: they sent me a message saying my card was canceled and, just three minutes later, they canceled my booking. They didn’t even give me the chance to update or replace my payment method. When a guest cancels a hotel at the last minute, we are charged a fee as compensation. But when a hotel cancels at the last minute, they can simply rebook the room at a higher price without any penalty, leaving the guest with a serious problem to solve—finding another available room at very short notice."