"Stayed here for a week from the 10th June with my husband, our second visit to beautiful Sorrento. Last time we stayed in a hotel up the hill which was about a 25 minute walk to the start of the Corso Italia main street near the hospital, it was a lovely hotel but the walk from town was a bit much coming home, tiring, uphill & partly with no pavement on the busy road. Our main criteria this time was a central hotel much nearer to all Sorrento's attractions & the Michaelangelo certainly fitted the bill, only a 5 min walk to the railway station & less than 10 minutes walk to Piazza Tasso & the start of the Corso Italia & the narrow shopping street with lots of shops, restaurants & bars. It was an ideal location for reaching all Sorrento's attractions, a good, flat walk.
We found the hotel to be very clean, the whole place was spotless, our room was cleaned to a high standard every day. The room was quite small but the bathroom was a good size & the shower worked fine. The decor was very dated everywhere, especially in our room. We knew when we booked that we were in the annexe as these were the only rooms left, that the room was on the 1st floor & there was no lift to it, only stairs & we wouldn't have a balcony. It looked out onto a courtyard/ car park & was overlooked by lots of rooms balconies, we ended up leaving the curtains drawn all day as it was so overlooked. We found our room was reasonably quiet, you are in a town centre so can expect some noise, the train noise was minimal for us but other rooms might have been more affected. It was fine for us to go up & down the stairs to our room then across the courtyard to the main building to the lift for breakfast & the pool areas but I wouldn't recommend anyone with mobility issues staying in the annexe due to the stairs, choose the main block.
We enjoyed sunbathing a few days on the 6th floor roof terrace with the large hydrotherapy pool, refreshing on a hot day & surrounded by lovely hillside views ( as well as a view into the railway station ! ) There was also the 5th floor sunbathing area with jacuzzi & bar, we only had a drink here once & didn't sample the food here as there are so many restaurants in Sorrento. There were singers & musicians advertised in the lifts playing up here several nights but we didn't go to them.We didn't use the larger pool on the 1st floor either.
Breakfast was very good with a wide choice of foods including English cooked breakfast foods, the bacon & fried eggs were excellent, the toast machine was particularly efficient for a hotel ( you only had to put the bread in once for a change ! 😂) However I was disappointed that the fresh fruits were nearly always the same every day, orange slices & kiwi fruit, I asked the restaurant manager if we could have watermelon again like on the 1st day of our visit, it duly appeared the next day then disappeared again ! There was tinned fruit in syrup every day but I prefer fresh fruit. A minor quibble, there was plenty of choice of food to set you up for a day sightseeing etc.
Overall we really enjoyed our holiday in Sorrento again & the hotel Michaelangelo was an excellent choice for a central location to easily walk everywhere, yes it's dated but it's clean & comfortable with pleasant staff, we would return in future."
