Hotel Residence Solemare

“Expected more from 4 strars hotel.”

Payment on-site: hotel, bar, cash only (nearest ATM in St. Domenica). The superior room is spacious, has a bathroom, air conditioning, safe, TV, and a large balcony ( extra 3€ per person per day environment tax). The beach is 100 meters away, with pebbles and sand. You can rent a kayak, Sub. Plenty… more

Payment on-site: hotel, bar, cash only (nearest ATM in St. Domenica). The superior room is spacious, has a bathroom, air conditioning, safe, TV, and a large balcony ( extra 3€ per person per day environment tax). The beach is 100 meters away, with pebbles and sand. You can rent a kayak, Sub. Plenty of sunbeds with umbrellas right next to the beach on the high ground (a lifeguard assigns them, ups... the first two rows are more for Italians). Sunbeds by the pool are generally available. A 25-minute walk to the Ricadi train station (you can reach famous Tropea). A beach bar looks like from 1970's, (50 meters along the beach is located a modern "Midenza" bar. Coffee, food, good view on the sea and Stromboli volcano) A large hotel pool, music, and aqua gym. In the evenings, there's entertainment for children on the hotel grounds with music until midnight. A small shop and bar on the hotel grounds serves good coffee and ice cream, and you can do a little shopping too. There's a sports field, plenty of green areas, banana trees, olive trees, and palm trees. The hotel food is very good and varied, but unfortunately, after the large group of Italian tourists left the hotel, everything has become much more limited and poor. The coffee from the machine is the cheapest version of instant brown water (a good coffee at the bar starts at €1.50) The white wine is ok, the red wine tastes like vinegar. Breakfast: scrambled eggs and two slices of bacon, alternating with sausages next day, and (an Italian breakfast is) plenty of sweet cakes, cookies, croissants, and a salad bar. In the evening there is a delicious cake (served before 9 p.m.) Good live music during the dinner. The entertainment staff are great, but the Italian hotel staff act like they're there as a punishment. It's a long way walking from any supermarket, like Conad in St. Domenica (good pizza at Bella Italia). Regarding the standard and supposed 4-star rating, someone seems to have added at least one star to many.

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“Decent resort”

If you have read through the previous comments, you will find that they are all correct. All in all, the resort is quite nice, with a great pool and a wonderful beach that provides amazing sunsets. Itaka representative is always there to help. The nature surrounding the resort is amazing, and the s… more

If you have read through the previous comments, you will find that they are all correct. All in all, the resort is quite nice, with a great pool and a wonderful beach that provides amazing sunsets. Itaka representative is always there to help. The nature surrounding the resort is amazing, and the staff is very friendly and always ready to help. We had a pleasant time during our stay at this resort. However, there were some drawbacks. It seems that the resort's golden days are long gone, as many facilities such as fountains, the info center, and the pizza oven do not work. The room we were provided with was very dated and requires refurbishment. As mentioned in previous comments, if you arrive 15-20 minutes late for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, most of the meals will be gone and you will have to settle for leftovers. This resort has some interesting rules that I have never seen in other resorts, particularly regarding the pool. Swimming hats are mandatory, and inflatable toys, balls, and other items are only allowed in the children's pool out of the three available pools. The animation team only interacts with Italians, and at the beginning of our stay, there was virtually no animation until a larger group of Italians arrived. To sum it up, I would give this resort a strong three stars.

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“Not a 4 stars experience”

I just came back from a holiday from this hotel and honestly my mood it very mixed about this trip. Would I recommend other travellers to stay in this hotel? No. Was my holiday completely ruined? Also, no, but definitely wasnt the most pleasurable experience, for all the travellers we traveled t… more

I just came back from a holiday from this hotel and honestly my mood it very mixed about this trip. Would I recommend other travellers to stay in this hotel? No. Was my holiday completely ruined? Also, no, but definitely wasnt the most pleasurable experience, for all the travellers we traveled together (we travelled with 9 other families and everyone was very disapointed). Here are some of the good and bad point of this hotel. Plus: very very lovely staff, especially Daniel and Marco, but everyone else was super helpful also, they really help this hotel and deserve a promotion they are awesome. I didnt encaunter a situation then they would be rude or not helpful, staff was the best part of this hotel. Big pool area, very close to the sea, hotel staff can orginize a car for you and their driver can drive you to another cities for a little fee. Coins: hotel policies are really rasist. We arrived at Saturday (9 couples from Lithuania) and also a lot of Polish tourist and we were given absolutely worst rooms you can ever imagine. Like 1 or 2 stars: some people didnt have electricity at all, bugs infested, no hot water, all dirty and old, water running from the toilet, toilet itself was all covered in you understand what and never cleaned and overoll it looked more like a room for cleaners when for travellers while there where plenty standart better rooms which was emty. On Thursday we understood why: the 30 travellers from Germany arrived and they all were given nicer rooms, first rows at the beach ( we were given the last row at the beach even know first 3 rows very completely emply), garden area to eat at the beach (we had to eat inside because it was also reserved for the german pll). The food from Saturday till Germans arrived was completely disgusting and not eatable, but after they arrived it changed completely and even the tables very decorated like its some kind of celebration. Also the animation team were at the entrance and great them in their language. I could go on about this topic, but I think the reader got the point. Another big coin: the hotel is situated down the very big hill, so if you want to go some where and see the beaches which was advertise prepared to climb a lot or pay hotel to drive you there. Also Capo Vaticano is really a village where not a lot of things to see, I would reccomend to stay in Tropea, in Tropea you will find everything you are looking for from beautiful clear beaches, to museums and restourants. Another unoleasant thing about the hotel - pool caps is mandstory in the pool, and I think its the only hotel with this policy. Water in the taps are salty (probably from the Sea) so you cannot drink it and have to buy bottled water. Food which is given at the breafast, lunch and dinner absolutely a night are, would not reccomend to anoyone, better dont buy the food there and buy a food in the separe restaurant in a hotel the one with a parrots cage- the food is good and not expensive there. All in all I reccomend to choose another hotel, and maybe even think about different city like Tropea.

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