Hotel San Marco

“Short break at San Marco”

Short 4 night break with my wife. Great location for beach lovers as the beach is literally across the road. Pool is fine, deep for most of it, but surrounding area is limited. Team at reception were very helpful when needed, no issues. Rooms were good, no double bed but two singles pushed together… more

Short 4 night break with my wife. Great location for beach lovers as the beach is literally across the road. Pool is fine, deep for most of it, but surrounding area is limited. Team at reception were very helpful when needed, no issues. Rooms were good, no double bed but two singles pushed together, not ideal, but ok. Air-con worked fine. Breakfast was buffet style, so you probably need to be down early to get the best selection as replenishment was a bit slow. So was clearing tables. It's a B&B hotel, that's it. Don't expect more. No real complaints, did the job.

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“4 Stars on Paper, 3 in Real Life”

If this hotel were officially rated as 3⭐️, I would say it’s generally acceptable. However, since it advertises itself as 4⭐️, there are unfortunately several shortcomings that cannot be overlooked. Let me be clear: this hotel, by any smart European standard known to me, is not 4-star. We spent 14… more

If this hotel were officially rated as 3⭐️, I would say it’s generally acceptable. However, since it advertises itself as 4⭐️, there are unfortunately several shortcomings that cannot be overlooked. Let me be clear: this hotel, by any smart European standard known to me, is not 4-star. We spent 14 nights in the second half of June in a sea-view studio apartment, paying €150 per night plus €10 per person per day for breakfast. What we liked: ✅ Excellent location — just a 20–30 minute walk to the old town 🏰 ✅ Directly on a clean, beautiful beach 🌊 ✅ Many restaurants nearby ✅ Hotel is clean, well-maintained, and regularly cleaned 🧹 ✅ Partially renovated ✅ Stunning views from the apartment: the old town, the beach, and the sea 🤩 ✅ Large swimming pool 🏊‍♀️ ✅ Bar and beach kiosk with fair prices, cold beer, and plenty of ice cream options 🍦 ✅ Overall, the accommodation price is reasonable for three people What needs improvement: ⚠️ Breakfast (€10 per person per day) was extremely basic and repetitive — disappointing even by 3-star standards, and frankly not worth the money ⚠️ Although the bathroom was renovated, the rest of the apartment’s furniture and fittings were outdated and heavily worn - The adult bed was comfortable, but its frame constantly slipped off - The child’s bed was a cheap fold-out sofa of poor quality ⚠️ The kitchenette looked straight out of the 1980s ⚠️ The apartment’s door lock stuck repeatedly, and despite several requests, was never properly repaired — only a “forceful” workaround was shown 🤨 ⚠️ Staff were friendly, but receptionists lacked both language skills and local knowledge (for example, they told us the nearest grocery store was 500m away while there was one directly behind the hotel) ⚠️ If you need actual solutions, you have to speak with the manager, who was fortunately very helpful and proactive ⚠️ The entrance is not wheelchair- or stroller-accessible, which made things difficult for us with a buggy. There is an accessible emergency exit, but no one bothered to mention it, and we only discovered it by chance — the reception staff watched us struggle with the stairs for days without offering help ⚠️ The apartment was relatively noisy with poor soundproofing and extremely loud water pipes — we ended up using earplugs to get a good night’s sleep ⚠️ Charging an extra €10–15 per day for beach use felt excessive given the room price Overall: This is a solid 3-star hotel at a reasonable price, but absolutely falls short of a genuine 4-star experience. It does not justify its current star rating nor the implied higher expectations — manage your expectations accordingly. 🌟

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