Hotel Continental

We stumbled upon Hotel Continental when our booked apartment rental turned out to be awful and we needed to find alternate accommodations in the late afternoon. The friend we were traveling with got the last single room and we enjoyed a spacious room for 3 nights. The staff Sira, Antonio, Edoardo, and Claudia were so friendly and helpful. They assisted with parking the car in their offsite secure parking area. They recommended where to find the best gelato in town, which provided us with a lovely long walk, and to our surprise an "old town" area to explore. The affiliated restaurant on the beach across the street, Maremoto, was excellent. We ended up eating there every evening and Francesco was our server. He was fun and called out to us as we walked by the 3rd afternoon, that he had received the wine we liked, and he reserved a nice table for us. The bedroom was large and had a nice desk. The bathroom was small, but similar to those we have had in other hotels. The bed was very comfortable. There were small clotheslines on the balcony for hanging wet swimsuits. The room was very clean. The housekeeper was friendly and helpful. I liked the linen towels instead of the normal terry towels. Only recommendations we have would be to provide benches or luggage racks. There was plenty of floor space for our open suitcases, but it would be nice if they had been up higher on a bench. The rooms could use some art work or color on the walls. The lighting was very good. The pool was wonderful, great temperature, clean, clear water. Other reviews speak to maintenance issues, but as far as we could tell all the issues had been remedied and the wood flooring and lounges chairs were all clean and new looking. Breakfast was good with a nice variety of baked goods, cold cuts, scrambled eggs, and fruit. We would stay at Hotel Continental again.