Fico d'India Relais

The most wonderful 7 days in an absolute paradise of a family run hotel. The owner Pino greeted us late when we arrived, along with one of his staff members. I am really terrible with names, but every one we encountered at the hotel were the most warm, wonderful and friendly people you could hope to meet, including the cats!! We stayed in room a'nasella which had a parking space just a few steps away, there is a larger car park near reception, but this is a walk down a hill/road, or down 76 steps! The room had a wonderful balcony with 2 chairs, a table and a wonderful view of the valley to the left, and then in front the sea. The room was perfectly appointed with a wardrobe, comfortable bed, two bedside tables with lamps, dressing table with a safe on top(free!) topped off with a smart TV. Wifi was free and plenty fast enough. The bathroom was the same, sink, toilet, bidet and an enclosed corner shower that was lovely after a hard days walking. Decoration of both rooms was in keeping with the rustic and Italian charm of these types of property, the room was cleaned daily and cleaned well. Breakfast was typical Mediterranean fare, cold meats, tomatoes, eggs, cold omelets, toasted bread, and local cornflakes. Also a great selection of warm pastries and the most wonderful chocolate cake and vanilla cake. Orange or apple juice, water, topped off with what ever type of coffee you wanted, freshly ground and brewed as the Italians know how to do. We didnt eat lunch at the hotel, and only ate once in the evening, which was delicious and reasonable. The hotel offers a shuttle minibus every couple of hours down into Amalfi so that you can catch a ferry to one of the other wonderful coastal towns... it is 3euro one way, which although more expensive than a local bus is far more civilized! This is a perfect base with amalfi just a short shuttle away with all the ferrys to Sorrento, Positano, Capri, Salerno etc. We drove to the hotel from Naples airport which takes around 80 minutes. Dont expect to be able to drive fast as once you are out of Naples the roads are windy. You dont need a big car, in fact i would suggest a small one as it is easier to drive/ squeeze the sometimes narrow roads I would go back tomorrow to this hotel and heartily recommend that you go check this out for yourself.