La Medusa  

10 out of 10 for the 'wow' factor. Very impressive hotel and gardens. The staff were very friendly and helpfull. We arrived at 9am and were treated to breakfast while our room was made ready. If only every Hotel Manager was as polite, helpfull and proffessional as he was! The staff, Franco and Maria were excellent. Anna was the cleaner for our floor and was also excellent. An amazing experience all round. We had read reports of the area around the hotel being run down and scruffy. It was just a normal Italian rural area with a choice of restaurants/snack bars around it. Not pretentious just people living and making a living! Cannot wait to go back and sample it all again.

No bottle opener for the beer/juice in the mini-bar. Sorry.................best I could manage.

The hotel «La Medusa» is absolutely fantastic. We highly recommend it to anyone visiting the Amalfian Coast and Pompei. The rooms are bright and spotless, the gardens amazing, the food excellent, the performance of the staff very professional and the view over the mount Vesuvio stunning. In brief, «La Medusa» is synonymous with peace, tranquility and outstanding service. It's home away from home. Notre séjour à l'hôtel «La Medusa» en juin dernier fut un enchantement à tous points de vue. Il n'y a pas de mots assez élogieux pour décrire la beauté du site et l'accueil chaleureux que nous y avons reçu. Nous nous sommes promis d'y revenir dans un prochain voyage. Notre meilleur souvenir à M. Franscesco Donnarumma et à ses proches collaborateurs.

This is the best hotel I've ever stayed in. The hotel staff are incredibly friendly and go out of their way to make you feel welcome. The food (and breakfasts) are fantastic, and the swimming pool and garden is absolutely beautiful. The room was first rate too, and we were upgraded so we ended up with a gorgeous view of Vesuvius. Absolutely fantastic hotel!

The gardens are out of this world and are the perfect venue for weddings. The pool is also excellent. The service was top class, particularly in the restaurants.

Friendly staff, beautifully maintained and renovated

Breakfast was disappointing compared to other hotels in Italy, but perhaps because it was off season.

The manager was very helpful. The restaurant was good.

Don't take a room near the lift shaft - you can hear people leaving early in the hallway.

Nice hotel with splendid garden and environment. Nice to have breakfast in the morning outside. Good location to see the region, but need car.

This hotel is wonderful, clean, comfortable and friendly staff. The grounds are amazing, with lemon, orange and lime trees. Lovely large pool with large deck space for relaxing. Wonderful views of Vesuvius and Gulf of Naples. (Ask for sea view when reserving a room).

The only issue with this hotel it is a little out of the way from restaurants, it was ok for us because we had a car. The hotel will organize taxis etc and I think they have a shuttle to Pompeii during the day.

Any bad word. Hotel on all of 110 %. The parking is excellent, the personnel of the nice fellow, territory is improved as in paradise. Huge pool........... All very much, very much

That soon still there I will return

Friendly staff, good food, beautiful gardens.

Excellent service. Stunning gardens and building.

La Medusa is an oasis of tranquility away from the maddening Italian drivers and scooter riders.We were upgraded to a luxury room as it was our 30th wedding anniversary. Nothing was too much trouble for Francesco and his excellent team. Although it was off season when we visited and the hotel restaurant was closed, they recommended the La Brace restaurant to us which was just 50 metres away. I recommend it too. Warm, friendly and very reasonable. All in all, a very enjoyable stay. Well done La Medusa... a home away from home.

Castelamare itself is a bit rough and the streets are chaotic to say the least! But none of that is the hotel's fault. As i said before, peace and tranquility the whole way.