My second week of travelling through the
very Southern Italy and I am still very impressed of the beauty of the Amalfi
Coast! Now I am on the way to Calabria and I just left the Peninsula of
Sorrento, Vico Equense and the Capo La Gala hotel!
The hotel itself did a small change from
the morning after my last blog entry! The requested and promised Lorenzo
Villoresi toiletries were not in the room, but after I asked one of the
super-friendly front office ladies, she immediately called all departments to get
me the last products they could find! To top this service she also gave us a
restaurant recommendation for a really wow-experience- we had the best dinner
with locals only during this week!
The room itself was bright, with sea view
window, comfy bed and nice bathroom with very small and old-smelling Palais
Jamais Etro toiletries!
Furthermore there is a Spa with indoor pool, which is beautifully designed but not good managed (empty Ortigia soaps and terrible smell of dirty water in the corner o the relaxing room), as well as very nice Carthusia toiletries if you book a Prestige room or a suite! I do not like these hotels which make two-class system with the toiletries, this gives me more the feeling of a cheap hotel than a five-star property, but the front desk told me that they will have Carthusia everywhere soon! Again I have to mention the four ladies at the front desk, who are more than very helpful and they are so friendly - they greeted us like friends!
The breakast is a nice Buffet of a 5-star
hotel and the service is friendly.
Although they try to be luxury in some
aspects, which have to be improved for this price category, they get 8 Points
out of 10 for one of the best front office staff I've ever had as a hotel
guest!
Yesterday I had a great day in Capri! I
went there with the Speed Ferry from Sorrento and experienced one of the most
beautiful islands I've ever been! The streets are narrow and you can find every
world-famous Designer you can imagine: there is a Prada store next to the
funicular, a Louis Vuitton shop in the luxury shopping street and of course the
Carthusia factory with the factory store around the corner - a MUST for every
Capri visitor!
I have bought a nice 50ml perfume called
1689, which is a great male perfume mix by Carthusia! The price was 55 Euros
for 50ml, which is not too overpriced for a nice holiday souvenier! Afterwards
I strolled into the shop of the famous Qvisisana Palace, where they have
beautiful accessoires in cool beige and brown colours.
After the shopping tour I passed by a very
chic restaurant called Edodè, which serves excellent sea food! The only problem
or shok for me was the service charge of 14 Euros!!! It was a nice lunch, but
not really worth such high obligatory tip or service charge!
