386 ReviewsProperty Location When you stay at Relais Le Magnolie in Casal Velino, you'll be convenient to Velia Ruins. Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 48 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Rooms have private furnished balconies where you can take in pool and garden views. Digital television is provided for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature makeup/shaving mirrors and complimentary toiletries. Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities Relax on the private beach or enjoy other recreational amenities such as an outdoor pool and a spa tub. Additional features include complimentary wireless Internet access and tour/ticket assistance. Guests can catch a ride to nearby destinations on the area shuttle (surcharge). Dining Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or stay in and take advantage of 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Business, Other Amenities Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, audiovisual equipment, and express check-in. Event facilities at this hotel consist of banquet facilities and a meeting/conference room. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request).
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Localita Isola,Casal Velino,IT,Italy
Property Location When you stay at Relais Le Magnolie in Casal Velino, you'll be convenient to Velia Ruins. Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 48 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Rooms have private furnished balconies where you can take in pool and garden views. Digital television is provided for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature makeup/shaving mirrors and complimentary toiletries. Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities Relax on the private beach or enjoy other recreational amenities such as an outdoor pool and a spa tub. Additional features include complimentary wireless Internet access and tour/ticket assistance. Guests can catch a ride to nearby destinations on the area shuttle (surcharge). Dining Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or stay in and take advantage of 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Business, Other Amenities Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, audiovisual equipment, and express check-in. Event facilities at this hotel consist of banquet facilities and a meeting/conference room. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request).
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Aatu on 12/02/2007 05:30
Ok, this review is a bit late, but I figured I'd post in anyways. We stayed in Relais le Magnolie as a part of our Italy vacation in July 06. Spent 5 nights in the hotel.
Upon arriving it was obvious that "english spoken here" was just an advertisement. We were able to communicate with only one of the staff members in english. Usually we used our hands and some few italian words.. This goes to the whole area.. Always managed to survive though..
The hotel itself is very nice - rooms are basic and clean. The pool was large enough and the beach was within a walking distance (only some hundred meters). The hotel also provided a shuttle to the beach, but it is not necessary to take as the distance is rather short.. "Private beach" was ok, sun chairs and umbrellas, nice sandy beach. One negative issue is that you can't walk down the beach to the marina di casal velino. Snack bar next to the beach satisfactory. Some food and beverages.
Breakfast quite simple (as usually in italy). The main waiter made an effort and provided cheese and ham for us every morning. Very nice of him!
We ate dinner once in the restaurant and the food was decent. I would recommend that you eat somewhere else. F.ex. Marina di Ascea has some nice places.. For this you need a car though, which I think is the biggest problem of the hotel. It is located some kilometers from Marina di casal velino - a just outside of walking range. Thus if you want to go somewhere it has to be by car. This limits your freetime as there isn't much around the hotel, except for one supermarket within one kilometer.. Parking the car is no stress, the hotel has plenty of parking places.
I have to admit, I have never felt more relaxed than after this trip. There were no international news papers and the TV in the room didn't work. Overall nice local hotel with friendly staff. I might not stay there again as I like to be able to walk downtown and along the beach. If this is not a problem, I would recommend this to someone who is satisfied with 2-3 star hotel (they say they are 4 stars, but no way!) and enjoys just being on the beach..
Rick E on 15/10/2006 05:30
The Magnolie has the potential to be the best hotel in the area, but unfortunately has a major shortcoming. The layout and grounds are superb, consisting of 4 accomodation blocks, reception building and restaurant building, set among olive and palm trees, with a swimming pool and a tennis court which doubles up as football pitch. Accomodation is in spacious suites which will easily accommodate a family of 4, are well furnished and immaculately clean.
So what is the problem? Well we visited in early October, admittedly a quiet time of year, and spent 4 days as the only guests. Obviously the restaurant was not open for dinner as advertised, and as stated in the in-room info pack, and with no chef on site the advertised 24 hour room service was not applicable either. Nor was the beach-side snack bar open. Worst of all, the swimming pool was unusable, being coated in green slime, clearly not having been cleaned for some time. My 12 year old tried hard, but failed to hide his disappointment.
Despite being a quiet time of year, 200 metres away, a hotel of lesser standard was filled with German tourists with all their facilities from spotless swimming pool to beachside restaurant bar open.
The 4 full time “caretaker” staff at the Relais worked hard to try to keep us happy, but the accomodation was sold to us on the basis of facilities which were simply not available during our stay. Although we enjoyed our break, I do feel bitter that the accomodation was misrepresented. A party of 4 visited during our stay and after being shown round decided to move on elsewhere.
Would I return? As a guest, certainly not. But when the Relais goes bust, I may well make them an offer, and make the hotel the success it could so easily be.
