Hotel Mare Blu

Beautiful location with an excellent view of the castle. Nice breakfast in the morning too!

There is one older gentleman who works at the front desk who barely greeted us upon arrival and did not tell us a single thing about the hotel’s facilities. We had to basically beg for a room with a balcony even though they had plenty available.

The location of the hotel was good. 10 minute taxi ride from the main port in Ischia and a short walk down to the old town towards Castel Aragonese.

We were really excited about staying here. Claimed to be a 5 star hotel and we paid over £200 per night for our 2 night stay. The main facilities in the hotel were great - the rooftop pool and the indoor thermal pool. However our room left a lot to be desired - was old and quite dated. The shower was scaled up and the shower hose was rusty. There were no tea or coffee facilities in the room but a small mini bar. A small bottle of water was chargeable at €2.50 I think - definitely not complimentary even after paying over £450 to stay here! Our much cheaper apartment in Rome provided free water, snacks and coffee facilities as did everywhere else we stayed on our trip. Our Tv didn’t work so we had to get reception to fix it and also the lamp above the dressing table didn’t work. The staff in the hotel smiled politely but seemed more on parade and not very approachable. At breakfast several waiters hovered around and we felt a little watched over, which would be fine if they tried to chat but there was nothing. Just little niggles but we’ve stayed in many 5 star hotels from Dubai to Iceland and this place sadly didn’t even come close.