Il Melograno

The staff were very friendly. Breakfast/dinner excellent quality.

Had to use hotel's taxi service into Monopoli centre which was very expensive - 30 euros each way for a 5 minute drive! They should offer a complimentary shuttle into town and back like they do for the beach. Not enough sun beds around the pool for amount of guests at hotel which is not really acceptable for a 5 star hotel.

The hotel was very good - the staff were good but it sometimes took a long time to get served outside the main areas.

The room overlooked two courtyards. Firstly, the bottles were emptied at around 11:30 every night - which woke us up! Surely it would be better to do this in the morning when people are awake? Secondly, there was a party of cyclists who were up in the courtyard at 6 am and as they were Americans they were basically shouting at each other oblivious to the fact that people around them were still sleeping. We had hoped that this would only happen on one occasion but it was three mornings in the end. Given the size of the hotel - we couldn't understand why this couldn't be done in the events area away from sleeping areas or alternatively put the cyclists in those rooms!