Hotel with a view, Sorrento, Italy

Hotel Minerva, Sorrento

The Hotel Minerva, Sorrento has a stunning location high up on the cliffs overlooking the Gulf of Naples and offers far-reaching views out to sea and along the coast. Originally built back in 1875, this hotel has bags of character and an interesting history. Since then, it has been comprehensively refurbished and enlarged a number of times and now offers guests a high standard of accommodation and excellent service. The centre of Sorrento is a pleasant, ten-minute walk.

There are 56 rooms at this Sorrento hotel, all with splendid en-suite facilities, satellite television, direct-dial telephone, personal safe, minibar and internet connection point. The entire hotel is comfortably air-conditioned and nearly all the rooms have wonderful views out over the gulf or towards the pretty hotel grounds. Non-smoking rooms are available on request and cots/cribs and additional beds are provided for families travelling with young children. All rooms are accessible either by lift or via ground-floor access.

A tasty continental breakfast is included in the price of your room and the hotel has a pleasant, welcoming restaurant and a relaxing bar with a comprehensive drinks list. There is a swimming pool, a Jacuzzi-style hydro-massage pool and an excellent business centre with a range of meeting rooms. A particularly attractive feature of this hotel in Sorrento is the fabulous rooftop swimming pool, which has incredible views out towards Capri and Ischia with the brooding Mount Vesuvius in the distance. There is 24-hour service on reception, a dry cleaning and laundry service, 24-hour porterage and a left-luggage/safe-deposit facility. Parking is free and high chairs are available in the restaurant.

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Double room from €110