Hotel Marincanto - Positano

Average rating:  8.9

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Apr 2008

Excellent Room, spacy, clean, marvelous sea view, very friendly personal, super terasse to enjoy wondful breakfast with unbelievable sea view. negative: no parking possibility for our car!

Guest name: Gerhard Haemmerle, Italy

Average rating:  8.8

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in Apr 2008

This was our first visit to Positano and we were very pleased with both the hotel and the town. We stayed in a junior suite and were very happy to find that the photos of both the room and view were accurate. The room was spacious and attractive, and the view was lovely. The hotel staff was especially friendly and helpful. Breakfast was very good, particularly the pasteries. On-site parking was big plus. A car is a liabilty, not an asset when on the Amalfi Coast, but if it is unavoidable, hotel parking is absolutely essential. Leave the car and take the SITA bus or boat. My only criticism is that the hallway runner outside our room was stained and needed replacement, but this was a small matter. I would happliy return to this hotel and recommend it to others. For dinner, try Bruno's a few doors down. Casual atmosphere, reasonable prices, and excellent food.

Guest name: LS, USA

Average rating:  8.6

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in Apr 2008

The staff are extremely friendly and helpful - it was a real pleasure to be there. Our room looked out directly over the sea (a double superior), so we could have the French windows open all day and night and hear the sea and not be overlooked. The sun terraces are spacious and ideally positioned. Very good breakfast, but no other meals available.

Guest name: Bridget Walker, United Kingdom

Average rating:  9.9

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Sep 2007

We had a beautiful room with a veranda that overlooked town and the water. We were in the old building but it was quite nice. I was nervous after reading reviews of old building- ants etc but it was perfect. It was 72 steps down to the beach and disco. For walks go down the stairs and return via the roads.

Guest name: CE, USA

Average rating:  8.1

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in Nov 2007

Nous avons passé un séjour merveillerux au Marincanto. La vue y est absolument sublime, juste au dessus de la mer et avec une plongée sur toute la ville. Je crois bien que toutes les chambres ont vue mer. Le petit déjeuner sur la terrasse est un moment merveilleux. Réel plaisir de prendre sa douche en surplombant la mer. Le staff était vraiment charmant. Le parking au sommet de l'Hotel est un réel plus à Positano.

Guest name: CC, France

Average rating:  7.9

Guest type: Gay Couple

stayed in Nov 2007

The bed and pillows needed to be upgraded

Guest name: Robert Rocchi, Australia

Average rating:  9.0

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Oct 2007

Welcoming and highly competent staff

Guest name: ES, USA

Average rating:  10.0

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in Oct 2007

A terrific hotel in Positano. View from our private balcony was amazing. Our room was pretty large, sparse, and very clean. I think we got the double standard room, it did have its own balcony, but didn't have a jacuzzi tub as seen in some of the guest pictures. It was a little confusing figuring out what rooms had what ammenities, but the jacuzzi was not missed at all. This is a great hotel. We didn't have a car as Positano was our only stop on the Amalfi Coast. Driving here is NOT RECCOMENDED, and that has nothing to do with the Marincanto, but the nature of the roads in Positano in general... you can get anywhere in Positano by walking. There are alot of steps, but living in a 5 story walk-up in New York, we did not find it unbearable. The included breakfast was delicious, and the staff very friendly.

Guest name: BD, USA

Average rating:  10.0

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Oct 2007

we were quite pleased, and commented that it was a hotel that was better than the pictures. The staff was overwhelmingly helpful. Breakfast was excellent and a bar was a plus. The walk to the shore was invigorating and the return moreso, but we felt this really kept us up to our usual activity level. Dinner at Bruno's outside looking over the town on our first night there, exhausted after the trip, was just perfect. Divine meal at Sireneuse. Capri trip so convenient. Pompeii and Herculaneum a nice day trip. We were simply enchanted!

Guest name: PD, USA

Average rating:  5.5

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in Oct 2007

Desk staff was dangerously providing mis-information. We asked how to get back from Bomareno after hiking the Trail of The Gods. They told us a bus ran every 30 mins from there to Amalfi. This was wrong. We got there at 4pm and the next bus didn't run until 7:30p that night. When we called the hotel desk to ask them to send a cab up from Amalfi to Bomareno, they told us they didn't work with cabs in Amalfi. In my opinion, they should have been willing to look up a phone number and at least try. They told us they could send a private driver for hire from Positano for $80 Euro. Unacceptable! The next day we went to Capri, and they told us incorrect times for the ferry departures and returns. If we had not checked with the actual ferry company we would have missed the ferries. Nice location, good views. Thin walls, lots of noise. Plain rooms. Poor front desk staff.

Guest name: SW, USA

Average rating:  9.1

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Oct 2007

A fabulous hotel with spacios suites- fabulous views over Positano and within easy walking distance of the centre. Staff were great. We had a spectacular 5 hour electric storm the night we were there and so stayed in for room service- were not disappointed.

Guest name: HB, Australia

Average rating:  8.5

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in Sep 2007

Maricanto made positano a true experience for us. The location was superb -- a block from Le Sirenuse and even better, not even too many stairs (for positano) and the private beach access was great. The breakfast was wonderful on the terrace and our room (224 I believe) had the most INCREDIBLE balacony view -- although the room itself was meager, the balcony and view more than made of for it. Our only gripe, was the concergie service -- not as knowledgable or as helpful as we would have liked although we had some great suggestions from friends -- such as La Cambusa for dinner (pasta with mussells YUM), taking a little boat to have a low key lunch at Da Adolfo and go swimming, Max for a nicer meal and right down the block from Maricanto - Bruno's resturant was find! Enjoy positano, its a dream...

Guest name: CZ, USA

Average rating:  9.2

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Aug 2007

Aside from our driver arriving 1 hour late at the airport in Naples due to traffic and not having the room we reserved available on our first night we really enjoyed the hotel. It is perfectly located just on the edge of town overlooking the sea and as such it is away from the tourist crush. The beach is about 300 steps below the hotel. Our advice is to walk down and through the center of town to avoid a coronary. Great breakfast everyday on the deck overlooking the sea. Friendly help. Menu at the dinner time was good quality albeit somewhat limited in selection.

Guest name: MS, USA

Average rating:  10.0

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in Aug 2007

There is no need to stay anywhere else in Positano! Unless you want to jump up in price considerably, this is where you should stay. Our absolute favorite hotel we stayed at in our 2 week vacation... the rooms were perfect, the hospitality was over the top, and the views from the balcony were breathtaking. Oh, and the breakfast?? Unreal. Book this hotel with no hesitation. That is, of course, you have a problem with stairs. Then, Positano is not for you.

Guest name: SP, USA

Average rating:  9.2

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in Aug 2007

Hotel Marincanto was great, the room was especially large not just by Italian standards but all around. The jacuzzi tub in the bathroom was great, very large. The room was absolutely gorgeous and in a great location, close enough to the center of Positano (about a 10-15 minute walk with great views along the way) but far enough away to have quite evenings. The only complaint we had was that there was no elevator to get down to the rooms below lobby level. The steps are steep and there are A LOT! The stairs down to the beach area are even worse. Someone counted and said there were 292 steps down from the lobby to the beach. Beach access was 13 euro per person per day (optional), and thats to sit on the deck about 30 feet from the shore, to sit directly on the beach it's an extra 2 euro per person. This is a wonderful hotel and the views are priceless, I wouldn't suggest it for people who don't want to walk up and down the stairs very much. We are a young couple in our 20's and found it very physically exerting sometimes

Guest name: Luigi Rotondi, USA

Average rating:  8.1

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in Jul 2007

It was the first time but we will return ...

Guest name: BR, Switzerland

Average rating:  9.6

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Jun 2007

We were extremely happy with our stay and room here. We arrived late and the staff stayed to prepare a meal for us. The breakfast was delicious with many choices and beautiful fruit. The views from the room, deck, and patios are magnificent. I wish we had stayed longer! It is easy to walk into town and restaurants, and the bus stop is close by.

Guest name: Vivien Quinn, USA

Average rating:  8.2

Guest type: Gay Couple

stayed in May 2007

Great location and fantastic view; spartan but comfortable and clean room and bathroom; personal, friendly and knowledgable staff. Will definitely come back and stay there again.

Guest name: SS, USA

Average rating:  9.9

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in May 2007

Excelent place. One of the few hotels in Positano were you can park your car inside. Is much better than you can expect by the photos. And have an elevator.

Guest name: LUIS ROCHA, Brazil