From Pompeii, we set off towards Sorrento for our beach-front hotel.
you know they're deprived of beaches when you see them playing on these rocks. fun meh?!
You see mount vesuvius EVERYWHERE
After a lot of wrong turns we managed to find our hotel.. Mar Alimuri. It had the best sunset views!
Unfortunately.. the hotel manager was there to greet us at the lobby, and apparently there were no rooms for us, because he says the fax machine was broken or some shit. I really believed him but now on hindsight after reading some travel articles on Frommer's, I realize that this is a trick used by the hotel industry to earn... Downgrading you to a lousier hotel when you reach.
He claimed that it was a mistake in the first place, that the hotel's rooms wouldn't have been at that rate (which does make sense because it was quite a nice hotel plus seaview from room but I paid only abt 120 euros) .. But he was helpful and he did have some suggestions for us, e.g. some shit apartment that he claims was his own room which we rejected.. He offered a dinner at his hotel on the house, after which he would get another hotel for us.
We were quite tired after all that driving/getting lost, so we wanted to wash up somewhere first. After finding out that we wanted to go to Capri the next day.. he suggested the Atlantic Palace hotel in Sorrento. (Mar Alimuri is actually in 'Meta Di Sorrento' which is pretty far from the harbour) We didn't have much of a choice, so we followed his suggestion.. He called the boss there and personally drove there (we followed his car in our own), and handed us over to the staff over there..
It wasn't too bad an arrangement, considering
The room at Atlantic Palace.. Pretty good, they had the same colored walls as my own room at home =D
He claimed that it was a mistake in the first place, that the hotel's rooms wouldn't have been at that rate (which does make sense because it was quite a nice hotel plus seaview from room but I paid only abt 120 euros) .. But he was helpful and he did have some suggestions for us, e.g. some shit apartment that he claims was his own room which we rejected.. He offered a dinner at his hotel on the house, after which he would get another hotel for us.
We were quite tired after all that driving/getting lost, so we wanted to wash up somewhere first. After finding out that we wanted to go to Capri the next day.. he suggested the Atlantic Palace hotel in Sorrento. (Mar Alimuri is actually in 'Meta Di Sorrento' which is pretty far from the harbour) We didn't have much of a choice, so we followed his suggestion.. He called the boss there and personally drove there (we followed his car in our own), and handed us over to the staff over there..
It wasn't too bad an arrangement, considering
- This new hotel is nearer and has a free shuttle to and fro from the harbour to Capri island
- We still scored a free dinner complete with wine (save some money and still eat good food)
- It's 4 stars
The room at Atlantic Palace.. Pretty good, they had the same colored walls as my own room at home =D
Our complimentary dinner, actually our best meal in Italy. And the only one at which we had free WATER and wine.
friendly waiter who posed for me
night view from our balcony
and... mount vesuvius, again
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