Hotel Cerere

Nice hotel, but clearly catering to the wedding business. This means that the pool hours are limited during the mid-day (when weddings are held). The restaurant has limited options and hours, but there are several good eateries within a short walk (including one Michellan-starred place). The beach is two blocks away and they have their own private beach area. The train station and Paestum ruins are about 5 kilometers away. You can walk it, but a taxi is advised.

Well maintained hotel for a short stay. Staff are friendly although only a few have command of basic English. Lift is rather small for the size of the hotel. Only English channels in tv are Aljazeera and Bloomberg. Some cloth hooks in the bathroom would be helpful.

The hotel itself was nice, very nice pool area. Rooms could do with some upgrades, specifically the bathroom/shower. The staff was not very helpful. No towels at the pool, you had to walk all the way back to reception and then they charge 2euro but maybe this is normal in Italy. There was one girl who was really unfriendly at checkin and I think this set the tone for the whole place.

Stayed for 11 days. Even though we spoke no Italian the staff went out of their way to make sure we got answers to all our questions. The staff was friendly and very helpful.

Staff were really great, got a free upgrade which was nice.