Grand Hotel Mediterraneo in Santa Cesarea Terme

The placement of the property is perfect, but it was probably a four stars 30 years ago.

If you look at the pictured they are not for the standard room, but probably for the better rooms. I would describe it as being in a university dorm.

We can easily hear the people in the others rooms and when they pass in the hallway. The shower drain did not function well and had to close the shower so it did not overflow. The air conditioning is centralised so it his not possible to control per room and it was really humid so much it stank because our bathing suits would not dry over night and even after a day.

Please note that there is a public place to swim in a bay about a 10 min walk from the hotel and you not not have to go to the places in front that cost money unless you prefer to get tanned.

There also seems to be a free bus shuttle, but we only saw it when we lefted.

I do not know if it was the language barrier, but that information was never shared with us by hotel staff.

The breakfast and coffee was good.

We stayed here as part of an organised walking holiday. I feel terrible for writing negatives as the staff here were fantastic- friendly and helpful. However, our room was so tiny, the air con worked but was ineffective and noisy (35 degree heat here!) and the bathroom was awful- my husband could barely fit in the shower and everything in it was very poor quality (fixtures and fittings) had a terrible sleep and breakfast was not very good compared to the other hotels we stayed in around Puglia ( poor choice and quality) I’m sorry to say. The room was the main issue.