Hotel Conca d'Oro

First off, I think the hotel itslef was amazing. It was beautiful and elegant in each room, from the lobby, the restaurant, the sun terrace and the room. Our room was lovely with italian tile and furniture. I mean, this is Europe so it wasn't huge, but a nice size with a great little balcony that had a breathtaking view. When I booked this hotel I was a little unsure about the stairs situation that everyone was talking about and it was actually a little confusong. From the street, there are about 105 stairs to get up to the main lobby, so if you cannot walk up stairs, this is not a good hotel for you. We actually arrived in Positano by ferry and so we discovered that if you want to get up to the hotel from the beach area, you either have to walk up about 465 stairs (which we wound up doing twice) or you can walk the windy street that goes up the mountain. This is nice to stroll to look at shops but it will take about 20 minutes. We discovered you can also take a bus but we never did that becasue the bus took a round about route through positano. So yes if you want to get from the hotel to the main winding street there is 105 stairs but to the beach there are a lot more. Even though this was a little bit of a hassle, you could not beat the view. If we had stayed cloer to the beach we may not have made it up there to see all of Positano and how truly beautiful it is. On our last day, we were taking the ferry in the late afternoon and did not want to make the trek down to the beach so we checked out and then we enjoued the beautiful sun terrace. It was great to lay out there, it was like a private balcony becasue there were only two or three other people out there. There is an outdoor shower so when it got too hot you could cool off. There was also a cool jacuzzi to enjoy. The staff was not super friendly but not enough. All in all I really thought it was nice. Positano is gorgeous. Just take into account the stairs to get there.

The hotel is alittle out of the way and carrying luggage to the hotel was ackward as it was quite a number of steps uphill. The hotel had magnificant views and great facilities. The staff were very helpful and accommodating with any request.

Lovely hotel with breathtaking views over the bay - be prepared that there are no parking facilities and cars require to be parked either on road leading into town (not advisable) or in nearby car park. Porter assistance to carry cases up the many steps to get to hotel most welcome. Restuarant facility excellent. However additional charge to operate air conditioning in room of 30Euros per night ridiculous given the cost per night to stay at hotel!