Hotel Il Gabbiano

The sea- view s!! ..the location is incredible.

All good no complaints.

Friendly staff, very helpful and polite. Breakfast was fine. Very clean rooms. Excellent location, everything is close: beach, bus stops, walking distance to the city center on a beautiful promenade.

Perhaps a change of breakfast time to 7:00 or 7:30 instead of 8:00. This would be really helpful if you plan to leave earlier in the morning for the beach or tours.

The hotel is quite near the old city center - about a 10 - 15 mins walk. There is a beach right across the street which is very convenient, but it's not the best beach - you can hear the street and it's often smelly because of the algae. Two large stores a couple minutes away. There are balconies on the side of the hotel as well as in front, so not all rooms have a sea view - ours didn't - which was at the end a blessing in disguise because it was less noisy. The room is very clean, and the aircon works great. The breakfast is ok if you like sweets, but not a lot is there in terms of savory food - not terrible but less amazing than some reviews made it sound. You can smoke on the balcony and in front of the hotel. The hotel is pretty old and not super cozy, but overall an ok experience. Too expensive for what it is in my point if view, but ok overall.

The hotel is positioned on a quite busy street. Not all rooms have sea view, but you trade that for a quieter room. The bed and pillows are not super comfortable. There are not a lot of amenities in the room, the shower is super small. The breakfast is not that great but not terrible: not a lot of variety, omelets (frittatas) are rare, the toaster takes 10 mins to toast. One annoying thing was that they ask you to always leave your key at the desk when you leave the room, "for safety reasons" - not a big deal but for us it felt controlling.

The location is great and the staff were always very cheerful and helpful The air conditioning worked well but that’s where it ended.

I’m not sure why this hotel gets such a high rating. After travelling for 12 weeks I have to say this place was one of the most expensive rooms we have stayed in and we have stayed in some really lovely hotels. We had just stayed at a beautiful hotel just down the strip which was absolutely beautiful and breakfast and a great pool were included in their price. Unfortunately Hotel Gabbiano was a major step down. We paid more $$ here and there were basically no inclusions. The room was small , there was no water, no tissues. Very small sachet of shampoo. The shower was tiny. No kettle in the room and when asked if I could get a glass hot water it was “not possible “ We didn’t have breakfast there so I can’t comment on that. The walls are very thin and I could hear people talking and coughing quite clearly in the room. The decor is very dated. I felt like I was staying a room at my grandparents house. Definitely not value for money. There are much better options nearby