Baia del Sole Resort

Recent Reviews: 889

• User:katedka18

  Trip type: Friends getaway

  Stunning garden, nice beach, overpriced food and service.

  15 Sept 2026

  The hotel is located few steps from a nice beach and surrounded by a stunning garden.Superior rooms are quite comfortable with big bathroom (better bathroom cleaning absolutely needed)Standard rooms in small bungalows are really small, enough just for sleeping.Breakfast is good, plenty of choices, fresh fruits, coffee is very good.Unfortunately service is a weak point. Extremely poor English/ German knowledge, very few people who really want to help you and value the quests needs. Waiting time for breakfast coffee could take 20 minutes ...Extremely complicated and not client orientated organisation of food service ! If you want to have a coffee in the afternoon, you can not order a dessert (except ice cream ) as it is served in the lunch time only! If you want to have some snack in the evening having a beer it is also not possible any more! So the manager seems to know better what and when you should eat! Crazy! Even the service people are not happy with this but they said they must follow the rules …The hotel is situated in the area which is in the middle of nowhere so a car is a must ! Pls note there is no lungomare, no place you can just walk outside the hotel. To sum up, very nice garden and beach, the rest is completely overpriced and not client orientated at all! Check out took 25 minutes with poor communication again.It is a pity as there is a big potential in this ploce. The only compliments go to Giusy at the reception, Carlos at the bar and Leyla the waitress. These people were always happy to assist and speak English. Silvio Magarò, General Manager at Baia del Sole Resort, responded to this review Dear Guest,Thank you for taking the time to share such detailed feedback about your stay.We are pleased to hear that you appreciated our location, the beautiful Mediterranean garden, the beach, and the quality and variety of our breakfast, including our fresh fruit and coffee. We also particularly appreciate your kind words about Giusy, Carlos and Leyla, which we will be happy to share with them.At the same time, we are sorry that several aspects of the service did not meet your expectations. Your comments regarding communication in English and German, waiting times at breakfast, the organisation of our food and beverage services, and the check-out experience are valuable and will be taken into consideration as we continue to improve our guest experience.Regarding our food service, we understand your frustration with the limitations you experienced when trying to order certain items outside the scheduled service times. Our outlets operate according to specific service periods and menus, but we recognise that these arrangements should always be communicated clearly and, wherever possible, managed with greater flexibility and attention to our guests' needs.We are also sorry about the bathroom cleaning in your Superior room and have shared your comment with the relevant department for further attention.Finally, our resort is located in a natural and relatively secluded area, which is part of the character of the property but also means that there is no promenade or extensive pedestrian area immediately outside the resort. We appreciate your noting this aspect for future guests.We are grateful for your recognition of the potential of Baia del Sole. We hope that, should you decide to visit us again, we will have the opportunity to offer you the more attentive and seamless experience you were expecting.Kind regards,The ManagementBaia del Sole Resort

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• User:MrsCarlos

  Trip type: Couples

  The most delightful stay - and we will be returning.

  21 Jul 2026

  A little late in writing our review - but wanted to catch up and let everyone know what an amazing place Baia del Sole is.From the minute we arrived, the reception ladies were amazing - really helpful and friendly, full of advice and assistance for us.Our room was immaculate as were the pool, beach area, gardens and grounds and dining areas.Breakfast was delicious, everything from meats, cheeses, pastries, cereals, yoghurts to freshly prepared eggs (of your choosing) and fresh bread and fruit. Tea, coffee delivered to your table with the loveliest of waiters/waitresses.We enjoyed four course ala carte every night and cannot fault the food, the wine or the waiting staff - an amazing end to each day.Baia del Sole will arrange either the shuttle taxi to take you to Tropea or other venues or you can request a private shuttle taxi to take you and collect you - an absolutely faultless service which we really appreciated when visiting Tropea for the day.Having read through some of the reviews on TripAdvisor, I am somewhat surprised at some of the negativity - all I can say is that going on our experience, ignore the negative comments and visit Baia del Sole - from our perspective you won't regret it and we know that we will be returning.Thank you to everyone at Baia del Sole for our amazing holiday with you x

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• User:Emoke H

  Trip type: Couples

  Heavenly peace

  19 Oct 2025

  We spent a week in a superior room here end of September. The hotel garden is wonderful, very well kept, clean. The room was spacious, bathroom great, everything clean. Enough place to store clothes. Daily 2 botter of water in room. The pool area is clean, enough sunbeds. Beach service very good. Breakfast and dinner superb, coffee the best. All the staff very nice. Especially, Gudrun, Antionio and the girls making the pancakes in the morning. We will definetely come back here if we stay in Calabria next time.

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• User:Samantha M

  Trip type: Family

  Excellent family hotel

  22 Jul 2024

  Spent two weeks here with our two children (aged 10 and 8). The quality of the resort and service is very high. Rooms and gardens are kept immaculate. Pool area is also clean. Food is locally sourced and is excellent. We were half board which included a buffet breakfast in the restaurant overlooking the sea and a 4 course a la carte dinner in Le Giare restaurant overlooking the gardens. The menu changed each day and children had a separate 3 course menu (which did not change). The quality of the kids menu was a little disappointing as it consisted of fried fish fingers, burger or fried chicken cutlets. We would have preferred unprocessed food, like chicken breast or fillet of fish but kids were allowed to eat off the main a la carte menu which ours did some nights.The hotel website advertises inflatables in the pool but there aren't any at the moment. There are two SUPs, kayaks & pedalo on the beach for guests' use (free of charge). We weren't told on check in that you have to pay if you want to use a sun lounger on the beach that is on the front row so we were surprised when a lifeguard asked us to pay half way through our holiday! Given the price paid for the accommodation, I wouldn't expect to have to do this. The beach is very rocky (no soft powdery sand here) so water shoes are advisable. The sea is crystal clear, warm and has an abundance of fish very close to shore so is excellent for snorkeling.The hotel describes itself as having a private beach but it does allow non-staying guests to use the beach and pool so we found it got very busy at the weekend which spoilt the atmosphere a little. Unfortunately the hotel is sandwiched between two other hotels which have loud sound systems that are audible from the pool! The hotel is very remote and there aren't any bars or restaurants in walking distance (other than the bar of the hotel next door which we visited for lunch one day). We got the train from the airport and noticed some hotels picking people up in mini buses from the train station (Ricadi) but we had to pay for a taxi (which the hotel organised). Taxis are very expensive. It cost €18 from Ricadi Station to the hotel which is a 5 minute drive. We got the train to Tropea a few times which is worth doing. Trains are very reasonably priced but the walk to Ricadi station from the hotel is up a very steep hill and in the middle of a heatwave with young children wasn't doable for us so we had to pay for a taxi each time. We walked back to the hotel from the station one day and even at 6:30pm it wasn't a pleasant experience. It's a shame the hotel doesn't provide a complimentary shuttle service to and from the station. Sharing a taxi with other families would also be consistent with the hotel's eco friendly credentials.Overall, we were happy with the hotel and would return but, due to the remote location and the expense in reaching the train station to explore the surrounding area, we'd come back for one week rather than two.

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• User:FF1186338

  Trip type: Couples

  A beautiful resort to experience the true Calabrian life

  07 Oct 2023

  We have just returned from the most amazing 2 weeks holiday to celebrate a special anniversary. The hotel and its grounds are absolutely stunning. The rooms are contemporary yet exceptionally comfortable. Bathroom are lovely - personally I prefer a bath but the shower was excellent.We chose the hotel due to it's location - accessibility to the station and it's food - locally sourced and local specialities. It would have been helpful if staff could have given directions to the station and also bus routes and timetables. It is fair to say if you don't like steep hills this is probably not the ideal location.Food in the main was very good but there were a couple of dishes which were not to our taste. Whilst the buffet was plentiful - 2 nights per week - the hot buffet was tepid - we didn't enjoy buffet and for a hotel of this quality we would prefer a la carte every night. However otherwise excellent locally sourced organic produce including from the hotel garden and good local wines at a reasonable price and a varied 4 course a la carte menu. Breakfast was outstanding - a wide variety of buffet with an omelette, pancake and crepe option cooked to order. Beautiful restaurant overlooking the beach. The beach is nice but would benefit from new sunbeds; the pool area clean with plenty of comfortable sunbeds. Emmanuelle the lifeguard was friendly and helpful. Service was generally good, but on occasion not always consistent. Special mention to Antonella, Antonio, Raffaelle, Guiseppie and Alex. Cleanliness was outstanding - the housekeepers and gardeners were also excellent.The bar was nice but we found wine by the glass expensive compared to a bottle at dinner. We didn't enjoy the entertainment so relaxed by our room on those evenings.Overall a very good stay and we would return.

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