Reviews of Aquamaris Design Suite & Spa

Friendly staff, clean facilities, quality hotel cosmetics, beautiful garden with sun beads make this accomodation exceptional by Italian standards. They will bring you food and drinks to the beach, what more could you want :-)

The beach was really nice. Previous guests complained about dragging umbrellas to the beach — this issue has now been fixed, so kudos to the hotel for listening to feedback. The beach itself is beautiful, fairly clean, and much less crowded than the ones nearby. Service was great. The owners and staff are very nice, attentive, and most of them speak English very well. The cleaning service was impeccable, with bedding changed every 3 days. A coffee machine, kettle, and hairdryer were available in the room. The taxi drivers arranged by the hotel were also polite and reliable.

Unfortunately, a few things went wrong during our stay: 1. The biggest issue that ruined our experience was the persistent, nauseating smell of animal feces. I don’t know why nobody mentioned it in reviews — maybe it’s a recent problem. Every evening around 8 p.m. the street reeked of cow/horse feces, and the smell lasted until 6–7 a.m. It was unbearable, the kind of vomit-inducing smell that made it impossible to enjoy the outdoors. We had to close our door and stay inside. Honestly, I’ve never smelled anything this bad. Maybe my girlfriend and I have especially sensitive noses, but it made us want to check out and stay elsewhere. Sadly, the smell was present more or less in the whole city. 2. Our room had no windows. This was shown in the photos, so technically it’s on us, but honestly — you don’t expect a 4-star hotel to have windowless rooms. 3. Because of this, the room felt extremely claustrophobic. The only source of light and air was the terrace door, but we couldn’t leave it open because the terrace wasn’t private, and our room was on the ground floor in a fairly busy area. With the door open, we had zero privacy — everyone could hear us and we felt watched. With the door closed, the room felt like a shoebox. 4. You would expect a windowless room to at least be well-lit. Ours wasn’t. It only had three lamps: two small bedside ones and a single LED strip on the ceiling. It was fairly dark all day long. 5. The shower was frustrating. No matter how we left it, every time we turned it on, the rainfall shower automatically started — blasting cold water. For someone with long hair, this was awful. My hairstyle got ruined several times until I learned to stand away from the shower when turning it on. 6. We ordered wine, but the hotel didn’t have wine glasses. Instead, we were given plastic cups, it felt like a college party. Alongside the wine, we were served snacks we didn’t order (chips and cookies).

The property is impeccably decorated and furnished throughout, with an outstanding level of comfort in the room. The breakfast terrace overlooking the tree and a pine tree forest is perfect to start the day and the staff add a touch of charm to the breakfast experience. You would never leave the breakfast area if the hotel was not so close to a wonderful, large sandy beach!! The distance between the hotel and the beach is less than 100 meters, so one can move between room and beach during the day fairly seamlessly to enjoy some rest or to go back to the wonderful terrace where aperitifs and light lunches can be enjoyed.

Nothing. It’s a wonderful property with lovely staff.

Great room

Too far from restaurants and bars - for walking

The place is stunning, its modern, it’s in front of the beach, it’s very well located, in 10 minutes you got to see the Museum archeologia Paestum and around 12 minutes you are going to see Agropoli old town that is stunning. The staff at Aquamaris were kind and super accommodating, Luigi made the stay special. I can’t recommend enough this place.

Everything was super. If I could only suggested one thing it will be nice to have a swimming pool on site.

Private beach, peace and relaxation options.

Breakfast could have included more variety than just sweet pastries and some fresh vegetables. After a few days the selection was too monotonous.

The overall stay was great. The Staff was incredibly helpful, both during our (late) check-in and our regular interactions. The room had everything we needed, and the access to the beach was great. Totally recommend.

The parking arrangement can be a little confusing.

It was fabulous from Breakfast, to the little lunch, to the beach, the garden setting. The owner went out of his way to accommodate every wish of ours. Incredibly friendly and caring. Everything was delicious. Impeccable rooms. Modern design in perfect position. Fabulous view of the beach and sea! We loveed our stay. A true exquisite find! Will definitely stay there again!

Can´t think of anything!

Cleanliness and welcoming staff!

That the hotel doesnt have a pool

Excellent. We loved our stay at Aquamaris - the owner was so nice, our room impeccably clean the private beach is right there and they have sun beds and umbrellas you can take with you to the beach. We came here in July and loved that we were one out of 3 people on the beach ! Stunning place

- Very close to the beach and some places of interest like Paestum archeological site - Beach sunbeds and umbrellas are provided for free by the hotel team - Overall friendly and helpful team even not speaking english (or us speaking italian) was open to communication and easy going, that’s nice - Free and safe parking space

- No soundproofing at all. You can hear absolutely everything from your neighbours, how they wash, how they snore, how they walk inside the room. Quality of wall materials is like paper sheet. This was extremely annoying and we were disturbed every night by neighbours (and I’m afraid they heard us well as well) and every early morning by the breakfast lady. To be honest all the noise may simply ruin your time in the hotel - Absolutely unprofessional management team. Once we provided our feedback they were nice and accepting comments however later the day we received absolutely disgusting message by whatsapp claiming that our review was untrue and false. That’s terrible and first time we face this level of communication ever

Very clean and well appointed. Breakfast was excellent. Very handy for beach.

Photos show spa and hot tub but this is chargeable at a high rate. Towels for beach had to be hired. Location really quite poor with anywhere to eat or see a car journey away. Light lunch could be purchased (which was very nice) but no other options.

A new and nice, small apartment hotel near the beach with great rooms; but there are also drawbacks. There is no pool and they charge a lot extra for using the whirlpool, the common areas are all open air (not good on windy or rainy days). Good breakfast, but no fresh bread and without variations. Safe parking lot, a short walk to the beach.

The suite we've booked was large and very good, but did not offer sea view as shown on booking.com - there was only a small balcony on the side where large people can barely stand which offers a view to the breakfast terrace with the sea behind it. It seems the only two rooms have full sea view. The garden with seating options is very nice. Using the other part of the garden with the whirl pool shown on the photos costs 30 EUR extra per person for a few hours - which was not transparent when booking the apartment. They also charge a lot for mini bar etc compared to other hotels in the region. The breakfast area is open air, which is nice on sunny days, but we were freezing on a windy morning. This house has a lot of potentials, but it seems that they are not unlocked right now.

The room was absolutely lovely. I booked a room with a balcony garden view, though it was very nice it had no windows and I get anxious in closed of rooms and when I asked for another room they were able to move me to a balcony room with sea views at an extra cost which I paid and for me was worth it, having a large glass door that opens onto the balcony letting light into the room. The grounds are well maintained and breakfast in the morning was lovely as was the lady who looked after us at check in and at breakfast. Secure parking was a bonus and the quality of the linens were excellent.

Style, cleanliness and superb view over the sea (select the front upstairs room) Kindness and support of the host Proximity with Paestum point of interest Great breakfast

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If there is perfection in this world, this is a place where you'll find it. Brand new structure (inaugurated last August),100 meters from the sea, a few minutes by car from the wonderful site of Paestum, with its temples and oustanding museum. Warm welcome by owner, who also gave us permission to take beach beds from the garden to the beach, where we watched sunset, almost alone - a moment of grace indeed. Very nice, clean, modern and well-equipped room. Breakfast on a roof with seaview, with a very kind lady providing for everything you need. To sum up: exceptional.

The fact that we had to leave after one night only.

Beautiful facilities, all new and clean. Lovely staff. They do the extra mile to make you feel comfortable. Private access to the beach which was also lovely. Room size is amazing. My son loved his bed and his room.

Brand new facilities. Great decor. Super friendly staff