Rooftop terrace

Reviews of Hotel L'Ancora

4 out of 5
Hotel L'Ancora
Via Cristoforo Colombo 36, Positano, SA

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

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Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 181 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Roman

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Silvia

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Central location in Positano, beautiful views from the rooms. The room was very large and had a terrace where you can enjoy breakfast!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

mark

Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kim, Denver

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Get a room with the ocean view! Amazing. If you’re taking the bus get off 2nd stop other wise it’s a big mistake 😳 It’s about a 10 mins walk to the beach 3 stair cases. Not bad. Great place to stay and rooms are really nice. It’s a by Franco’s a cool cocktail bar. The rooms are quiet. I’d come back.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gautam

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Scenery is breathtaking
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

David, Basseterre

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I will always come back to Hotel L’Ancora
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay beautiful hotel. Nice breakfast. Get dinner/drinks a thr the restaurant during sunset for an incredible view
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Michelle Marie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Location !
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

anne

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

gloria

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent place!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lisa and Mark Amalfi Coast
Great property. Great staff. Awesome view from balcony.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Stayed 3 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

jeannette

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Lori

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Positano when it rains
We came from our vacation on Capri and spent the night. It poured down rain so hard but we managed to order room service and stay in. It was still a beautiful trip.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great views, great room, wonderful time
A beautiful hotel in a wonderful location with great views of Positano from both the hotel room and the restaurant. The room had a lovely balcony were we lounged in the sun and the bathroom had a jacuzzi tub that was equally relaxing. Since the hotel is built on the hillside, the room access was not amenable to anybody in a wheelchair. There might be other rooms that are but when the elevator let us out we still had to go down a short flight of stairs and the up another to get to the room. The bellboy took care of all the luggage so that wasn;t an issue and the hotel has arrangements with a parking garage so all we had to do was pull up to the hotel and they took care of the rest (at a cost of 50 Euro/night). The food in the restaurant was good but there were other places nearby that had great food. OVerall, it was a very good stay with a wonderful staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Evan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful hotel, excellent location in Positano. We certainly paid a steep price but to stay in Positano during the summer on a weekend, that’s what you sign up for.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Brandon

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Incredible view, super accomodating, highly recommend
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Trude

Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Location
Terrific location - within walking distance of everything you need plus accessible by car so no need to deal with winding pathways and steps with luggage. Staff helped us arrange transfer and room was a good size with a view.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Patty

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great quaint Hotel with amazing views, wonderful staff, excellent location and delicious free breakfast! We most definitely recommend this place
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect
Staff was friendly and helpful view with balcony was beautiful location was perfect close to town enter!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Gina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Cheyse

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ivana

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful
wonderful staff and perfect location and view
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Meagan

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One of my new happy places
What a beautiful hotel. My room (an upgrade) was modern (not all rooms updated) and spotless. Private jazuzzi on the solarium and huge room. Free breakfast was great! Great location right on the water. Barbara at the front desk is very helpful. Would highly recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location and facility. Staff was extremely attentive, professional, and helpful.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Hok Hei

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very nice hotel with very nice sea views
The view is absolutely stunning and the entire room is so clean. However we realised the receptionist has not provided us with the right info on the ship departure time. She told us there were only 3 ships to Sorrento but actually there are more than 10 ships daily. We have then made a wrong decision as to how to head back to Naples when it came to checking out
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The view from our Superior room was spectacular!! A postcard-worthy view of Positano. Beautiful terrace. Perfect location in town. Great amenities, decor and service. We really appreciated the assistance with our luggage. Breakfast buffet in the morning was also lovely. Don’t bother with the restaurant in the evening for dinner though. Food was the worst we had in Italy, service was poor (waiter never brought our drinks and never came back), also there was a cover charge that was not disclosed- for the exact same view we had in our room. Could have just stayed there for free. I would definitely come back to the hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Chelsy

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Kmiller, Orange County, CA

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property exceeded our expectations and has an excellent location, 5 minute walk to everything. This having been our first visit to Positano, we got so lucky with this hotel; I wouldn’t stay anywhere else if we come back. The staff was very welcoming from the front desk to the restaurant. The included breakfast was a perfect way to start our day. The room was very large with unexpected amenities like a robe and slippers. We stayed in a classic room with patio (no view) but were pleasantly surprised with a sun room that had a private jacuzzi and bifold doors that opened up to the beautiful Positano hillside. We absolutely live this place!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our stay at ancora was great. Hotel staff was very friendly and accommodating. Rooms were clean and patios are very large with amazing views.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Katelyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location is fantastic, a short walk to the centre. The room was beautiful and the view from the balcony is perfect Positano
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
So many better options -don’t waste on a nightmare
This was the worst part of our honeymoon. Start to finish, awful. We spent much more than we normally would to book this hotel for our honeymoon because it also overlapped with my husbands birthday. I cannot say how much of a mistake it was to book here. We thought we booked a patio, but upon arrival the hotel blamed “Expedia” (we booked booking.com) for misrepresenting the most expensive room I have ever booked. They said our balcony was just a door opening into a wall, then charged us 150 euros per night for a real balcony. The real balcony was uninhabitable due to the diesel smell, which they said was not their fault as it was a usual occurrence from the hotel below. The “view” from the balcony which was expensive and our biggest regret in spending the “upsell” (which when we tried to reverse we couldn’t) was only of the other hotel roof. Truly a criminal waste of money. Not only that, we were given two rooms WITHOUT A SHOWER. I am all for being flexible, but I felt horrified having to do my honeymoon with the cleanliness of odd baths. The side of the tub fell on my leg! I wish we could get these three days back even more than I wish we could get the money back, which is a tremendous amount for us. I apologized so much to my husband for having chosen this place. Also EVERYTHING was an extra charge. Pool at 6PM? €60. Not stated online. Extra. Ice? Extra. Barbara and Giovanni were a joke among the guests for their notorious unhelpful suggestions and misleading statements
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful hotel! Amazing customer service! We really loved everything about our stay and the location!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is in the heart of Positano. The staff is friendly and helpfull. The room is huge, clean with good decoration and private SPA. It is highly recommended if you want to spend a night or two in Positano.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a very large, elegant room with jacuzzi and hillside view - beautiful at night . Breakfast was delicious with a large variety of food. Highly recommend. No dislikes.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

jack

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Trip through Amalfi Coast
The location and view are incredible, after that L Ancora, falls apart, the bed is a poor excuse, the mattress was old, there was only one pillow for each person. The heat and air were subjective, not sure if there was any. We needed to iron some clothing and found that the only way to do this was give them to the front desk and pay 5E each. The breakfast was poor and outdoors, the temp was in the low 50's so everything was cold including us. We had dinner at the restaurant in the hotel and could not recommend that either, my wives chicken was not thoroughly cook and when we let them know they did not remove it from the check. Would pay a little more and stay somewhere else. Also seem when booking through Hotels. Com you are givien the worst room in a property. We notices this throughout our trip and wonder if using Hotels.Com is worthwhile?
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Myaa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommend
L’ancora is an amazing hotel! Highly recommend! Great service and good location. It was a perfect stay!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Jay, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice comfortable hotel with excellent view and all amenities with central location
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

JB, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great views from the ocean view balcony! Concierge staff were very helpful and knowledgeable. Walkable to a bunch of great spots.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Alex, Cincinnati, OH

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One of the most amazing stays and experiences of our Italy trip. Our junior suite was an incredible highlight of our stay. Everyone on the hotel staff was so helpful and pleasant. The food was outstanding and the views were out of this world. We would never consider staying anywhere else when visiting Positano. Thanks L'Ancora!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The property was spectacular! I loved the location (near a bus stop, top of mountain) and the view from my room was astounding. Room was clean and spacious. Staff was very responsive and helpful with all my needs.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018