Final Up to date on June 30, 2025 by Eve Dawes
The place to remain in Praiano on the Amalfi Coast
Resort Villa Maria Pia Praiano on the Amalfi Coast was the resort we ended up staying at after days of looking for the perfect resort in Praiano. We’d narrowed the city right down to Praiano for it’s dimension, how unspoiled it nonetheless is, the wonderful views, sea entry and small-town environment. The very best resort is subjective as all of us have totally different priorities, likes and dislikes. Let’s simply say we’re thorough when selecting! We even have spreadsheets with scores, facilities and pricing, and so forth. We selected this resort because it had nice evaluations, a water taxi service (costs apply) and we acquired an excellent deal reserving on our Capital One bank card. Right here’s my sincere, unsponsored Resort Villa Maria Pia Praiano evaluation and resort tour.
This text just isn’t sponsored, we paid in full, but it surely does comprise affiliate hyperlinks.
Resort Villa Maria Pia Praiano Deluxe Sea View room
We booked the deluxe room, which is 215 sq ft and constructed actually on the rock. Which suggests the entry is from the surface not the within. An enormous perk of this room Is it’s personal personal terrace. Be ready for plenty of steps! Even in case you’re in the principle constructing you’ll have to make use of them to get right down to the pool or to the water taxi. To offer you an thought, there have been 58 stairs to our room from the elevator and breakfast, and there’s 181 steps from the final ground the elevator stops at right down to the water.
Room facilities:
- Toiletries
- Bathrobe & slippers
- Bidet, rest room, bathtub or bathe (this room had a bathe)
- Towels
- Hairdryer
- Self-importance mirror
- Personal terrace with loungers, desk and a couple of chairs and parasol
- Air-con and heating
- Security deposit field
- Hypoallergenic
- Tile/marble ground
- Desk
- Soundproofing (we didn’t discover this efficient)
- Personal exterior entrance
- Flat-screen TV with Satellite tv for pc channels
- It says there’s a mosquito web however we by no means discovered it
- Phone
- Tea/Espresso maker
- Minibar
- Wake-up service
- Wardrobe or closet
- Carbon monoxide detector
Is Resort Villa Maria Pia, Praiano an excellent location
Location sensible we thought Resort Villa Maria Pia was supreme. We cherished Praiano because it’s not as huge and busy as a few of the different Amalfi coast cities and it feels genuine. Whereas nonetheless having a number of eating places and bars like Il Pino, Costa Diva and Il Pirata in strolling distance. Simply don’t attempt to do them in heels. A lot of the Amalfi Coast just isn’t heel pleasant!
There’s additionally a small mini mart a couple of minutes stroll away. Simply make a ignored of the resort and stroll previous the following resort. In addition to a few seashore golf equipment. After they name them seashore golf equipment on the Amalfi Coast, they use that time period frivolously. Most are rock slabs with water entry with no seashore in sight.
Resort Villa Maria Pia Praiano evaluation | Professionals and cons
Let’s begin with the professionals, which there are lots of.
There’s a small pool and I imply small. The personal pool in our suite within the final resort was larger. The pool tended to be quieter within the morning and busier within the afternoon. So in case you’re desirous to snag one of many 2 loungers, get there early. In any other case, there are a few different areas to sunbathe and you’ll simply stroll right down to the pool everytime you need to cool off.
The views are beautiful from just about all over the place at Resort Villa Maria Pia in Praiano. Whether or not that’s on the breakfast terrace, sunbathing terrace, the pool or your room in case you ebook a sea view room.
They had been putting in a model new outdoors gymnasium whereas we had been there. It is a cool characteristic so long as you don’t thoughts getting an excellent sweat on!
Resort Villa Maria Pia, Praiano has it’s personal dock for a handy water taxi decide up and for leaping off into sea to swim to the cave or cool off. Simply be ready for all of these steps down and again up! Sadly there is no such thing as a different approach down apart from the steps and no wheelchair entry. When taking a look at Amalfi Coast accommodations, that is one thing undoubtedly price considering as so much are like this.
I’m a cat lover so the cats had been an enormous plus, and so they’re tremendous cute and pleasant. The resort gives a free shuttle when it’s out there round Praiano. Additionally they managed to get us good desk reservations on the native eating places.
The resort and our room was saved spotless. Lastly, it looks as if such a small factor however the pegs and garments line to dry your handwashing, swimwear and towels and so forth was a considerate and helpful contact.
Resort Villa Maria Pia Praiano | The cons
There’s a lot of positives and causes to decide on this resort and I hate to be detrimental however if you’re spending your hard-earned cash I’ve to be sincere.
The AC didn’t work the first day and half of the 2nd day and it was 26 levels within the room based on the AC unit. Now issues break, that wasn’t the problem, it was the way it was resolved. To chop an extended story quick, we needed to ask 3 occasions over 2 days to get it mounted as messages weren’t getting handed on between them. The response we acquired wasn’t sorry, however that we had been fortunate it wasn’t July and 32 levels! It lastly acquired mounted however in addition they turned the AC off on a regular basis in our room after they got here to scrub. So once we got here again it was all the time over 26 levels and we left the cardboard within the slot particularly so it didn’t go off.
There are different loungers on different decks however there are solely 2 by the pool and like I mentioned there’s lots of steps. So when you have a leg harm or want an ADA compliant resort, I don’t suppose Resort Villa Maria Pia goes to be supreme for you.
I’m undecided what the opposite room varieties are like however the Deluxe Sea View rooms say they’re soundproofed however they’re loud as they’re tiled. We may hear the individuals dragging furnishings round and strolling over the ground above and subsequent door. So undoubtedly convey earplugs in case you’re a lightweight sleeper.
Resort Villa Maria Pia, Praiano evaluation | Breakfast and eating
I don’t know if we had been simply early however there was no service or espresso supplied at breakfast on any of the mornings. We all the time needed to go and discover somebody to ask. There was a scarcity of heat service typically, apart from a few exceptions just like the pleasant man engaged on putting in the gymnasium and one of many younger males within the day on the bar.
It’s a primary continental breakfast that’s supplied. Which incorporates cereal, contemporary pastries and bread, cheeses, meats, yogurt, boiled eggs, fruit and juices. It’s nothing particular but it surely does the job and the views!!! I may stare at them for hours.
They don’t have a restaurant for dinner however there are a number of fabulous eating places in strolling distance that we cherished.
Dinner in Praiano
I’ll do a separate, extra in depth article on the place to eat lunch and dinner however simply shortly:
It’s good to take a taxi or the resort shuttle to Il Pino in Praiano but it surely’s a enjoyable spot with pleasant employees. It’s inside in order that they don’t have the perfect views until you snag one of many tables by the home windows. Make sure to save room for the Ferrero Rocher dessert as that was the perfect dessert we had all trip.
Costa Diva is strolling distance and one other pleasant scenic spot with fabulous views below lemon vines. They’re additionally open for lunch.
Il Pirata is a phenomenal restaurant on the water that’s scenic, romantic and has nice meals. Order the sesame crusted Ahi tuna, this was excellent.
Water taxis VS taxis
My recommendation is to ebook water taxis for the day or if you’re informal and coming again in good time, and to ebook a taxi for if you’re dressier, going out for dinner or coming again a bit later. As a result of sure the water taxi is fast, cheaper (50 Euro to Positano vs 70 Euro for a taxi), scenic and straightforward. Nonetheless, you’ll flash in case you’re sporting a costume or skirt and it’ll mess up your hair because it’s windy if you’re crusing alongside. There’s additionally no shade and be sure you have footwear that gained’t fall off if you’re getting on and off the boat.
We additionally struggled to get a water taxi again to the resort. The resort had advised us to name once we had been accomplished and so they’d be there in 5 minutes. Nonetheless, once we tried calling at 8:45pm nobody answered so we needed to discover a taxi and pay extra. It’s a lot simpler to ebook a taxi upfront than to search out one and taxis are very costly.
Resort Villa Maria Pia Praiano, Amalfi Coast evaluation & tour
Be part of me for a evaluation and tour Resort Villa Maria Pia in Praiano on the Amalfi Coast! This genuine Italian resort gives breathtaking waterfront views, a comfortable small pool, and true Amalfi appeal. On this video, I offer you an sincere evaluation and a full resort tour, sharing what it’s actually like to remain at probably the most genuine accommodations on the Amalfi Coast.
Suggestions for staying in Praiano and getting across the Amalfi Coast
You actually need to keep within the city you’re staying in as a lot as doable or ebook excursions. As water taxis and taxis will add up shortly and we don’t suggest hiring a automotive and attempting to drive right here. The roads are very slender, windy and there’s very restricted parking. Should you do need to discover, I’d suggest hiring a driver for the day like we did.
Pack or purchase mosquito repellant as there are various mosquitoes.
Don’t hassle packing heels until you’re not planning on leaving your resort or resort. There’s a lot of steps and cobblestones. I wore my slide sandals all trip. Even my espadrilles wedges solely acquired worn as soon as.
Guide Resort Villa Maria Pia
General, I’d nonetheless suggest this resort in Praiano as it’s a nice location, they’ve their very own dock for water taxis and swimming, it’s very clear, the shuttle round Praiano is handy and the views are lovely.
