Villa Romana Hotel

My partner and I chose Hotel Villa Romana as we had read good reviews on that hotel. On our arrival - 22.30 on Monday we got the key to our room, without any explanation of anything. The first thing we noticed about the room was loud noises from our neighbour. The lady next door was talking on the phone loudly and her voice resonated through the walls. We moved to another room on the third floor. This room was also noisy, the hotel is situated on a small narrow street, this is a busy street with constant traffic and the sound of scooters and cars was a permanent background sound for the room - indeed most rooms at the hotel overlook this road. It gets a little quieter after 23.00 but is busy again from 7.00 am onwards. This meant that we had to keep the windows closed at all times and since the air conditioning didn't work properly the room became warm and humid which made sleeping incredibly difficult. It felt like sleeping in a closed, stuffy box.
We were offered another room next to the elevator which we refused to take as the sound of guests would've also been an issue.
We heard that a local festival was due to start on Friday so we asked the manager if it's going to be a loud festival, she said that's it's not loud and will finish at 22.30. The festival was situated in several stages. Two of them were next to the entrance of the hotel, and another four a few meters up and down the street. Loud local entertainment was played from 21.30 to 24.00. If you are looking for a quiet and pleasant place to stay on the Amalfi coast, skip this hotel and village. Villa Romana don't really care about their guests they just want your money!! It's a pretty basic hotel, it has 4 stars but comparing to the 4 stars hotel we moved to in Amalfi village this should have been rated 3 stars. The village itself is boring and pretty basic with a busy residential feel to it, not a relaxing place to go on holiday.
The good thing in the hotel was some nice staff.