Holiday Inn Naples Hotel

1 reader found this review helpful

We stayed in a suite, which is basically a very large room with separate lounge and bedroom.
Hotel staff were very helpful compared to staff at the Crowne Plaza Rome St.Peters and gave us a room upgrade plus late check-out without any questions asked. The room was very tidy and clean as was the bathroom. We honestly had no complaints about the quality of the room at all. Everything else worked including the air conditioner which is a compulsory for the summer months.
Naples Holiday Inn is located in a business district called Centro Direzionale where there is a Circumvesuviana train station of the same name. It is only one stop to Napoli Garibaldi station where you can change for the train to Pompei, Erculano and Sorrento.
There is also a bus (C30) that stops outside the hotel that takes you to Piazza Garibaldi. In addition, the hotel runs a free hourly shuttle bus that does a circular run to Piazza Garibaldi and Piazza Municipio, which starts from 8am and the last bus runs at 2300. There is also a free hourly shuttle bus to the airport but this does not run on Sundays.
In terms of transport options, this hotel is very good. The business district has a host of shops and restaurants but these close quite early. There is also a McDonalds but this closes at 2100 every night except Sat. There is one other pizzeria restaurant right outside the hotel but when we walked inside, we were greeted with unfriendly stares so we just walked out again.
The only place, which the hotel might not be suitably located for, is Beverello harbour which is where you would catch the boat to Capri, Amalfi etc. Since the hotel shuttle bus starts at 8am, you’d have to be lucky to get an early boat out since the shuttle gets you to the harbour (Piazza Municipio) at 8.30am.
Naples being what it is, I can honestly say that I recommend this hotel for its location and the staff. It’s away from all the noise, smog and city lights yet only one train stop to downtown.