The hotel is situated overlooking Pozzuoli and the bay. It is a beautiful view from the front of the hotel, and the garden area is lovely. There is a nice looking pool, but it was blocked off, and does not open until around the middle of July. The access up to the hotel is very, very steep. It is not something that you would want to walk up, or down for that matter. The hotel had little blue van that would drop us down into Pozzuoli, (not sure if that was really what is was meant for, as it was a little scruffy) and then it was a case of trying to find a taxi to get back to the hotel. That was no easy task a lot of the time. The hotel is clean and the staff are helpful. BUT - this hotel really is not geared to tourists to my mind. It is obviously more geared up for business conferences, wedding receptions and parties in general. We stayed for 3 nights, and there was something going on the whole time. The last night we were there, there was a wedding reception, who took over the dining room, so you couldn't get in to have dinner even if you wanted to. We felt quite uncomfortable at times. All in all, it was very disappointing.