What is your IHG Rewards Club status?
Spire Royal Ambassador
Were you (or for multi-stayers are you generally) happy with the hotel/stay?
Yes
Which room did you book and which upgrade did you receive?
Booked cheapest advance rate, and received a king bed suite on high floor
How are the rooms?
Around 45sqm
Recently partially renovated. Still a bit dated design
Living room with table, sofa, closet. Flat screen television set with mostly national television channels.
Bedroom with comfortable bed, closet.
Small separate room with sink.
Bathroom with bathtub. Lux/Dove soap/shampoo dispenser, in addition to Holiday Inn shampoo/bath gel.
View over the financial district and a desolated area at the end of this district.
Fast wifi
Very quiet
Kettle with tea/coffee set
How is the exec. lounge?
N/A
What was good and what was bad?
Good:
- Very friendly staff
- Location is very convenient as an airport hotel (less than 10 minutes drive from airport)
- Free shuttle with fixed timetables from/to airport and city centre
- Quite good breakfast (good selection of local pastries, regional ham and cheeses, fruits, etc.)
- A very nice fruit basket with pastries and bottles of water were delivered into the room
Bad:
- The Financial district is a safe but gloomy place (the underground road to the hotel is even more terrible, and a good introduction to Naples worst face)
- The closest metro station (Circumvesuviana) is very close to the hotel. But this line has no direct link with city centre. Garibaldi Central Railway Station is further but much better to reach city centre.
Value for $ or IHG Rewards Club Points? Would you return?
Yes, as an airport hotel.
Forget the clichés: people in Naples can be just great if you smile and try to speak Italian.
The MADRE museum is a superb property with excellent contemporary art collections and pleasant café.
Where else can you have a delicious pizza for less than EUR 5? Try genuine pizzeria Scunizzo, Corso Novara (10 minutes walk from hotel), with authentic atmosphere.
Pictures of the city