Sentido Michelizia Tropea Resort

We chose this venue primarily due to the pool. And that remained the only major plus for this “hotel”. A few things to note. This appears to be a mixed venue - hotel and time share/ownership. Some of the rooms definitely appear to be self owned. This is a very large block of rooms and at the entrance many rooms have their own intercom/mailbox. So as you come down the driveway - to the left are the “owners” or permanents and to the right is the “resort”. Except that in the room next to ours - which was much larger - the occupants appeared to be owners. They had the washing out on a clothes horse and had their own umbrella and other items that a holiday traveler would not normally have. A further thing to note is that the resort appears to be a destination for large tour groups. During our stay we were surrounded by Germans. At breakfast - a number of tables were reserved for the tour group members. I have been to resorts and hotels before but never seen such large tour groups concentrated in the one venue. I looked at the Notice Board and saw the itineraries for 4 different tour groups - all German. The reception staff also spoke German so clearly this is a feature of the venue. We were disappointed with our room. It is small with a cramped bathroom and a small closet with limited luggage storage. Again, we probably should have been more careful with our research as this was promoted as a 4 star venue. I think it is more a 3 star - the pool is probably the difference. Also you need to be aware that the walk to the town is along a road - no pedestrian walkways. The walk itself is not too bad but you need to be weary of cars. In the end we were glad we only stayed for 2 nights.

While Tropea is undoubtedly a beautiful destination, I strongly advise against choosing Sentido Michelizia Resort for your stay. Our experience was marred by not being able to check into our room until 8pm, false room descriptions, an unbearably hot 3rd floor attic room, moldy conditions in the shower, shuttle service nightmares, and booking issues. The hotel's overall disregard for guest satisfaction and comfort made our stay a true nightmare. We will definitely return to Tropea, but never to this hotel. It was a truly terrible experience, and I hope this review serves as a warning to others considering a stay here. Expect to wait over an hour for beach pickup shuttle service, in very hot conditions. And then when you get back and ask reception for a bottle of water, they point you to purchase it at the bar. We reserved and confirmed a 2pm beach pickup, after calling at 2:20pm and 2:40pm they finally arrived at 3pm. Our air condition could not keep up with the demand and were left to sleep in an 84F/29C room for 2 nights. We cut our stay short by a night because we could not take it and the hotel did not attempt to do anything except offer a fan. The hotel even made us pay for the 3rd night but to us, it was worth wasting the money if it meant leaving this place. The most attention the Front Desk gave was when we were walking to our vehicle and they begged us not to write a negative review (we never mentioned anything about a review).