“A Wonderful Stay”

The Hotel Rio Sul Mare is literally 5 minutes (or less) walk from the port where you disembark from the ferry, tucked conveniently behind a portside bar. The staff were extremely friendly and welcoming and went out their way to make us feel at home. Throughout the stay they were happy to help with enquiries and finding out specific information - they even helped us imrpove our very limited italian. Our room (to our suprise) had a lovely balcony with a view overlooking the port and when we didn't fancy going out we were able to have drinks and breakfast out there in the sunshine - bliss! Top marks all round and certainly one of the top two places we stayed on our tour of Italy. BIG Thanks to all staff. Highly recommended.

“The perfect hotel for Rome”

We chose this hotel based on its cheap price and great reviews, and it definitely fit our expections and then some... We were shocked that a hotel only 10-15 dollars more than the cheapest in the location could get us such a nice room. The bathroom had a jacuzzi, we had a balcony, and a sitting room with an exercise bike, and this was at the cheapest rate offered. Furthermore, the service was very friendly and helpful. They give you a map with all the must-see locations in Rome, and the metro was a 5-minute walk away. A very decent buffett breakfast is also offered on the covered roof of the hotel. Highly reccommended!!

“Great Location”

We loved Elba and loved Rio Marina, small, quiet and beautiful. We asked for a sea-view and air-con and were given a sea-view instead of air-con. The room was OK, the furnishing was pretty dated and because there was no air-con it was HOT, with the sun being right on the window most the of day. We asked to move to a room with air-con (for an additional charge) and this was no problem at all, the room was much bigger and the air-con an absolute delight! The staff were friendly, the hotel in a brilliant location and all the communal areas clean and airy. We've really got no complaints at all!

“loved the location”

hotel rio sul mare was easy to locate and right near the ferry. my son and i enjoyed having the children's playground right across the street. also, numerous places to eat that were reasonably priced and tasty. the staff were helpful and responsive to questions and concerns that i had.

“Hotel Rio Sul Mare -Rio Marina - Elba”

The hotel was quaint and the common areas cute and clean but our room was small, had no view, no a/c and the bathroom had an improvised shower (drain was a mere whole in the floor that caused flooding of the entire floor when used). On the whole the hotel rating was realistically closer to a 2-star than to its official 3-star rating despite the price paid (I have stayed at much nicer and cheaper three-star hotels in Italy in the past which proves the unreliability of the hotel star-system in this coutry...) I have stayed in in Italy but it was the only one we could get in Elba at this busy time of the year so no real complaints...

“Reasonably priced hotel”

I stayed in this hotel with a freind for 4 nights for beach holiday. Room was clean and well maintained. We had a few problems with the shower but once reception was informed they fixed this up by the next day as promised. Breakfast was good although coffee & other food ran out and wasn't replaced very quickly. For a cheap hotel I would reccommend staying here.

“Friendly staff but not enough”

I have mixed feelings about the hotel, on the one hand the staff were very friendly and very helpful. But on the other i just did not think that the hotel was worth the money. For a start the air conditioning, which i knew would be an optional extra, was very expensive. The Beach which is 500 meteres away, is not really anywhere you would want to go, it is more like a collection of rocks and the sea. The towels provided by the hotel were very strange and not very comfortable. Yet Elba is nice, there are beaches towards Cavo which are lovely, Rio Marina has a number of good resturants, however if you don't speak italian you could have some difficulties with the menu's as there is no english in Rio Marina. I just felt a little let down, and despite the very friendly staff i would not return