Best Western Plus Hotel Perla del Porto

I had the chance to arrive at the hotel on Sunday Afternoon a few hours before it became a Business Trip: they assigned me easily a Room with Sea View which was easy as on Winter Sundays there were few bookings. The single room quality is outstanding, elegant and wide enough with common 4* facilities plus a Kettle for tea an coffee. The Hotel has a free Gym with well maintained Technogym equipment: two tapis roulant and a seated cycling machine plus full body trainer which is more than enough for solo training. The hotel has also a Spa, which looks great from the site and hotel leaflets, but I had not the chance to even peek at it as there are no complimentary services, not even the hot tub or sauna, and I had few time because of an overbusy business schedule. less

A delightful and efficient hotel very close to the port, the most impressive hotel I have visited of this particular chain, efficient friendly , superb room and good breakfast. The gym is a little small and unequipped, but that is a small detail. less

The hotel is located on the one hand of the Catanzaro 2-km sea-promenade, in front of the harbor. We booked a junior suite, from which you can enjoy the view of the sea and the Squillace gulf . The room can be booked on-line but I did it on the phone and the process was very smooth. The hotel meets all international standards and all the staff is very polite and helpful. On the arrival, check-in was quick and the front-desk personnel always available for any trouble/questions. Both clerks (Giuseppe and Fabio, if I remember correctly) speak fluent English, so non-Italian guests should not worry about this point. They were also very helpful after check-out. After getting home, I realized that I forgot in the room my phone battery charger. I found it at the front desk the day after. Breakfast is also very nice, with a choice of salty/sweet food. Salty food: they have scrambled eggs and wieners, but I would recommend the Calabrese selection of cheeses and sausages ('nduja included). Great selection of cakes, croissants, yoghurt, jam,nutella and juices. Good bread too. A big thank you to the ladies in charge of the breakfast room who retrieved my wife's glasses too. I will recommend this hotel to anybody and I will visit it again in the future. less

Staff were friendly and trying to help but apart from this we had very bad experience. We were given the wrong room, no balcony despite requesting this in advance. Very poor communication during booking and check in. Nothing was explained. We booked for couple but the room was equipped for single occupancy! The breakfast and the food is average at best. Even the check out was problematic! It took 1 week afterwards to sort out invoices and payments etc. Not recommended. less

Small but comfortable room, nice bed, room with balcony and sea view. Good bathroom but shower only no bath. Breakfast was somewhat spoilt by a few small points like keeping the bacon and egg in the same warmer and putting cold meat above cheeses on the display A few small changes may really help make it a much better breakfast experience for every dietary need. Gym basic but has a multi machine which does the job two treadmills and a bike but you'd be better off running along the sea front early morning or late evening. Most staff generally very nice, polite and willing to help, one of the (female) receptionist seem perpetually annoyed. Spa very good. less