We, a party of 4 people in 2 doubles, spent 4 nights at Hotel Il Faro in Sorrento, Italy between the 14th thru the 17th July. The experience was terrible. The hotel is old, not have been renewed for years and though it is offered as 3 stars hotel it would be equivalent to a youth hostel. Poor ambience, the... more

Il faro is a very old fashioned hotel, could do with a makeover the food isn't great either meals are very poor and in the morning a bread roll yummy no cold meats or anything, water they serve at dinner is tap water, to get the sorrento town there is about 104 steps. The air conditioning was hanging off the... more

Were just back from Italy having spent 2 weeks there. Traveled to Rome, Naples and Sorrento. We ran out of Naples (that's another story) and headed one hour south on the train to Sorrento. We had no hotel booked and checked out a few hotels with availability. We finally settled on IL Faro Hotel, Marina Piccola, Sorrento. When I say... more

After spending a wonderful two weeks touring around italy i was waiting for the bubble to burst. Hotel Il Faro certainly took care of that. Oh my god it was the worst hotel we stayed in for our entire holiday. Firstly we were advised by our travel agent that we would have no parking costs. Wrong...$20 euro / night was... more

Having spent two weeks touring Italy, staying in 5 different hotels this was quite the worst hotel I have ever come across anywhere, ever! Most Hotels have some redeeming feature, even when generally poor. The only redeeming feature of this hotel is that it is very convenient for the harbour. The room was so small that I slept less than... more

My wife and I booked through a travel agent Hotel Il Faro,. When we arrived they did not have our booking even though we had confirmation. They gave us a room for 160euros p/n which was dark and dingy, had a small bathroom that was not very clean. The room had a loft and was described as a triple. we... more

This hotel was the highlight of my trip to Italy. It's located right on Marina Piccolo, which is very convenient to catch the ferry to Capri. I was there in the off season and I was upgraded to a room with a beautiful view of the water for no extra charge. Opening the shutters and experiencing a view of the... more

This is the hotel that prompted me to register with Trip Advisor - so i could warn others! I stayed in a single room in this hotel and it was the worst room I've ever stayed in (and I travel a fair bit for work). The room was on the top floor and had a small single bed and little... more

After studying several hotels in Italy and not wanting the typical glass and metal hotels you can experience in the US, we decided on the IL Faro. What a delight. We wanted to experience old Italy in an older hotel that had lots of history and personality. We were not disappointed. The IL Faro was once the Harbor Masters House,... more