We were a big family 4 adults and 3 small children. Services very good, cleaning,
restaurant, reception, beach. Sunny weather, beautiful sea. For all activities of our
children for ever crying, skipping, running very nice holiday.
To timing of beginning of breakfast, lunch and diner is necessary to ad 15 minutes.
We had red bracelet all iclusive,but sunshades and deck-chairs we had to book
every early morning. Green bracelet was not offered to us.
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We were in Borgo del Principe for the second time and we were fully satisfied again. The garden is still beautiful, well maintained and full of flowers and trees, the sea is clear, sometimes with waves. Rooms are large enough and clean, tidying and changing towels is every day. The meals in restaurant are very tasty, for lunch and dinner you can choose from pasta, fish, meat and a lot of different vegetables. On Fridays is the evening of Calabrian's cuisine with Tartufo like a dessert. The pool and the beach are clean, sun chairs and umbrellas are sufficient and the beach towels was free (with red bracelet). For sport fun there are available minigolf, pingpong, table football, green volley. The sunset over the sea is magical, you can watch it again and again :-). Everything in resort is near and on hand, it's more personal, all staff is very nice, smiling and helpful, so you feel like with family and friends. And people are what makes this resort special and remarkable. They are the heart and soul of this beautiful place. Grazie for great holiday - Mauro, Fabiola, Alessia, Veronica from reception, Tommaso, Elisabetta, Betta, Lucia, Nino, Remo from the restaurant and bar, garden magician Placido, lifeguard Fabio, charwomen and other staff whose names I don't know. And I have to write again - surely we return...
We must appreciate effort of all staff to meet expectation of guests. Cleaning service was very good. Houses and garden are beautiful. In general quiet place.
Food was delicious, I guess, local dishes of Calabria. On the other hand the menu was limited comparing hotels I have visited before, probably due to only around 200 hotel guests. Eating is in Italian style of a few courses. Two main courses are served by cooks and self service for side dishes. Food is often spicy. Someone who loves sea food will enjoy it very much.
I admire the maintenance man working so hard all the time.
An animation team of 8 people is active and communicative but be aware of their language is Italian. A majority of guests are Italians. English language is also little problem for waiters.
I dislike a layout of beach - pool - restaurant - playgrounds - rooms. It is neddless to walk 200 meters every time if you go from your room to restaurant or beach.
Sea is nice but quickly deep. Pure water if not windy. The beach is sandy but there is a strip of plenty of pebbles near sea and as well as in the sea. Some people use shoes to swim. Personally, it was disillusion to walk on pebbles (quite big).
The place is out-of-the-way so you can't expect many shops near the hotel. It's trouble to buy water in bottles but you can deliver drinking water from restaurant and pool bar. By the way plastic cups are very small.
The train station is uphill 1 km. Pizzo is about 20 minutes and Tropea is about 10 minutes in opposit direction.
Regarding WiFi it's 100% available near restaurant and reception. In room we had a proble to register IP address.
All in all it was a nice stay with pros and cons of smaller hotel. I evaluate it as an average value for price comparing other hotels I visited.
My mum and I stayed at this place for 10 days and it met all of our expectations. The resort is more like a little village set in beautiful gardens. Very peaceful. It is like a little heaven on Earth :) Clear blue sea, beautiful beach and clean pool both with sunbeds and umbrellas. We loved to watch breath taking sunsets over the sea.
Excellent room service, delicious food, always fresh and plenty to choose from. And desserts to die for! :)
A big thank you to the boss, Mauro, whom we asked if it was possible to change a room as our didn't have a balcony. As great as Mauro is, he sorted it out and mum and I moved the next morning. He is the best!
But most of all here is a massive thank you to all of the staff who are very friendly and kind, fun to be around and are always ready to help. It was pleasure to meet you all. We will definitely come back.
Mille Grazie!
Lucie & Alena
We returned in May 2016 after we enjoyed our first visit so much in Oct 2015 and got a great welcome back, the hotel is approx 40 mins from the airport and transfers can be expensive if not pre-booked but car hire would be an advantage. The hotel is in a quiet village ( Zambrone ) overlooking the coastline with a few restaurants and other hotels within walking distance, at the top of the hill is the train station which can be used to travel to Tropea and Pizzo within minutes.
BV Borgo has exceptional staff, friendly and so helpful who genuinely look like they love their jobs. Although english can be a little limited in this area of Italy we actually found that part of the appeal, away from the usual tourist trap destinations, this is were the Italians come for their summer holidays. The rooms are thoughtfully dotted around the grounds, only two stories high within beautiful gardens. Our room consisted of a large bedroom, huge queen size bed, bedside tables and two sets of drawers plus a wardrobe so plenty of storage for clothes etc. The large sofa bed was comfy as seating but could be used as an extra bed for kids should you need it? The room does have a TV but with only of couple of english news channels but who comes to such a beautiful area to watch TV! There is a free safe located within the wardrobe along side extra bedding if required. The bathroom is spacious with a large basin / vanity area, WC, Bidet and shower which always had plenty of hot water day or night with nice white fluffy towels changed on a regular basis too.Our room had a lovely patio seating area and the rooms above a balcony. WiFi is available throughout the complex including the beach should you need it.
The hotel was quiet on both our visits but being at the beginning and end of season we expected and wanted low key, the food was still superb ( local ) and plentiful and it was nice to be allocated a table for the length of the holiday, we were lucky and bagged a table outside on the veranda overlooking the pool and sea. You could help yourself to coffee at breakfast and bottled local red or white wine and draft beer at lunch and dinner times, soft drinks were also available during the day on the soft all inclusive. The beach is gorgeous white sand and pebble, manned by the hotel lifeguard and great for a swim, all guests get a sun bed / deck chair lounger and parasol to share. We walked along the beach everyday stopping to take a dip to cool off, the shoreline can be pebbly so beach shoes would be helpful but didn't stop us. We love this hotel for a quiet relaxing early / late season break at a great price and the staff are an absolute credit and we would not hesitate to return. Tropea is also well worth a visit for the quality of restaurants and the view is just incredible.
We returned for a holiday in Sept 2016 and enjoyed it as much if not more than before. The staff are fantastic, the rooms spacious and private in beautiful gardens.The food and drink was plentiful and delicious. A wonderful time, we will definitely be returning. An absolute gem.
