Villa Rocla Guest House Pompei

This was a good-value stay. The room was nice and the guest house was located withing walking distance of the Pompeii site. We could keep our car parked there for the day without any additional cost. The breakfast was basic but it was more than adequate for our needs. The coffee was nice and there was cereal and eggs, cheese etc. The owners were very friendly and they waited for us although we arrived on a later flight from Naples.

I believed the reviews and well angled photos and was also seduced by a good deal.  What the pictures don't show is the delapidated slum area and run down look of this building. Once inside Claudia was wonderfully friendly and helpful but this doesn't justify the sparce and cheap feel of the place. The stated opening times of their reception are quite simply untrue and you are required to tell them a fairly precise arrival time in advance.  Beds are very firm and have plastic backed sheets just in case you're a bed-wetter, pillows are incredibly lumpy and uncomfortable. The shower is very slow to warm up and then merely trickles water at you. There's no extractor in the bathroom making it a smelly place and a slippy place after a shower too. The breakfast is surprisingly okay. Security is very dubious with the rear door left open all night in an unmanned building. My room had a balcony, the door to which had obviously been pried open at some stage and therefore didn't lock properly.  The only selling point for this place is its proximity to the archaeological park which is very convenient. One final note is that the chap attending to breakfast on the second night was far more interested in his mobile phone than his customers. I certainly wouldn't recommend this place to you and will not visit again.

Roberto is an excellent host and went out of his way to help us when transport from Naples airport failed to arrive. Roberto and his family made our stay very enjoyable and I recommend his hotel to all.