Hotel La Pietra

Don't be fooled by the misleading photos on Google or booking: This is the most horrible place in Italy. The occupied room was filthy with hair and insects on the bed, the sheets contained old black marks similar to excrement marks. The bedding was uncomfortable with the springs digging into your back. Breakfast consisted of the previous day's food, a few cakes, some yoghurt, two oranges and an apple for all guests in a dirty dining room with unwashed tables from the previous day's wedding... And that's without counting the manager, an awful character who makes his guests cry when they complain about all this, and who refuses access to the swimming pool even though the hotel was reserved for that purpose. The hotel was hosting a wedding and had not warned guests that the pool was not accessible, even though it was 35 degrees that day. A horrible experience, so stay away from this shabby hotel at 200 euros a night!!!!

The hotel has a nice pool. The restaurant has amazing food and the people are really sweet and helpful!!

We stayed 1 night on our way to Elba. When we arrived it was a mystery how to get to the reception, as all gates were closed. The tags on the doorbell were so faded it was impossible to read. After randomly trying a bell a gate opened and we were 'greeted' by a person who did not speak a single word of english. We were shown to our room on the 1st floor while we booked a room on the ground floor. The lock of the door was very hard to open, even the owner took more than a minute to try and open the door. After this she left without any information about breakfast times, checkout etc. The same issue occured while trying to lock the door. The room was kinda spacious. The shower was moldy, and several places were just dirty with stains. Most of our towels were also dirty and in the end we shared the only clean towel we found. Bed was a 3/10. Breakfast was okay. 6/10. The pool was nice, but it was strange that the sunbeds were hidden behind a hedge. We got the feeling the 'hotel' was more of a side business next to the restaurant Elia (which was very nice). Location of the 'hotel' was great for a night stop when travelling further down into Italy as it is fairly close to the highway.