La Dolce Vita Ravello - Family Two-Bedroom Apartment with Sea View Terrace

We really enjoyed our stay. The owner is wonderful - very kind and attentive. The apartments are clean, beautiful, and offer a lovely view. We stayed during the winter season, when most restaurants were closed, so the option of home-cooked food was especially appreciated and very comforting, particularly in rainy weather. A truly pleasant and cozy experience - highly recommended.

We had been in "whatsapp" touch with Guido, the corporate host's representative, who has been most kind and informative, to provide us with helpful hints about Ravello. I have been to the Italian Amalfi Coast several times, but I never actually stayed at Ravello, which is an exclusive and preferred coastal location---and really crowded during the summer season---since it permits stunning panoramic views from a bird's perspecvtive, on account of its elevation above sea level, rather than from a sea level of the coast. Check in was as uncomplicated as it can be, because we were sent a key code for the small box at the front entrance, to withdraw the keys for the main door, and the door to the very nicely decorated apartment, offering coastal views from the windows of the long hallway with the built in kitchen and dining table. We had fun watching the New Year's fireworks from the windows of the apartment, which is fully equipped with all essential amenities. Even though the city center of Ravello is close to the "Dolce Vita" complex, you need to drive across the winding roads to get there, and I was unfortunately misled by my car's "confused" navigation system on several occasions. According to my navi, Amalfi is only 6.3 km (connecting two city reference points through the air, but not along the road) away from the Dolce Vita, yet you drive about 20 minutes by car, most likely stopping at a traffic light for sections of the road that cannot be driven simultaneously in both directions. The car can be parked briefly at the main gate leading down the steps to the Dolce Vita entrance door---to offload luggage---and there is a park house nearby to safely park the car overnight. Since Italy is restricting traffic to the center of many cities, the navigation system is indicating that you are driving through a forbidden zone, when approaching the Dolce Vita.....

The only thing we did not like was the fact that WE HAD TO LEAVE RAVELLO at the end of our planned stay, heading for MATERA, a UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE site, and the filming location for the 007 thriller "no time to die"......

Superb!

Views! Amazing hosts!

Beautiful view, very clean and easy to walk to restaurants and parking

The air conditioner in the rooms don’t work properly, and not control to cancel the heat to air , the rest of the apartment is beautiful , no much room to seat down for a conversation other then the table in the kitchen

Excellent location & views. Very comfortable beds. Nice big walk-in showers. Free parking was appreciated.

The residence soundproofing could be better, as there was sometimes noise from above/internaly. One bedroom had no windows, only glass in the door, which made it very light early morning. The kitchen/dining area was rather small, and the facilities were basic. Both showers heads need a good de-scaling! The patio was also minimal. Overall, the pictures shown on the listing made the residence look much bigger than it actually was.

The views, the views - and from every window. It's also great value for August rates. The two-bedroom apartment had everything we needed, including a good size fridge and freezer, washing machine, hair dryers, AC, and a quick walk to restaurants and the bus stop. The unit is beautifully decorated with high-end pottery from a family shop and is in a quiet location just down the hill from the pedestrian tunnel to get into the street. It's a 7-minute walk up to the town square and 15 minutes to the Villa Eva wedding venue at the very top of Ravello.

There are three sets of steps to get up from the property to the street, and there is no pool given these are apartments, but these are small cons that are easily overlooked when you see the incredible views.

The view was incredible. Right on the edge of the mountain looking down on Amalfi and the sea. 10 minute walk from the top and the town piazza. Clean, and tray with a variety of snacks provided, and private deck with chairs and table.

The two bedrooms were basic but OK for sleeping. The only issue was the lack of any signage or directions to the door for entry. It was not intuitive(to us). And a big negative was the man who turned out to be the manager. We knocked on the door and waited a significant amount of time until he came out. He did not identify himself as the manager and we didn’t know if he lived there or was a guest like ourselves. The keys were kept in a lockbox by his entrance door but he never indicated that he knew that to be the case. He acted as puzzled as we were about how to locate the keys to our rooms. Fortunately his wife came out and she was very helpful and courteous. She informed us about the lockbox and we then got into our rooms. But that process took over an hour standing in the hot sun.

I like the location. grocery stores near by.

Everything was great except that i had to make appoitment (2h in advance) of when do we meet to get the keys. We were hiking on trail and we wanted to relax and be spontaneous of when do we get to the location to check in. Could be more flexible. but overall its not a big deal.