Hotel Lafayette

Perfect location, directly at the sea with elegant, comfortable rooms, friendly and professional staff, great facilities. We just stayed here with our family and the kids had lot of fun in the pool as well as on the beach. With assigned sun beds, ordering good food at the restaurant, you can taste local fresh food and fully relax.

The hotel was almost empty. We asked if we could get an ocean view room, but they wanted an extra 30 euros. After looking at it, we passed. The ocean view was over the roof. We stayed with our original foom that was newly renovated. It's was very pretty and functional. The safe was awesome. The first one that was big enough for our stuff and my laptop. Breakfast was nice with a fair amount of selections and great service.

Not quite as advertised on booking. things we liked: The staff was pleasant. Free parking was provided onsite and it was easy to drive to since it is along the highway rather than in the scenic city center. The lobby and restaurant areas were beautiful. But there's nothing else positive we can say. I'm sure this hotel is better in the busy season but I would not recommend it in the off-season. Disliked · We were the only guests there--the opportunity was to give us exceptional service and a great room since we were supporting them in the off-season but instead this experience was only at the "acceptable" level. The cost was much too high for what we got. We booked this room for the sea view and balcony. The balcony had a sea view (after the expansive view of the roof) but the room does NOT--there was a slit of a door that led to a 20 foot long walkway to the large balcony. The pool and outside areas were closed. The restaurant was staffed by one man who also took care of our breakfast. He seemed to be waiter, cook and dishwasher all in one. The restaurant was more of a ballroom set up for private party which was awkward. Breakfast had limited options and wasn't refreshed the next morning. The room was very small--there was hardly enough room to lay out my carryon suitcase. The bathroom was also small and had water damage between the shower and the wall next to the bed. There seemed to a dance party going on both nights we were there but for who??? We didn't encounter any other guests but we still heard the music in the middle of the night. They did offer us another room but it didn't have the sea view which was half the reason we chose this hotel. There were plenty of empty rooms with sea view balconies. The location is not handy, you still have to drive to see Puglia--there are much prettier locations.