Praia Art Resort

Praia was absolutely perfect, the rooms are incredible, the food is the best we have had in Calabria. So much care and attention has gone into every detail of the resort. It is impossible to capture the beauty and essence of Praia from the photos online. You have to just trust that it was unbelievable. The service is next level, it was so relaxing and just wonderful. If you are looking for a place to shut down and relax and eat and drink good, then Praia is it. Can’t wait to come back!

Beautiful & pretty Hotel, with amazing rooms set in a “Albergo diffuso" style, modern concrete, with private gardens/ yards some included outside pools or baths/hot tubs. Lovely touches like towels for beach, allocated beach loungers/parasol with room number, fantastic beach & pool area and good food and very happy, helpful staff. Negatives- for a 5 star extra touches like a rug and two chairs & maybe a coffee table in room as a lot of space with just concrete floor and one chair. No coffee or milk in room only tea, bed was lop sided and uncomfortable, blind was broken. Seemed under staffed by pool/dinning area waited an hour for food one night. Staff seem to miss a trick by you having to get their attention to order a drink by pool/sea areas, they don't ask you. Only having one restaurant to order from was exhausted after a couple of days. Breakfast was a very slow process as again under staffed, have to queue up to be served and then they charge you extra for things on menu like bacon/pancakes! Area has nothing to offer and can only go anywhere by car. Taxi was very expensive, even just to go 15 minutes to La Castella-Also not enough organised trips, difficult to find where to go, even with extensive research. Again missing a trick here as I would have booked a few tours if it was organised and simple

Rooms were nice however we often found a sewage smell when coming back in the evening, there was also very little lighting in the bathroom. The service was excellent apart from one receptionist who categorically and impolitely refused to help. The rest of the staff was lovely especially the waiters.