Albergo Villa Diana

“Good to be home in Lipari ”

My husband has been staying here for a catch with friends and family. He grew up on this island and a friend was making the trip back so it was decided that he would go and make those memories He said although the room was small. He had a great balcony. It was a 10 min walk into Marina Corta whi... more

My husband has been staying here for a catch with friends and family. He grew up on this island and a friend was making the trip back so it was decided that he would go and make those memories He said although the room was small. He had a great balcony. It was a 10 min walk into Marina Corta which was the main Piazza. He has enjoyed the stay and will be leaving tomorrow. He reported that it was clean and the staff super friendly. Thank you

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“great find in heart of town.”

Villa Diana was a great find, similar to staying in narrow streets of New York. Well appointed efficiency rooms with breakfast included. Nice roof top area for afternoon relaxing. Diana and staff were very helpful, finding guide for us to trip around island.

“Strange place. It could be so much more”

Reasonable hotel although a bit out of the way. I gets you fit walking down to town and back. Facilities at the hotel are poor. Breakfast fairly basic self-service and more food could be offered. Service generally stand-offish and poor.

“Underwhelming overpriced experience”

This hotel is really at best an average bed and breakfast but is not priced as such. In summary, hotel with nice view and garden outside of lipari town, but that does not have enough positives to outweigh the negatives of the establishment. Hosts do not show much interest or skill at running the ... more

This hotel is really at best an average bed and breakfast but is not priced as such. In summary, hotel with nice view and garden outside of lipari town, but that does not have enough positives to outweigh the negatives of the establishment. Hosts do not show much interest or skill at running the establishment so we can only assume they recently took it over from someone who made it successful and it will slowly slip in standards unless they up their game. Positives - nice garden (although a bit dirty - plastic cups, paper napkins littered on edges so could do with a bit more love but at first sight impressive flowery bushes and nice courtyard), lovely view of the town below you, spacious rooms with character (wooden etc...), nice courtyard, cleanliness of rooms is decent, good wifi Negatives - 1 - it is a hike up a hill to the hotel from town which over time gets annoying as you will end up doing it a couple of times a day and in the sweltering heat, it is unpleasant, 2 - breakfast is not great (too much on offer but a lot of it is not fresh (eg we saw same chocolate cake 3 days in a row untouched as we were pretty much only guests at the time), artificial juices served in plastic cups, croissants in cellophane etc... Only nice items were supermarket yoghurt, fresh bread roll and fruits), 3 - the hosts are nice enough (but a bit strange and not particularly helpful) and very limited services that you would expect from a "hotel" (eg no laundry or pick up service from the port, plastic sachets of cheap shampoo in the bathroom, etc,) 4- it is false advertising to claim there is a tennis court (refer to the photo of the court with overgrown grass and its awful condition).

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