Hotel Continental Mare

“An exceptional hotel in a fantastic cliff-top location.”

An exceptional hotel in a fantastic cliff-top location, staffed by a friendly, efficient and experienced team. The hotel is spread across a steep cliff, away from the main road, affording stunning views of the sea and coast below. The rooms are widely dispersed across the site, providing a spacious… more

An exceptional hotel in a fantastic cliff-top location, staffed by a friendly, efficient and experienced team. The hotel is spread across a steep cliff, away from the main road, affording stunning views of the sea and coast below. The rooms are widely dispersed across the site, providing a spacious and relaxed atmosphere. The half-board deal is great value, with exceptional dishes and some very original menus. The swimming platform, built out from the bottom of the cliff made sea swimming a delight and a wonderful spot to relax with a book whilst the waves rolled in beneath you. We enjoyed late afternoon walks along the footpath to the bustling Ischia port, watching the super yachts and ferries coming and going. The reception staff were always extremely helpful and answered every query with ease and excellent local knowledge. August was a busy holiday period on the island; we would love to return later in the season, but it's a shame the hotel closes in early October.

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“Old School Charm”

A lovely hotel on a steep cliff that grants you amazing views from just about everywhere. A hotel that knows its strengths and maintains them . If you’re after a shiny corporate affair this isn’t for you , if however you like places with character and high standards then do go . The gardens and s… more

A lovely hotel on a steep cliff that grants you amazing views from just about everywhere. A hotel that knows its strengths and maintains them . If you’re after a shiny corporate affair this isn’t for you , if however you like places with character and high standards then do go . The gardens and setting are beautiful the rooms comfortable and staff friendly but professional. An enjoyable week spent on a really beautiful island.

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“A gorgeous stay!”

We had an absolutely gorgeous stay at this hotel in July. We have been wanting to visit Ischia for a while and came across this hotel and couldn’t not book it. It’s a reasonably small hotel but that made it even more special, the grounds are beautiful, the main pool area and sea deck were perfect. … more

We had an absolutely gorgeous stay at this hotel in July. We have been wanting to visit Ischia for a while and came across this hotel and couldn’t not book it. It’s a reasonably small hotel but that made it even more special, the grounds are beautiful, the main pool area and sea deck were perfect. So well looked after and nice atmosphere, the staff were so friendly and very attentive and the rooms felt very private. Can’t comment on the food as we only had breakfast, but this was always great. The only thing that let the hotel down slightly was the rooms, a little worn and not quite up to scratch with the rest of the hotel. However, we don’t go on holiday to sit in the room so it didn’t really matter - the view from our room (sea view room) was amazing! I would highly recommend this hotel, 10 minute walk to the port, lovely staff, beautiful surroundings.

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“Hotel & lunch”

The hotel itself is really nice and staff had been great up until we got lunch here for the first time today. It’s a bit of a walk down to the town so we said we’d stay here for lunch for a change. I ordered a pizza and my partner ordered prawns and calamari. Unfortunately the pizza was not fresh a… more

The hotel itself is really nice and staff had been great up until we got lunch here for the first time today. It’s a bit of a walk down to the town so we said we’d stay here for lunch for a change. I ordered a pizza and my partner ordered prawns and calamari. Unfortunately the pizza was not fresh and it was unlike any pizza I’d gotten on the holiday. It resembled a frozen pizza from a supermarket. My partners prawns and calamari were nice though he received crisps with it as opposed to chips. Nonetheless, it was still nice. The thing that bothered me about the experience was that while it was clear I ate none of the pizza, no one came over to ask whether everything was okay or if I wanted something else instead etc. My partner waited for a further 10 minutes and still no one came over although there was still a full pizza left on the table. Not great service when we are staying here 5 nights :( the mistake could have been easily fixed had they taken it off the bill or offered something else instead. Overall, the hotel is nice and we’ve loved the pools, it was just a pity how they handled lunch considering none of mine was eaten.

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