Hotel San Francesco Ischia

Basic breakfast. Excellent staff.

Great little hotel about 20 minutes walk from the centre of Forio and about 10 minutes from the beaches on the way to Forio. This is a great hotel with a beautiful pool, couples friendly and families are also welcome. Breakfast is plentiful though full of pastries! A little more fresh fruit would be appreciated 🍎 The rooms are clean and the design is simple, making it a pleasure to spend a week here!

Lovely hotel, great amenities, staff couldn't be more helpful and they upgraded our room for free. They also helped us arrange a few excursions and we used their beauty services for massages and salt scrubs. Competitive prices and definitely worth it! We were half board, and the food was excellent quality, slightly repeatative. They have a bar and snacks available, and again, excellent. The pool is lovely and there are plenty of sunbeds. They also have a sauna, steam room and indoor pool. I wish we did have a fridge in our room to store cold drinks, some rooms had then, sadly ours did not. I also took my own kettle as again previous reviews suggested some rooms have them and others don't! The beach is about 10 minutes walk away, and there are local supermarkets . The bus is literally a 5 minute walk up the road as well. I would stay again! There also excellent restaurants nearby, the Botanical garden is worth a visits as is the thermal spa.

Thank you, we had a brilliant time. We were in a property just next to the hotel which was part residential and part hotel accommodation. We were expecting one room with an additional single bed, but we ended up with an apartment. It was a fantastic set up with 2 rooms and a huge balcony, which was perfect as we went with our daughter. The staff are amazing, I have coeliac disease, I told them before we arrived and I had a special breakfast every day and they were incredibly accommodating and careful with my meals in the evening. They were so accommodating and caring with our daughter too, who was having a bit of a bad time (nothing to do with the holiday) and wouldn’t eat, they were fantastic, making things that weren’t on the menu, just to try and tempt her and it worked. The hotel is in a good position, the pool was lovely and generally very quiet, the grounds are spotlessly clean. It takes around 20 mins, strolling speed to walk into Forio, which is lovely. The beaches are lovely and the water is so clean and warm. There is a bus at the end of the road which is very regular, buy tickets up front at the tabaconists, very easy process. It was a fabulous 2 weeks, we didn’t want to come home.

Staff are lovely at the hotel from reception, to the restaurant staff and housekeeping just so nice. Food was very good considering the price we paid to upgrade to half board. Wine and soft drinks are a good price for a hotel. Rooms and other areas were very clean. Pool and garden areas are pretty. When we arrived we had no water, I locked myself out of the safe, and the maintenance team dealt with these things promptly. The only negative which was down to booking through TUI is the room we had wasn't pictured as we were expecting. I paid for an upgrade which turned out to be from the pool annexe to a main building not a superior as on my booking with TUI. The hotel said they have contacted TUI about this previously. Lastly really liked the area around the hotel as abit quieter but within walking distance to beach and bars. Thank you San Francesco staff for making my Daughter and my holiday really special.

My daughter and I loved our stay. The hotel is so welcoming. All of the staff are lovely and friendly. The place is immaculate! Our room was quite minimalist but had everything we needed. There was no noise through the walls from neighbouring rooms. It was lovely to sit on the small sunny balcony and watch the world go by. We were on the ground floor at the front but it was still nice and quiet with excellent aircon. The gardens are beautiful and the pool is lovely and warm with the option of the indoor pool and spa area as well. We opted for half board as it seemed such a bargain and there’s not many places to eat unless you want to walk into Forio town. The restaurant is run with fantastic precision! You choose your evening meal at breakfast each day from the day’s menu which has a meat, fish or veggie option for the first and second courses. The food is lovely and there’s a great choice of wines. Would recommend the local red wine! You can get the hotel minibus to a nearby beach. It’s 30 euros paid in cash and you get 2 sunbeds and a parasol. The bus is free. I would recommend a beach visit. It’s very picturesque and the sea is clear and warm. We took our own beach towels rather than getting them from the reception as I think you may have to pay. All in all, I would definitely recommend the hotel if you fancy a wonderful relaxing stay.

The hotel is family run, with the highest standards of friendly, efficient customer service, and nothing is too much trouble. It is immaculately clean, and the main building rooms are simply, but nicely furnished. We had a twin room, 215, which was on the top floor and overlooked the beautiful gardens, had an en-suite shower bathroom, and a lovely balcony. Raffael and Ania are superstars in the restaurant, and the entire team are very busy, helpful and friendly as well as efficient. The chef cooks delicious typical Ischia food, and the fish is fantastic, and there are choices to suit everyone. The breakfast is continental, with plenty of tasty choices, and eggs and bacon cooked to order. The buffet table for dinner is also exceptional, and is replenished when necessary. We had lunches there too, which were huge, very delicious and a good price! The pool had plenty of chairs and loungers, and the immaculately kept gardens are stunning. There is a sauna, steam room and heated pool near to the main pool. We both had a massage which was included in our holiday, and felt super relaxed after. We went to Capri on a trip organised by the hotel receptionist, which was nice and interesting, but found prices for shopping in Forio far better, as expected. We rarely visit the same hotel twice, but would be delighted to return to this hotel, as it was a perfect holiday, with exceptional service. Highly recommend a stay here.

The hotel was spotlessly clean. We were in the ground floor of the annex looking out on to a small planted area- very pretty. The outdoor pool was great with plenty of loungers for guests. The garden is stocked with mature trees and shrubs and super outside space to sit and have a drink or snack. Very colourful. We were on a half board basis and the food was good and plentiful. My wife is gluten-free. We had given the hotel advance notice of this and they always ensured that at both breakfast and dinner there were gluten free options. The staff were all really helpful and welcoming. Special mention for Guisi and the others on reception. She answered all our questions before we arrived and arranged tickets for the concert in the Botanical Gardens (every Saturday and Sunday during summer) which is a must and great value at just €20 per person. All in all a great value for money hotel, thoroughly recommend it.

Do not book with Tui !!! The pictures of the rooms are not the ones you get and the hotel have informed Tui of this , I ended up paying to upgrade to a more inferior room than I booked and no offer of compensation from Tui after much arguing with them! The hotel is a lovely peaceful hotel , staff are very helpful and friendly , food was nice and the location perfect . Ischia is beautiful , it’s a shame my experience with TUI soured the holiday. I would return to this lovely hotel but will ensure I’m going to get the room I booked and definitely with a different travel company