Cala Corvino Hotel Resort

Ok so we booked The Corvino resourt centrally to Monopoli so we could tour La Puglia on our motorcycles. In this respect its an ideal location but otherwise its a 15 minute drive to the old town centre of Monopoli. On the other hand Pongiana al Mare, Ostuno, Locorotunda, Alberobello, Lecce and Matera are all the nice idylic old towns easily accessible by driving from the Corvino. The old town of Monopoli is quite amazing with its imposing 'Duomo' cathedral and big square full of restaurants and brasseries, even a great Japanese restaurant there too offering great Sushi! The Via Garibaldi below this square is also adorned with boutique shops for shopping the known fashion names too. Its parking facilities are fantastic with 24/7 security guard watch which is exactly why we booked the Corvino as we wanted secure parking for our classic motorcycles! They, the Security staff, Ormando and the rest are very nice and helpful and we enjoyed talking to them as we went in and out of this resort, they even organised our taxies for us too!! The bedroom was a bit small but clean, bathroom was fine too if you don't mind hitting your elbows on the shower's glass doors as you shower ;) Unfortunately they gave us a room which was way too far away from the reception and restaurant in the resort. Conversely we were very close to the beach and their Lido, which in September was closed down!! Most of the facilities at the Corvino had closed down by now, no pizzeria too... this is endemic to Italy in general as after their 'ferroagusto' month long national holiday everything starts to close down anyway. The Lido Bar was supposed to be open but I think only short hours during the day. The in house restaurant served us Breakfast and dinner on a buffet self-service which was plentiful and the food was generally quite good too! The hotel Staff were very nice and courteous to us and Alessandro helped us in every way too. I keep promising myself never to visit Italy after their national holiday month of August called 'Ferroagusto' as most facilities, restaurants and places and hotels start to shut down, conversely the tourist masses would have gone by September so you do have a niche and quiet time window if you manage to hit the first couple of weeks in September. Unfortunately for us The Corvino was a great place to stay.... but part open and part closed.

Any more Only the room very large comfortable and clean We spent too much . Too small beach to pay , no entertainment (only the show by night )

Nice setting , good pool.Breakfast and Dinner ok Very basic room no Wi-Fi in the rooms

Breakfast could have been better. Location alright Facilities, food buffet, rooms, also extra charges for beach front.

beach access was close, music/entertainment at pool, great front desk staff wifi did not reach room, food was nothing special, crowded outdated and uncomfortable room, very loud during dining hours as restaurant is open to lobby.