Santiago Ramirez
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This island is truly beautiful, with a fantastic hotel in a great location right on the beach, which is especially convenient when you have children. The only downside is the service. Although the staff in the restaurant were lovely, they were inexperienced and kept forgetting things, causing everything to take a long time. One morning, it took 25 minutes for our espresso to arrive, even though there were only 15 people in the restaurant.
The restaurant itself is beautifully designed, but unfortunately, the food is not that great. Another criticism is that the concierge helped us book our dinners for each night, including a wine tasting. However, they failed to mention the cost of the wine tasting (€70 + €30 for the taxi). We ended up having three wines and no one spoke English, which made it quite entertaining until we saw the bill.
We were also traveling with our 4-month-old baby, and no one informed us that the wine tasting would take place on the vineyard, which was outdoors and very hot in the summer. It turned out to be the most expensive wine tasting we've done in France and Italy.
Lastly, the taxis only accepted cash, which was a bit inconvenient as not many people carry cash after two years of dealing with Covid. It wasn't a major issue to find an ATM, but trying to explain this to the driver at night with a sleeping baby was quite stressful. We couldn't understand why they didn't warn us about this.
Despite these issues, we are excited to see how this hotel develops and we hope to come back to witness its growth. It is definitely worth traveling to!
P.S. Having dinner at Ristorante da Maria is an absolute must.
Ο σύζυγός μου και εγώ ήρθαμε στο Giglio για το baby moon μας τον Ιούλιο και απολαύσαμε απόλυτα τη διαμονή μας στο La Guardia! Ο σχεδιασμός ήταν όμορφος και ταίριαζε τέλεια με τη μαγευτική θέα. Μας άρεσε να ξεκινάμε τη μέρα μας με πρωινό στην αυλή με θέα το νερό και όταν ήρθε η ώρα για δείπνο, το εστιατόριο τους σερβίρει το καλύτερο φαγητό που δοκιμάσαμε στο Giglio. Απόλαυσα πολύ την γιόγκα στην παραλία και είχαμε την ευκαιρία να γνωρίσουμε την ιδιοκτήτρια - ήταν πολύ φιλική και μας έκανε συστάσεις για το νησί. Απολαύσαμε τη ζεστή φιλοξενία της και είναι προφανές ότι έχει σκεφτεί κάθε μικρή λεπτομέρεια για να διασφαλίσει μια υπέροχη εμπειρία για τους επισκέπτες της. Ανυπομονούμε να επιστρέψουμε με τον γιο μας αφού γεννηθεί.