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Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; Mediterranean cuisine, beach views
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Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; Mediterranean cuisine, beach views
Reception

Reviews

8.4 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast included
  • Room service
  • Pet-friendly
  • Parking included
  • Laundry

Explore the area

Map
Baia di Riaci, Ricadi, VV, 89861
  • Baia di Riaci
    1 min walk
  • Riaci Beach
    1 min walk
  • Scalèa Beach
    7 min drive
  • Lamezia Terme (SUF-Lamezia Terme Intl.)
    69 min drive

Room options

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Superior Room

Superior Room

  • 30 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Economy Double Room, 1 Double Bed

Economy Double Room, 1 Double Bed

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed

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Deluxe Double Room

Deluxe Double Room

  • 30 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Sofa Beds

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Family Quadruple Room, Courtyard View

Family Quadruple Room, Courtyard View

  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Junior Suite

Junior Suite

  • 30 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 2 Twin Sofa Beds

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About the area

Santa Domenica

When you a stay at OldWell Hotel in Ricadi, you'll be on the beach, just steps from Baia di Riaci and Riaci Beach. .This beach inn is 1.5 mi (2.5 km) from Scalèa Beach and 1.7 mi (2.8 km) from Spiaggia del Convento.
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What's nearby

  • Riaci Beach - 1 min walk - 0.1 km
  • Norman Cathedral - 6 min drive - 3.6 km
  • Port of Tropea - 7 min drive - 4.4 km
  • Santa Maria dell'Isola Monastery - 8 min drive - 4.7 km
  • Tropea Beach - 15 min drive - 7.3 km

Getting around

  • Santa Domenica Station - 4 min drive
  • Lamezia Terme Intl. Airport (SUF) - 69 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Pasticceria Peccati di Gola - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Madison - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Le Terrazze - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Mare Grande - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Bar Veneto - ‬5 min drive

About this property

OldWell Hotel

Beachfront inn for sun and fun
OldWell Hotel offers 13 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Rooms open to patios. 22-inch LCD televisions come with digital channels.

Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads and hydromassage showerheads, bidets, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 13 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Rooms have private patios. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries.
Take in the views from a rooftop terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access. This inn also features a television in a common area and tour/ticket assistance.
Enjoy Mediterranean cuisine at Riviera Restaurant&Bar, a beachfront seafood restaurant where you can enjoy drinks at the bar/lounge, take in the ocean view, and even dine alfresco. You can also stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Mingle with other guests at the complimentary reception, held daily. Wrap up your day with a drink at the beach bar. For your convenience, a complimentary breakfast is served daily from 8 AM to 10 AM.
Featured amenities include express check-in, express check-out, and multilingual staff. For a surcharge, guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) and a cruise ship terminal shuttle.
A complimentary breakfast is served each morning between 8 AM and 10 AM. A complimentary manager's reception is offered each day.
Riviera Restaurant&Bar - This beachfront seafood restaurant specializes in Mediterranean cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available. Reservations are required.
Riviera Restautant&Bar - This rooftop bar overlooks the ocean. Open daily.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free extended parking on site
  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Airport shuttle on request
  • 24-hour return train station shuttle (surcharge)
  • Train station shuttle on request
  • Cruise terminal shuttle (surcharge)
  • Ferry terminal shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Free breakfast available daily 8 AM–10 AM
  • 1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 1 beach bar and 1 bar
  • Free daily reception
  • Room service available
  • Coffee/tea in a common area

Restaurants on site

  • Riviera Restaurant&Bar
  • Riviera Restautant&Bar

Things to do

  • Canoeing
  • Motor-boating
  • Surfing/body boarding
  • Waterskiing

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Beach loungers
  • Beach umbrellas
  • Beachfront location
  • Garden
  • Rooftop terrace

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Beach towels
  • Designated smoking areas
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • Bidet
  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Hydromassage showerhead
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 22-inch LCD TV
  • Digital channels

Food and drink

  • Minibar

More

  • Desk
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 15

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport and train station (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 72 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The front desk is open daily from 8:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 20 per pet, per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
1 total (up to 18 lbs per pet)
Pets cannot be left unattended

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A tax is imposed by the city and collected at the property. This tax is adjusted seasonally and might not apply year round. Other exemptions or reductions might apply. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • A tax is imposed by the city: From 1 November - 31 March, EUR 0.00 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 14 years of age.
  • A tax is imposed by the city: From 1 April - 31 October, EUR 2.25 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 14 years of age.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: EUR 80 per vehicle (one-way)
  • Pet fee: EUR 20 per pet, per stay
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 5000, due to national regulations; for further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms

Property is also known as

Residence Old Well
Residence Old Well House Ricadi
Residence Old Well Ricadi
OldWell Hotel Ricadi
OldWell Hotel
OldWell Ricadi
OldWell
OldWell Hotel Inn
OldWell Hotel Ricadi
OldWell Hotel Inn Ricadi

OldWell Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 17 out of 30 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 30 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 30 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 30 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 30 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

4.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Martin, San Benito

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
To be honest, I am one to not complain about hotels. I usually ride out the stay and move on; however, in this case I just had to write this review as awareness to travelers. To be fair, the property was clean...they are always cleaning, and their air conditioning works very well. Those are the only two good comments I have. The food is very bad and overpriced. The menu is very limited and you have to make a reservation for dinner if you wish to dine on-site. They make you go through the hassle of reserving even though 2 to 5 of the 20 tables are occupied during the evening. The staff is very rude, specially if you are a tourist. They will get upset at you and start yelling for any question you ask, almost as if you are supposed to know the answer. Getting beach towels, for example, became a monumental task of 30 minutes because the reception would tell us to go to the bar to get them, and the bar would say go to the reception. They had us going back and forth trying to get towels. All while yelling at us for asking. In the end the hotel manager and staff ended up arguing over who was supposed to handle the issuance of towels. In summary, they do not know what they are doing...do not stay here. Do not give them your money. I will flat out say that this is the worst property where I have stayed.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wet beautiful property with private beach.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

BRANDY

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Love this hotel, staff is amazing. Beach is awesome and options for dinner or lunch and snacks are great. We loved our stay here and will be back again soon.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nadia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

SAM

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Amazing location, highly recommend the junior suite. Great service from staff and amazing location, particularly if you have a car
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Oleg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Place
A bit noisy if you are like late sleeping, but not critical. Breakfast was amazing. Thank you.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Gerald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Superb view, less superb room.
The view was superb, the breakfast buffet was great, but the room was small and very dark.

10/10 Excellent

andré, montreal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice hotel beach front
Beach front with a private beach, staff super, excellent breakfast buffet, super location

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
***STAY AWAY***
We arrived at the OldWell hotel, checked in and after 30 minutes checked out. The grounds and beach are very nice. But the condition of the rooms are atrocious. The hotel rooms seem to be original, no upgrades have been done since the hotel was built. We got in the room and there were flies buzzing around everywhere. Probably because under the doors and windows were gapping wholes. There was no safe in the room, which worried me since the thin wooden doors and windows could easily be broken with minimal effort and I didn't know what to do with our passports. The bed felt like it was 20 years old and super worn. Needless to say, after 30 minutes and an emotional breakdown due to the condition of the room, we found another place and checked out.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing hotel at an amazing place on the beach!
Prepare to snorkel! No complaints at all, could use some better beds but didnt affect our stay at all. Seriously good breakfast buffet!

10/10 Excellent

Vicki, Michigan u

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A little hard to get to, but worth the trouble. It was beautiful.

8/10 Good

john, nh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Unbelievable location... Challenging to find :-)
We drove around for an hour after leaving Tropea. Hard to find but oh so worth it! You must stay here if you love the beach and amazing locations. Breathtaking views... Wonderful staff!!!

4/10 Poor

Rob, Australia

Disliked: Room comfort
Excellent location for a beach holiday
Room was small with adequate facilities. However, lack of insect screens was an issue with mosquitoes a threat. Room was a bit like a cave and situated well back from the beach. We didn't like the look of it and found another hotel in the middle of Tropea that proved to be satisfactory and very well located. Unfortunately we had to pay a night's accommodation but we knew that beforehand.

10/10 Excellent

martino

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Tutto bello...hotel sulla spiaggia fantastica.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

LEONARDO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Struttura un po' vecchia e la ns. Camera un po' piccola... Migliorabile... Per il resto tutto al Top... posizione straordinaria... personale gentile e disponibile, ottima la colazione ed al ristorante si mangia benissimo...
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Совсем не большой отель , состоящий из 13 номеров. Оказалось, что мы заказали единственный номер эконом класса - без балкона или терассы и фактически без окна.
Stayed 11 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Elena

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Vista mare
Vacanza di relax positiva

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Aparentemente lindo hotel. nos mandaron a otro
Muy mala. Dirección inapropiada. Es Santa Domenica y no Ricadi. Al hacer check in nos dicen que nos mandan a otro por problemas en la camera obviamente por sobreventa

10/10 Excellent

Jesse

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Magnificent location on a beautiful beach
We stayed a week very noticeably off season (end September, beginning of October) . The restaurant closed and was turned into a children’s play-area. It was obvious the staff was readying for winter, putting up sunbeds and parasols (with good reason, as there were days when the waves would have carried them off), washing kitchen equipment with a high-pressure washer etc. The staff were at all times pleasant and efficient, especially the cleaning-staff, but we couldn’t avoid the feeling that we had overstayed, and were outnumbered by staff and the family of the owners. A selfish notion perhaps, but then one should be allowed selfish notions when on vacation.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Familiäres Hotel direkt am Strand.
Der Abflug von Salzburg wurde leider von 16:30 auf 18:40 verschoben, so das wir erst in der Dunkelheit in Lamezia Terme ankamen. Der Mietwagen war schnell ausgefolgt doch in der Nacht in einem fremden Land ein Hotel suchen ist trotz Navi nicht ganz einfach. Beim Hotel( durch die Mithilfe vom Hotelmanager) angekommen wurden wir herzlich und freundlich begrüßt. Am nächsten Tag besichtigten wir gleich das wunderbare Städtchen Tropea und buchten uns einen Ausflug mit dem Schiff zur Insel Panarea und zum Vulkan Stromboli. Dies war sicher einer der Höhepunkte in dieser Woche. Es gibt viel zu besichtigen wie das Städtchen Pizzo oder Capo Vaticano. Ein Mietwagen ist natürlich fast ein Muss, damit man die Umgebung und vor allem die Bergdörfer erkunden kann. Wir waren das erste und wahrscheinlich nicht das letzte mal in dieser traumhaften Gegend. Es war für uns ein wunderschöner Urlaub.

10/10 Excellent

Merrilee, Rimbo, Sweden

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Old Well! Don''t miss it!
We loved Old Well. It was just my 12 year old son and I and we loved the convenience of having our room right on the shore. We could enjoy a lovely breakfast buffet every morning watching the waves crashing in. Wifi worked great, even when we sat down by the water. The rooms were decorated uniquely, but were comfortable and clean. The owner was the best, easy to talk to and very accomodating when we decided we wanted to come back a few days later and just stay at one place the reminder of our time. We spent a total 4 nights there will definately return there.

8/10 Good

Eva

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

richard, nice

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
hotel les pieds dans l eau
structure familiale et acceuillante en bord de plage dans un cadre magnifique la cuisine est delicieuse et copieuse (poissons et fruits de mer) a proximite de tropea la plage est belle , l eau limpide, des transats sont gracieusement mis a disposition.ideal pour passer des vacances reposantes , les chambres sont d' un confort simple ; il n y' a pas d animation le soir ; le restaurant est tres agreable et romantique avec sa jolie vue sur la mer ;nous avons passe un excellent sejour