Reviews of Hotel International direttamente sulla Sabbia 3 stars

Fantastic staff very friendly and helpful

All the staff were excellent, very friendly

Our overall experience was great. The hotel is located directly on the beach. Breakfasts were very rich with a lot of choices. Rooms were small but had everything one can need for a summer vacation, including a balcony with a sea view.

There is nothing I can think of.

Good location, right next to the beach. Decent variety of food every day. Polite and helpful staff. Excellent external blackout blinds - the room was in a darkness even when there was already bright sunlight outside. Great location for kids with more than 3 large playgrounds within a short walking distance. Walking distance to shops or even to a train station. The hotel helped to organise a taxi from the Rimini airport (approx €40 one way). On the way back from the hotel to the airport we then took an early train for €4 (for 2 people) - if you take the train, allow enough time though because the train has arrived 10min earlier and didn't wait for the exact departure time and the next train was 1 hour later.

The advertised "Private beach" is not private and is not free as in private for the use of hotel guests but rather a 3rd party private beach with parasols and beach loungers which you have to rent for an extra cost of approx €25 per day or €40 for 2 days or more discount if you book them e.g. for a week - but no discount if you only wish to use it for e.g. 2-3 hours a day. This was a surprise to me and unexpected additional cost. Premium parasol locations next to the sea already booked by "random" people, not guests of the hotel. People were allowed to smoke on the private beach. We were unlucky to get one available parasol / beach loungers next to a heavy smoker, so tried to move elsewhere. It doesn't really matter how far you get, the smoke will get to you if the wind blows your way. Rather disturbing for a non-smoking traveller with kids. Could not control AC in the room, it was always on. A bit more chilly than to my liking, with an audible buzzing throughout the night. Food decent, but could be better. For example, if we came for a buffet breakfast later than others (still within the breakfast time), some plates were already empty. Sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, pickled beetroot slices, lettuce, grated carrots and bread/buns were available every day as buffet options to compliment lunch/dinner menu - but not quite convinced these were very fresh. I ate them and especially cucumbers looked/tasted like they were just recycled from the previous days. I mean, of course they would put back the leftovers from previous days to save cost - not great. There could be more fruits available. Sometimes I could only see e.g. one (!) apple etc. for all the guests. Rooms not sound proofed. Loud music from nearby venues past 10-11pm did not allow me to have a much needed good night sleep.

location is perfect for the beach, town & 30 min fast walk to Misano Circuit. Owners were very friendly & flexible with us as we changed our arrangements because of a national train strike.

breakfast for our taste was average & repetitive.