Grand Hotel Excelsior'S

The hotel is located at the beginning of the strand, and at the beginning of Corso Garibaldi. Nice lobby, working elevator. The room was quiet with a motorized rolling window shade. Good sizes bathroom.

We struggled to park in front of the hotel when we arrived, it’s very congested there, and there is significant road construction occurring (Sept 2023). But the front desk staff quickly took our car key and parked the car in an offsite lot.

Great location, 2 min walk from the train station with an amazing view on the coast. Room was very clean, friendly and professional staff, keen to accommodate specific requests - special thank to Emanuela for her service and recommendations. I'll definitely recommend it to those who want to enjoy the city center - shops and restaurant are all located by 5/10 min walk - as well as the Museum and beach clubs on the coast.

Excellent location and friendly staff. The hotel is across one street from the archaeological museum and the stunning Riace bronzes, and across another street from the beautiful lungomare. The center of town, which is lively and fun, is a short five-minute or so walk away. The staff are very friendly and helpful, providing us with useful information about reaching Sicily (the ferry is only a ten minute walk away). The facilities and rooms are very clean and comfortable.

There was an error with Booking.com, but the hotel manager went above and beyond to make our stay comfortable and special throughout after the initial problem. The room was clean with a nice view from the balcony and the location was perfect, very central. I would recommend 😊

The initial receptionist we dealt with upon arrival was rude and unhelpful, but everyone else was lovely throughout.

Location was great! Very close to Cesare gelato, the archaeological museum, hydrofoil, and lungomare. Staff were very accommodating. We had a very early train and they gave us breakfast to go. Dinner at the restaurant was very good. Room and bathroom were large and clean. The hotel is a bit dated in terms of decor, but we had a good stay. Would recommend.

Great location. Friendly staff. Fantastic breakfast with a unique view from the restaurant on the top floor. Perfect to visit Reggio Calabria and enjoy the beautiful lungo mare and museum.

The upper edge of the bath tube in one of the rooms was broken and it was not straightforward to regulate the air conditioning. It was not easy to locate the stairs in case somebody wanted to take them instead of the elevator.

Breakfast was very well run.

The elevators! You could tell that this property was a gem when it was built, maybe in the 60's but the electronics were well out of date. When you opened your room the door buzzed - i don't want to hear that. The 2 elevators had separate buttons - not like any modern system. And when you were in the elevator and pressed the button, nothing lit up. Sometimes waiting for the elevator the light would just go out - you thought maybe because it is here - but no! press the button again.

Very spacious junior suite with awesome shower (and awesome water pressure); literally right behind the archaeology museum and across from amazing Gelato and lungomare.

Somewhat dated, but I liked it. Had a Dulce Vita feel.

It was 6 mins from the train. Cleanliness, bathrooms, size of rooms, location to town. They held it luggage for the day until we could get the train back.

We visit this hotel most years and enjoy its rooms, restaurant and location