Excelsior Congress, Spa & Lido

After booking the Excelsior years ago for clients, I had the privilege of staying there for 1 night last week. The hotel is only true 5* option in the area, and the service is impeccable. The staff is warm, and hospitable - but also laid back, which jives perfectly with its beach vibes. The beach club (lido) is one of the nicest in the area - complete with a call button to call waitstaff, morning snacks delivered to your umbrella, a safe box, cushions on lettini, hot tubs, showers - all you need (much more sophisticated than our club in Cattolica, about 25 min north). The beach side restaurant is also a little elevated, while still remaining casual… I really enjoyed the scorfano for lunch. The spa is beautiful, with a gorgeous pool that has expansive views over the Adriatic Sea. There is cryotherapy, and they offer a large variety of incredible massages (mine was with Patrizia, and it was amazing). My room was Superior Suite - very large, with a wonderful balcony and picture perfect view. When gazing left or right, all you could see was colorful umbrellas and the sea for miles. For dinner, we walked about 10 minutes to nearby Nostrano. Here we enjoyed a Michelin starred tasting menu, full of locally inspired dishes. Services wasn’t stuffy at all, and the staff was young and friendly. The Excelsior made our reservation, which was seamless.

Magnificent experience overall! The room was spotless and well-appointed. I should also point out how friendly and helpful the staff was - I would like to express a huge "thank you" to Ina, Stan, Sasha, Karina, Ettore, Sophia and all the other members of the Excelsior Hotel - you made me feel very welcome and cared for.

Beatifull modern hotel with amazing beach service. Lovely rooms with a sea view. Excellent breakfast. Special thanks to customer relations manager, Diana, for making our time special and providing all the information about the hotel, region and activities. Special thanks to Ludevika and everyone at the reception. Special thanks to Olga, Ksenia and others at the restaurant for making our every meal special.

A big thank you to everyone at the excelsior, it’s our place of peace and rest , and as always just everything is perfect. It’s a pleasure for us to keep coming back .❤️

This hotel is really beautiful, both modern and classic, designed with taste and attention to details and to their guests comfort, with a superb serviced and well kept beach. Room was great, full sea view, comfortable bed, everything is spotless clean, a detail I liked is that I found a beach bag in the room, I could use everyday, very thoughtful. Breakfast was very nice and lunch was served on the beach, which is also charming. Everything is run and maintained by a team of really special and warm people both with experience and with love for what they do. Everywhere you are greeted with smiles and everybody is helpful and friendly. A special thank to Eleonora for her warm welcome, to Olha for taking care of us at each meal and to Diana for her kind recommendations! It’s a place where we want to return soon!