The location is great. Just a short walk down to the beach. The rooms are great with large balconies that offer great views of the beach. Wonderful and friendly staff.

We stayed at the Ancora hotel for 6 nights and thoroughly enjoyed our stay. Very comfortable, wonderful views from terrace outside our bedroom. Spotlessly clean hotel and staff were very pleasant and friendly. Breakfast offered plenty of variety. Even though there is no restaurant available after breakfast for lunch or dinner, we dined at the hotels sister hotel - Hotel Covo dei Saraceni where we received a discount on meals (due to the fact we stayed at its sister hotel) and found this a very satisfactory option. Location was very good and we will return again.

The Hotel Ancora is ideally located in Positano, a short 10 minute walk down to the beach and where the majority of the shopping is, but high enough on the cliff for a spectacular view and just out of the way of the hub bub. See if your tour guide or travel agent can get a special rate for you (they will have to pay in advance - I was able to get it about half of the listed price, possibly because I went at the end of April, just before high season kicked in). Not over the top opulent, but very comfortable. The room was huge by European standards, very clean, had a balcony with table and chairs and a great view. The staff is wonderfully (and genuinely) friendly and the majority speak fluent or passable English. There's an elevator between floors so no needing to lug your suitcase up and down stairs. If you ask for eggs for breakfast (I know, not an Italian thing), they will make you an absolutely amazing omelette with cheese or scrambled eggs. I'm a NYC foodie and these were some of the best eggs I've ever had. OK, so the jets on my jacuzzi didn't work, nor the TV. But that's not why you are in Positano. It's the view, the people, etc. I will post some restaurants elsewhere, since there are a few that are overpriced and mediocre. Definitely go local (e.g., no tourist menu) here and you won't be disappointed. If the weather is bad or it isn't warm enough to go on the beach, there's not much to do as a solo traveler here except eat and shop (many of the stores are women's clothing stores and sell beachy linens -- look around though, none of the Italians were actually wearing these clothes). Then again, if you are a single woman, there are lots of local guys that hang out down by the square in the beach at night who are friendly and willing to try for a "whirlwind" romance. Either beware or jump in, whatever your style....

We have visited Ancora once a year for the last 7 years. The quality of the hotel and the beautiful views from all of the rooms are fabulous. It has a great location as well.

Add to this that the personnel are terrific. Eleonora and Anna at the reception desk and the housekeeping and breakfast staff are as good as it gets. This hotel is a treasure, and yet is still reasonable priced.