We stayed at the San Michele for 4 nights, too much effort to go for less. Travelling from Amalfi we took a 2.5 hour ferry ride (only 1 per day from Amalfi), 1 hour bus trip from Porto to San Michele, walked down the hill and caught a golf buggy up another hill to the hotel. Not the easiest place to get to! Sant' Angelo is, however, a charming village. It has a permanent population of only 600 and is a car free zone. The San Michele is on a steepish hill above the piazza and beaches so it's not a place for the elderly or infirm. The San Michele was freshly painted inside and out. Our room was comfortable and clean but pretty basic, it's not a luxury hotel so that is what we expected. We paid an extra 8 euros per night for a sea view and enjoyed lovely views. The restaurant terrace also has a good view of the town, beach and sea. In high season half board is mandatory. Breakfast is included (some fresh fruit would be a nice addition to the buffet) and you can choose lunch or dinner for the other meal. You are shown a menu at breakfast and make your decision as to lunch or dinner then, you also make your choices from the lunch or dinner menu at that time. The meals were not “gourmet” but perfectly nice. The local wine is good and cheap. If you don't finish a bottle (no half bottles available) they cork it and serve it to you the next night. The gardens around the hotel are beautiful and well cared for. The swimming pool is located at the rear of the hotel away from the best view which is rather odd, it would be more pleasant to sit by the pool if it had the panoramic view of the coast, and it would also get the sea breeze. We also found the pool water to be too warm but others were enjoying it. There are several beaches within walking distance of the hotel, it's worth exploring and visiting a few of them. There is a computer with internet access available but the connection was unreliable. The only real complaint that we could make is that we needed to access the internet and the connection was down, we were given clear directions to the internet cafe in the next town (a walk and bus ride away) but were not told that we would need our passports to use the internet at the cafe. We were rather frustrated at making a wasted trip. One other odd thing is the length of time it takes to have laundry down - 2.5 days! But it was inexpensive. The staff were helpful and pleasant. Our last night at the hotel was a Thursday, this is piano bar night when they have live music until midnight. Unfortunately our room was directly above the bar area and it was very noisy. We called the front desk about the noise as we had to make an early start the next day to begin our homeward journey to Australia. They said that they couldn't do anything about the noise but did move us to another room at the back of the hotel. While it was a bit of a pain to move for one night we did get a good night's sleep with only a little inconvenience.
