Villaggio Seconda Stella a Destra

This lovely boutique hotel/guest house is stylish and very well kept. The rooms are large and simply furnished. There's also a nice pool area, and a large restaurant open to the public. The hotel is not on the beach which is a negative. While the beach is only around 200m away it is not a pleasant walk. The path is unmade and takes you through a village, which is littered with plastics, broken glass and cow shit amongst other things. It's ok by day but should be avoided once the sun goes down particularly by female travellers. Options for evening meals are therefore limited to the restaurant or taking a taxi somewhere else. The restaurant is ok but unfortunately smoking is allowed at the tables. So you get a lungful of carcinogens with your meal. It's also quite close to some of the rooms, and can get quite noisy in the evenings. I'd recommend this hotel for a group or families but not for solo females.

Looked great on the website and room & pool was spot on but there was absolutely no breeze so you couldn't sit comfortably by the pool, on the balcony or sleep well at night (Only fans, no air conditioning). Mention was made of access to beach facilities on taxi ride bystaff member but nothing transpired, even on questioning, but mention made on hotels.com description.

Very nice.

The service and hospitality were absolutely incredible. Everyone was very helpful and immediately addressed any questions we had. The restaurant was terrific and free breakfast was really good as well (especially the fresh baked bread). My only two issues were the wifi and the beach. The wifi was basically worthless (didn't work in the rooms and barely worked in the lobby). The beach... well, it was a 5-7 minute walk away. My fault for not looking closer, but I thought the property was beach front.

The service at this hotel is excellent. All of the staff were very friendly and helpful. They arranged excursions for us, taxi rides, and served us dinner outside normal time because of our travel schedule. I can't say enough good things about the service. The hotel is nice, but recognize that this is not a 4-star resort property. The rooms are very basic. No air conditioning, and the shower area is combined with the toilet with no shower curtain. The floor in the shower doesn't slope to the drain. The hotel provides a scraper that you use to move the water from the bathroom floor into the drain. There is no air conditioning. It wasn't too hot when we were there, but it was pretty warm in the rooms with no AC. There is an overhead fan, which helps. There is no glass in the window openings - screens only, which means that you can hear everything that goes on around you, including crying children and very loud roosters crowing in the houses immediately next to the hotel. There was a storm while we were there, which cut the power for several hours. The hotel has a backup generator, but it still felt like we were camping out a bit. The internet is slow and unreliable - it works best in the restaurant area. The hotel is 500 meters walk from the beach. You walk on a sandy path through the village of Jambiani. The hotel has an arrangement with a small hotel on the beach to use their chairs and bar, which was great. The weather is 5c cooler at the beachfront.