Hotel Ravesi

Beautiful place. Staff are delightfully attentive

Absolutely beautiful and special place. We arrived 3 weeks after the passing of our only child. She was 3 and we lost her to cancer after a grueling 2 year battle. So we were looking for somewhere far from Minnesota that we could reflect and grieve. And Hotel Ravesi was exactly what we wanted and needed it to be. There’s only 16 rooms but lots of space to hang out. There’s the pool area with lounge chairs, a few tables outside the bar area facing the pool, the terrace area with tables that the staff will serve you coffee at breakfast or lunch/cocktails later in the day, and then 2 more newer areas that are very comfortable with chairs, tables, and couches that you can hang out at, drink wine, and look out at the sea. The views out over the sea as well as the views back at the mountains are honestly just amazing and the beauty in all directions is really incredible. The staff is super kind and super attentive. The cocktails are 18 EUR but they are probably the best cocktails we’ve ever had, and they serve you lots of snacks with each cocktail, so it really makes it worth it. The walk to the beach is about 10 mins but does involve plenty of stairs. It’s not hard at all if you’re in good shape, but just want people to know that. The hotel rents out its own scooters and has its own boat which is very convenient. We did rent a scooter but didn’t do one of their boat rides. Instead we did an 8 hour boat tour through Salina Relax Boats that left from Santa Marina Salina. It was $75 and was amazing. We swam at Panarea, went onto Panarea for an hour, then swam at a small island near Stromboli and finally watched Stromboli erupting. But back to the hotel and the town of Malfa. I could never imagine a more beautiful, peaceful hotel. And could never imagine a more kind staff and a quaint, quiet town. The hotel set us up with a wine tasting at Fenech Winery in Malfa, a 10 min walk from the hotel. It was so worth it. 45 EUR each for over 2 hours of various foods and trying all the wine, gin, and other spirits they make. We bought wine and took a few home in our suitcases. The main area of Malfa is essentially one street, but exactly what we wanted it to be. The restaurant connected to but not associated with the hotel (Ristorante & Pizzeria U Cucunciu) has amazing pizza as recommended by Lucie the hotel manager. And we honestly loved the restaurant La Rosa Dei Venti the best. Each night we either got pizza next door or went to La Rosa Dei Venti and got jugs of house wine with swordfish rolls and/or linguine with clams. Oh and the bar at the beach is great. 5 EUR paninis, 7 EUR cocktails, and just a great atmosphere. You can also rent air mattresses and umbrellas from the beach bar for 5 EUR each. And yes you absolutely need an air mattress at the beach because the rocks are huge and you really can’t lounge at the beach without them. The bar is called Maracaibo and the name of the beach is Spiaggia dello Scario. Just a heads up, there is no bathroom at th