Room was good for a family of 5 & met our needs although we struggled with the lack of EU plug sockets. Breakfast was poor, no menu no explanation of what was available to order in addition to the very plain buffet which was very underwhelming. The older staff members acted like we were a nuisance to ask questions or for help which was actually quite shocking and made us feel uncomfortable. The beach was great this is where you get your value from, it was easy to access via the shuttle & enjoy a full day there with kids. Reception were very helpful.

Hotel is at super location. We booked on short notice and our room wasn’t ready till after 4-5pm. Rooms are decently decorated and renovated. According to hotel rating, this is 4* hotel, not 5* like mentioned on booking.com Front desk personell is very friendly and helpful. We got price discount for the problems with the delayed checkin.

The location is just beautiful. However the service has to be improved. Room service and reception are good. Yet the restaurant service and quality of food is by far not what you can expect in a four star hotel. Also the “ambiente” in the restaurant is somehow poor.

Very expensive in relation to value. €600 for one night for a double room with a sofa bed. Personnel was very service minded and did their best. Beach was ok. Main building looks like something in Russia and needs restoration as does the beach buildings.

Amazing hotel and Spa with private Beach. Punta Ala is a hidden gem and Gallia is the jewel of the crown

Very nice hotel with very good facilities

great location, excellent service

We were absolutly satisfied,all good,perfect servis,food and very very friendly staff

Amazing place for romantic dinner! Its not busy as other restaurants so i recommend it if you need peace and lovely sunset!

Beautiful place with splendid view.

(Translated by Google) Unpleasant Dishes… [MID Column] Nothing wrong with the place, the establishment or the service… Unfortunately there is a lot to complain about the food, especially at this level/price (even more so for a 5 hotel property 🌟) The menu offers typical seafood dishes, and I had the opportunity to try the cuisine several times, with always different dishes. My latest experience confirms my opinion… After tasting: - Octopus salad (little, a lot of potato, little octopus and a little aseptic in appearance) - Raw tuna steak (Very Good) - First course with clams (cold, bitter, unpleasant to the taste and smell) - Eggplant croquette (a useless and tasteless dish, to be removed from the menu) - First course with Burrata and octopus (Good) - Pasta with tomato sauce (They could have deigned to use quality cherry tomatoes or at least put some basil in it) The dishes are generally well presented, the problem is that they are tasteless or unpleasant, on many occasions served completely cold. (Original) Piatti Sgradevoli… [Rubrica MID] Nulla di sbagliato con il posto, lo stabilimento o il servizio… Purtroppo c’è molto da ridire sul cibo, sopratutto a questo livello/prezzo (a maggior ragione per la proprietà di un albergo 5 🌟) Il menù offre tipici piatti di mare, e ho avuto l’opportunità di provare la cucina varie volte, con portare sempre diverse. La mia ultima esperienza, conferma il mio giudizio… Dopo aver assaggiato: - Insalata di polpo (Poca, molta patata, poco polpo e un po’ asettica nell’aspetto) - Battuta di crudo di Tonno (Molto Buona) - Primo alle Vongole (freddo, amaro, sgradevole al sapore e all’olfatto) - Crocchetta di Melanzane (una portata inutile e insapore, da togliere dal menù) - Primo con Burrata e polpo (Buono) - Pasta al pomodoro (Potevano degnarsi di usare pomodorini di qualità o per lo meno metterci del Basilico) I piatti generalmente sono ben presentati, il problema è che sono insapore o sgradevoli, in molte occasioni serviti completamente Freddi.

(Translated by Google) Beautiful location with breathtaking views. Excellent food with top quality ingredients. Excellent and impeccable service. Highly recommended! (Original) Location bellissima con panorama mozzafiato. Cibo ottimo con ingredienti di prima qualità. Servizio eccellente e impeccabile. Consigliato vivamente!

(Translated by Google) Unfortunately, quantity doesn't equal price. The portions are good, but the portions are small, so it's fine for those on a diet or those who don't understand authentic Italian cuisine. I was here two weeks ago, and after lunch I went for a pizza at Vela! (Original) Purtroppo la quantità non equivale al prezzo. Portate buone ma, di scarsa quantità, insomma va bene per chi è a dieta o per chi non capisce nulla della vera cucina italiana. Ero qui 2 settimane fa, dopo pranzo sono andato a mangiarmi una pizza al Vela!

(Translated by Google) Excellent! Thanks for everything! Very friendly staff! Very fresh products! (Original) Ottimo! Grazie di tutto! Gentilissimo personale! Prodotti freschissimi!

If you want a wonderful golf experience of 18 holes in the untouched Tuscan nature, the smell of pine trees, carpets of flowers, a view of the sapphire blue sea and an unforgettable pampering for your taste buds with exquisite, culinary specialties, I can recommend the Golf Club Punta Ala. The course is hilly, well maintained, the golf carts are impeccable. The staff is very helpful and friendly. The restaurant staff and the owner of the course family deserve special praise. They really try hard and unobtrusively give you a feeling of being welcome in a homely atmosphere. The parking lot is large, has a few covered spaces and a charging station for electric vehicles. The golf course is open all year round.

The course may be fine for exceptional golfers. But for mere mortals with handicaps in the high teens to the 20s it is a nightmare: big trees in the middle of the fairways, inconsistent sand in the bunkers. Shortest Ts are 5500 yards! No drinking water on the course, no toilets. On the other hand the T boxes are perfect; the fairways are well maintained and the greens are in great shape and roll true. Would I play it again? Probably not. Too tough. Not much fun. Oh, my hc is 15.9.

After having played Punta Ala, i have to grade two different things. First the course: It's not the most challenging but considering that it is not an area rich in courses, it is absolutely recommendable. The design is varied and modeled nicely into the landscape, producing quite a few interesting looks. The sight from the seventh tee is breathtaking. The fact that the fairways and greens won't ever be in their best shape must probably be attributed to the climate and the fact there just aren't enough members or green fees sold to keep up. It is still absolutely playable (beginning of august). 4 stars for the course! Second the manager: I went to take a look at things with my girlfriend, who is from Italiy, two days before actually playing. The manager then told her in Italian, that the fee would be 70 Euro. When i arrived for my round two days later, alone, he appeared to have changed his mind and wanted 90, explaining hastily that the fee had increased to summer prices since, without being able to produce any evidence of that (there is none...). It's dishonest and i find it shameful. 1 Star for the treatment!

Went to practice here.....13 euros to use the practice ground plus 2 euros for 25 balls. So 19 euros to hit 75 very poor quality golf balls. Will not be returning.....

Good golf course. Well maitained and beautiful surroundings. I really enjoyed my 18 holes golf.

Driving range: real grass, and sheltered mats as well. Nice view of the sea at the course.

Fairways could better. But nice setting. View onto the sea is nice

Beautiful restaurant by the beach. The starters are very good. We ate pasta alle vongole and caeser salad. Both very well served. Just a recommendation: add garlic to pasta alle vongole to increase flavour.

This review is just for the restaurant: + Fantastic view, amazing sunsets, table with a view; tasty caponata (vegetable stew); tasty fried complimentary antipasto. - Waiter spoke to us at only 30 cm distance with the face mask resting under his chin; whole grilled seabass a bit dry and not cleaned properly by the waiter; potatoes oily; waiting time too long.

Elegant, excellent restaurant and professional staff. Environment suitable for families with children, but also young adults. Very comfortable beach beds with a nice thick mattress and very clean. The restaurant is open for both lunch and dinner, it is also possible to have a light lunch to be consumed in the dedicated areas as well as children menu. The aperitif accompanied by a platter of snacks is also top quality. Relaxing atmosphere. The parking reserved for customers is very close (4 minutes walk), but there is a golf car that makes a shuttle service; well organized. I take this opportunity to thank the owner, who is very careful about everything, kind and helpful. I will definitely be back next year too!

We have always gone here for the past 6 years and enjoyed every year as it has all the facilities which are kept clean, this year we didn't manage to get there the first week of our holidays as it has had reduced capacity due to covid, but today we went and could see what a fantastic job they had done on social distancing on the beach... Well worth a visit

They are not keeping up this page or it would say that it’s completely closed. Went out of our way for nothing since the listing still shows open hours.

Food is very good. 4.5 stars for sure. And service is good too.

Great location overlooking the beach, exceptional seafood and very friendly staff.

Nice beach club. 50€ for 2 sun beds and 2 chairs. Restaurant pretty expensive. You can't order drinks at the beach

Very friendly staff at the beach, all umbrellas have 2 Sun-beds and 2 beach chairs, and reasonable amount of space. Great with the possibility to book via website. The restaurant is on a terrace overlooking the sea 🌊. Good selection of food and fast service. The staff though seems stressed and tired. Pricing generally very high like most places at Punta Ala but they offer a larghe variety services.

We were in their restaurant in the evening for the dinner. The atmosphere was very good and the sunset was perfect. But the restaurant food and service disappointed us very much! The waiters looked very professional from the first look, but we ordered wine and no one ever brought it to us! They just forgot about it, but of course they didn’t forget to put the price of eine into our check. The food was also not very tasty. Especially we didn’t like the spaghetti which the waiter recommended us! Even our son who loves spaghetti couldn’t eat it! However the price for it was enormous (26 euro!!!) . This dish was not in the menu so we didn’t know the price before. And I couldn’t imagine that spaghetti could be the most expensive dish. In general our dinner was a disappointment

Ideal lounge for an aperitive on the beach. Comfy sofas leaning on the sand, good music in the background, good cocktails, rich and tasty buffet (in fact a real "apericena"). The price is a bit dear (10 € for a spritz), but you couldn't expect less by a lounge around Punta Ala Last but not least, La Vela is a perfect place to admire the sunset over the Follonica gulf and the Elba Island.

Perfect servis,very good food

Great beach with good facilities and reasonable distance between the umbreallas. Very friendly staff, nice gym and beach bar allow to enjoy a full day at the beach! Restaurant located on a terrace offers a stunning view and tasty food (gluten free pasta available!)

I read some of others reviews and have to say that the La Vela changed management in 2023. Poor reviews before are not coherent with what is today the service and the food at the restaurant, the beach. I travel allot and seldom have found such a great place Bravo

I have been going to Punta Ala for over 40 years. For the last 20 this has been and will always be the best pizza I've ever eaten.

Very very good pizza

You will not be served, just ignored. Pizza does not look good at all. Better to be avoided.

Don’t let the simple interior and exterior fool you. A must try when in Punta Ala. Focaccia ripiena is my favorite!

Freshly cooked and very tasty. Great value 👍👍

Delicious pizza for a fair price

Pizza sublime