REVIEW NO LINKS: Beware of Villa Camelia, Capri Italy (also known as: Villa Bismarck, Villa Camille, Villa le Camelia)   This is something I have never had to do before but it's a must this time.  The influence of 'word of mouth' is so powerful and people must be held responsible for taking advantage of others.   We recently rented what appeared to be an amazing villa in Capri, Italy named “Villa Camelia” through a luxury rental agency, Italian Style Villas.  We worked directly with one of their brokers, Gianluca Ziveri, and unfortunately, the villa was NOT at all what was sold to us and certainly not what the pictures described.  After enjoying the villa’s beautiful outdoor areas overlooking Capri and not going into the house until we were ready to unpack and go to bed, this is what we encountered: filthy mattresses, disgusting dirty linens, worn out pillows, leaky plumbing in one of the bathrooms, a staff that was making excuses for its unsanitary conditions and on top of that electrical issues that could be a fire hazard with smells of burning wires!  There was even aluminum foil wrapped around the bulb sockets in the supposedly grand chandelier and light bulbs all over the house.  We had no choice but to leave and had no other place to go after arriving in Capri, and everything was sold out.  And though our rental contract clearly states that we would receive a full refund if the property was not in the condition it was advertised or if we weren’t happy with it, of course, no one wants to give us our money back!!  They actually fought us rather than help us find a new place to stay.    I have to share and let people know. Do not book thru these people and do not book this house. The owner and everyone have refused to give our money back or apologize for the complete deception that convinced us to book the property.  Any rental agency that advertises this villa either doesn’t know how bad this property is or clearly doesn’t care because full payment is required in advance and you are out of luck when you aren’t happy with it.  This villa is advertised on the following Italian Style Villas, Luxury Retreats, My Private Villas, Your Private Italy. All these websites who sell this villa should remove it from their site.

There was nothing but the outside view that was positive.

99.9% was terrible. ONLY the view outside was nice.

None.

Beware of Villa Camelia, Capri Italy (also known as: Villa Bismarck, Villa Camille, Villa le Camelia)   This is something I have never had to do before but it's a must this time. The influence of 'word of mouth' is so powerful and people must be held responsible for taking advantage of others.   We recently rented what appeared to be an amazing villa in Capri, Italy named “Villa Camelia” through a luxury rental agency, Italian Style Villas (www.italianstylevillas.com).  We worked directly with one of their brokers, Gianluca Ziveri, and unfortunately the villa was NOT at all what was sold to us and certainly not what the pictures described. After enjoying the villa’s beautiful outdoor areas overlooking Capri and not going into the house until we were ready to unpack and go to bed, this is what we encountered: filthy mattresses, disgusting dirty linens, worn out pillows, leaky plumbing in one of the bathrooms, a staff that was making excuses for its unsanitary conditions and on top of that electrical issues that could be a fire hazard with smells of burning wires! There was even aluminum foil wrapped around the bulb sockets in the supposedly grand chandelier and light bulbs all over the house. We had no choice but to leave and had no other place to go after arriving in Capri, and everything was sold out.  And though our rental contract clearly states that we would receive a full refund if the property was not in the condition it was advertised or if we weren’t happy with it, of course, no one wants to give us our money back!! They actually fought us rather than help us find a new place to stay.    I have to share and let people know. Do not book thru these people and do not book this house. The owner and everyone have refused to give our money back or apologize for the complete deception that convinced us to book the property.  Any rental agency that advertises this villa either doesn’t know how bad this property is or clearly doesn’t care because full payment is required in advance and you are out of luck when you aren’t happy with it. All these websites who sell this villa should remove it from their site.