Guest User
October 19, 2023
This was our first time to Sicily, we booked this hotel as the description closely matched what we liked in a hotel. I'm writing this review to help anyone who is seriously considering a stay here. Firstly, forget the photos, the hotel is indeed run down and the photos have little resemblance. The room we stayed in was small, with aluminium sheets on the wall, making it look more like a prison cell. It did have a working safe and the mini bar is not a bar, it means a broken mini fridge. The beds are HARD and very uncomfortable (and I like a firmer mattress) it's also very noisy with other guests taking showers etc. There is only one socket in the room also, which makes charging awkward. The TV worked ok but has limited Italian channels, we took a fire stick so was able to watch that at least. The bathroom was fine but the shower screen didn't open due to the toilet being in the way, which meant you had to climb over the toilet to get into the shower, not good at all. There is also no tea/coffee in rooms, asking at reception they do not provide this service, we bought a kettle locally. Breakfast is simple, lots of sweet cakes available, tea, coffee, the choice was.. make your own toast, cheese, ham, boiled egg, plum tomatoes. They provide cereal but had no milk, I was advised to use hot milk next to coffee but declined. When a coach trip was staying at hotel you did get scrambled egg and bacon provided on those days however. By British standards this is simply not 4* maybe 2 at a push. Location is suburbs and a 2 mile walk to centre over a motorway, not a walk for the faint hearted. A taxi will cost approx 20 euro one way to avoid this walk. The hotel does not provide any transportation so do not be fooled by this statement. In short save your money and find a location within the city centre. We decided to leave the hotel early and pay for another hotel for the last 3 days of our holiday, returning on the last day as we were due to get picked up at this location for our trip home. Most of the negative reviews for this hotel are in fact true, I chose not to listen, thinking they might be just picky. Don't make the same mistake, you will regret it.