Hotel Borgo Pantano

This was an exceptional place to relax near Siracusa. The grounds were exceptionally beautiful, with large expanses of green lawn, gorgeous pools. The owner and rest of staff were so welcoming and the meals were served in a facility draped in sheer white curtains, like something out of Arabian nights. Beautiful courtyard with lots of comfy resting places. The buffet breakfast would rival any top chef...so much to choose from. Comfy rooms and not all the same. Highly recommend if you want a relaxing spot while visiting this area.

Excellent resort facilities, with pool, gym, table tennis. Lovely grounds. Comfortable rooms, although average size. Very good breakfast, with incredible variety and quantity of items on the buffet — although some items did not seem to be freshly made daily. Breakfast service was marred by odd delays in getting our coffee. Staff were friendly and helpful, especially front desk welcome ( very useful briefing on resort amenities and tips for visiting area). Please note that the hotel is about 20 minutes drive from Ortigia, some of it through potholed and narrow country road. Nice peaceful setting, but limited dining options nearby.

Amazing debut of our Sicily trip: exquisite dinner, amazing breakfast, super friendly staff with very helpful tips for our visit to Ortiega (thank you for the book :-)), and above all a gorgeous pool and garden with the delicous smell of blossoming orange trees. Thank you!

We came back here again and the hotel is really nice with a beautiful garden and well designs hotel rooms. The breakfast is still exceptionale and the service is great. We also had dinner in the hotel, here we do recommend to dine outside you can get better quality and service in Syracusa or Floridia.But we will come back again :-)

Borgo is simply a one of a kind hotel! We enjoyed very much the heated pool and beautiful gardens, the staff upon arrival was very welcoming and prepared. Restaurant was delicious and breakfast was a whole new experience! Thank you for the amazing stay

Oh my goodness where do I begin !! An absolutely lovely hotel with wonderful staff and such a beautiful setting. We booked a Classic and Comfort room with hardly any difference between the two. The hotel is a low level building, just two stories in some places. The breakfast is a feast, so so much choice my stomach just wasn't big enough to eat as much as i wanted. The pool area is lovely and big, a lot of loungers, parasols and other soft comfy seating on the grass area. I haven't been to a hotel with such a great setting for a pool. We had an evening meal there which was very tasty, the restaurant is near the pool area. The hotel is around 7km from Syracuse, we were sadly only spending three nights there but hired a car which was delivered and picked up from the hotel which made it so much easier as we had private transfers to and from airport and hotels, part of the package Citalia does. We managed to see Noto which is worth a visit. Ragusa was on the list too but it was very hot and the pool was too inviting. We are just going to have to go back !! A huge thank you to all the staff who made our holiday a most memorable one.

(English below) Lavoro da anni nel settore turistico, ho dormito un po’ ovunque e l’unico posto in cui sento di tornare al termine di una vacanza è casa. Qui no. Qui si arriva e non si vorrebbe mai andare via. Qui è casa. Qui è silenzio, natura, attenzione al dettaglio, cura dei particolari. Qui è il sorriso di chi sta in reception e di chi lavora nella sala colazioni (esperienza davvero stellare, che non teme confronto coi migliori boutique hotel a 5 stelle. Lo si deve ammettere: è decisamente migliore!), è l’accoglienza del ristorante e della bellissima zona piscina. Esci da questo luogo pensando a come rendere casa tua più simile a qui e, se ci si pensa, non capita spesso girovagando per le strutture alberghiere. Posti belli, per carità, ma difficilmente non ti fanno rimpiangere per qualsivoglia motivo casa tua. Giusy ha una visione che persegue e che qui si sente, si avverte: tutto il progetto e il luogo sono impregnati di rispetto e cura, di bellezza e pace. Un luogo davvero magico, sospeso tra i mondi. Stare qui è vivere una poesia. ENGLISH I have been working in the tourism industry for years, I have slept almost everywhere and the only place I feel like returning to (at the end of every vacation or job trip) is home. This doesn’t happen at Borgo Pantano. You arrive here and you don't want/feel to leave. Here is home. Here it is silence, nature, attention to details, care. Here it is the smile of those at the reception and of those who work in the breakfast room (a truly stellar experience, which does not fear any comparison with the best 5-star boutique hotels’ one - I must admit: is FAR better!), it is the welcome of the restaurant and the stunning swimming pool area. You leave this place thinking about how to make your own home more like Borgo Pantano and, if you think about it, it doesn't happen often while wandering around hotel facilities. Beautiful places, for goodness sake, but they all, at a certain point, make you miss your home for some reason. Giusy has a vision that she pursues and that can be easily felt here: the entire project and the place are filled with respect and care, with beauty and peace. A truly magical place, suspended between worlds. Staying here is like living in a poem.

We have stayed in five star hotels around the world, both boutique and known chains like Rocco Forte hotels. Some we would return to and some we would not. Hotel Borgo Pantano is top of the list of places we want to come back to. What an oasis of relaxation! The hotel is only 15 minutes from the magical jewel box town of Ortigia but yet it feels like an oasis of calm, just 7 kilometres away. We made use of their daily shuttle service and also the special deal with the local taxi service when the shuttle times did not suit our schedule. It is very easy to have dinner in the town of Ortigia and get a taxi back to the hotel, if you want to experience the magic or Ortigia at night (parking your car in Ortigia is a pain, so do use their shuttle and taxi arrangements). We ate most of our meals at the restaurant at the hotel and it was consistently excellent. We love seafood and everything on the menu was fantastic. The service at the restaurant is excellent and the atmosphere of dining in the romantic setting is very special. Our Unique Suite was full of character and had plenty of room for us. We loved the spa bath upstairs and the split level suite. The air conditioning worked perfectly, which was a relief in the humid Sicilian late Summer. It is perfectly quiet so you will get a very good nights sleep here. Breakfast is extensive and is a balance of sweet and savoury items. If you can't find anything there to like I question your enjoyment of food. The grounds of the hotel are just BEAUTIFUL. I loved all the little touches like the hammocks and lounges in the grounds to relax in. The pool is huge and never felt crowded. We had coffees and Aperol Spritz sundowners by the pool from the poolside cafe, which was so relaxing. Most of all though, what makes this place special, are the staff. The staff here are magnificent in making you feel welcome. A big shout out to Manuela who was always excellent in helping us. Also Ana (I think) who checked us in and of course the incredible Giusi who takes a hands-on approach to running her wonderful hotel. It was incredibly satisfying to see a strong women running such an excellent hotel so professionally to such a high standard in male dominated Sicily. We can't wait to return here. Just a tip: its an easy one hour drive from Catania Airport to here in a rental car. You may have seen reviews saying the roads aren't great. It is true that there are some bad pot holes in some of the local roads but we had a small SUV which didn't have any issues with the roads. The parking at the hotel is very easy. You then have the option to get to the UNESCO town on Noto which is only 45 minutes away, or the place we loved, Modica, which is an hour away. There is so much to see in the area, or you can just relax and enjoy the beautiful grounds of the hotel. We are already trying to work out when we can fit in a vacation back to this fabulous place!

Such a lovely hotel in a quiet spot, with beautiful gardens, pools and rooms. The staff were friendly, helpful and generally all round great. The food was always tasty and the restaurant beautiful. And the breakfast spread is a sight to behold! It was our daughter's birthday whilst we were there and they made a great cake for her and sang happy birthday. It is a bit out of town so if you want to see places, hire a car. There is a shuttle service every day though down into Ortigia which was a good price. Thank you everyone at the Hotel Borgo Pantano, you were fantastic.