Beautiful sight seeing from the pool and restaurants.

- The hotel is very old fashioned - they just gave me one key to the room even though I had to pay an additional fee for my wife - its a labyrinth

The hotel’s location, overlooking the sea, is perfect! The staff are very helpful, cheerful and efficient. There is a very extensive choice of cold breakfast fruits, meats,pastries and breads. The room, a suite, has a pool and sea view, a large bedroom & sitting room. In the bathroom are twin basins and a large walk-in shower. There are only three floors in the hotel and sufficient on-site parking.

Nothing - all good!

We went mid September and had a lovely time at the hotel. I guess the time of year meant it was relatively quiet but it was still glorious weather. Both pool and sea are really warm. The sea is crystal clear and full of a fabulous variety of fish right next to the rocks - take a snorkel! The pool is bigger than it appears in the photos, maybe 20m x 7 or 8. Dinner is pretty good but don't get put off by the menu as they always had an array of different options the waiters could offer. We had a sea view room which was very clean and comfortable. The bed was massive. Parking was free and secure. Would definitely recommend.

Breakfast was a buffet and there were plenty of options but the quality wasn't great. All perfectly edible, we'd just had much better earlier in our trip. Drinks prices in the bar are more expensive than outside of the hotel but comparable to the UK.

Lovely environment, friendly staff, tasteful rooms, excellent breakfast

No tea and coffee facilities in the room

Gorgeous location, really nice staff & they thoughtfully upgraded me as a surprise in my second stay. This is a large, spacious hotel and I live jumping in the sea from this location. Also, in between main mealtimes, the outdoor cafe is really nice. Lovely property, & I really appreciate hot water & tea in the rooms!

Actually this has to do with some of the guests and not the hotel….I found that too many of the guests who came to breakfast noisy and pushy. I only drink tea & juice & have a biscotti for breakfast, yet any time I went to get these simple items I was constantly being pushed into by impolite guests. The staff is so nice, I am not sure how they deal with it. I do not see a solution to this except maybe to book people at certain time slots, but I’m not even sure that would help.

Very comfortable rooms with lovely views out to sea. Good breakfast, (mostly) friendly staff, secure car park - albeit accessed by a very steep and narrow ramp!

The location was disappointing, set off a busy road with no nearby shops or restaurants - the closest nice place to visit to eat and drink is Castello Normanno, a 30 min walk away along the busy road. Also disappointing that the pool was closed - on checking, I realised this was mentioned - though not very prominently - in the booking confirmation but I don't remember if being mentioned on the site when I booked, and the photo of the pool area was a major factor in my choice

Perfect hotel on the cliff edge. Yummy breakfast, clean room and outdoor swimming pool. Lovely bar by the pool. Friendly staff. Great location, a little bit away from busy Catania. Located withing 10 minute walk from train station Cannizzaro, where you can hop on a train to Taormina for €5. There is a bus stop just outside the hotel. Bus 534 goes once an hour and will take you into the heart of Catania, single journey costs €1. You can get tickets from little shops called Tabacci, they also sell train tickets.

We stayed only for 4 nights and it felt that we didn't have enough time to enjoy the hotel.

We had such an amazing time and wished we could have stayed longer. The pool is super lovely to hang out around. We also had a room upgrade which I think helped our stay feel extra special. You would want a car when staying here as it's outside of Catania city so you need a car to go back and forth between there. But overall, a super great old hotel that whilst aged, feels like it is doing so super gracefully. Breakfast was great.

We weren't allowed to swim in the sea off the rocks when we were there as there was a bit of movement in the water. We were a bit disappointed by this as we are strong swimmers and prefer to swim in the sea over the pool. But nonetheless understand it is for the safety of all visitors and the hotel has a duty of care to ensure that.

The room was very comfortable and the pool was wonderful. The staff were very helpful and friendly at the reception and at the pool. It was a shame you had to pay extra to lounge by the sea on the private beach but there were always sun loungers available around the pool.

I didn't like having to pay so much for water around the pool and in the hotel and there didn't seem to be any nearby supermarkets. The food wasn't that great at the pool restaurant or main restaurant but the breakfast had a lovely selection although the coffee machine didn't always work.

This is a beautiful, traditional Italian hotel that has been kept in that style. Amazing views across the sea. Brilliant breakfast with a huge variety. High quality food in the evening with great service from all team members. Very large, comfortable bed. Special mention to Sergio the barman. There were around 100 cocktails on the menu and he appeared to be able to make them all from memory, with a super cool, chilled demeanour.

Little way out of town which was great for us as quiet, but might be a problem for those without transport.