Name: Grand Hotel Villa Politi
Address: Via Maria Politi Laudien 2, Grottasanta, Syracuse, Italy, Syracuse, Province of Syracuse, IT
Price range: US$92–US$312 per night
Rating: 8.38

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At Grand Hotel Villa Politi, travelers highlight its stately, historic character, attractive grounds, and a large outdoor pool, while noting rooms show age and inconsistent comforts, and breakfast quality and coffee vary widely across stays.

Staff are frequently described as friendly and helpful, though there are reports of slow bar or dinner service, a mishandled baby-crib request, and air-conditioning controls that guests cannot easily adjust. The location is not central to Ortigia but works well for drivers, with easy free parking and public transport or a longer walk to sights like the archaeological museum. Facilities center on the pool and bar, yet some guests were disappointed by off-site, paid, or seasonal 'private beach' access and by limited food and drink availability between breakfast and late afternoon. Expect historic elegance, a standout pool, and mixed modern comforts.

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Facilities

The large outdoor pool and grounds are a highlight, with a pleasant bar/happy hour and free on-site parking. Downsides include off-site, paid or seasonal 'private beach' access, limited midday food/drink, and occasionally slow pool/bar service.

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Norm

12 Nov 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Hotel was old style, bedroom outside doors didn’t shut properly. Breakfast was very basic. Coffee was always cold. Nice pool, a bit cold. Room was quite large, good shower.

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Joel

15 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great pool, great happy hour, close to everything, very grand, historic, and opulent at a great value!

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Marty

19 Sept 2023

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Stayed 1 night

The property is beautiful, excellent pool and the bartender is nice. English was not a barrier, as there was plenty of English speaking staff members. The "Private beach" is a must.it's basically a scaffold built ver the ocean with drink/snack service . From the"deck" you can step into the ocean swimming pool... very cool.

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Morten

14 Jun 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Very nice hotel, but no food between breakfast and dinner and no beverages after breakfast before the bar opens at 16:00. At least beverages should be available for pool guest. Cool location, but car is advisable.

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Richard

20 Jul 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

An old elegant hotel with great service and a modern pool complex. Breakfast was heavy on pastries and sweets, not my taste but some prefer that. Location is too far to walk to the old city but makes up for that with a nice pool. A nice addition in the heat of July. I would stay again. Free and easy parking as well if you have a car.

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Dorota

22 Jun 2023

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Stayed 3 nights

Good hotel. We had 3 days at this location and I picked the propery based on the private beach advertised on the website. Given it was 30C in mid June we didn’t expect that the beach will be closed. This was disappointing- they only open thier private beach in August but show it in all hotel photos- long walk to all other attractions. We had to taxi everywhere. Would not stay there again based on that.

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MARIETTE

23 May 2024

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Hôtel plein de charme et d’histoire .Chambre très propre et bon petit déjeuner dans une salle magnifique.Parking facile : tres appréciable à Syracuse. La piscine était en travaux et il n’y a pas d’accès privé à la plage comme suggéré sur les photos du site de l’hôtel.

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Suzanne

19 May 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

We loved the Villa Politi, a grand hotel with a very interesting history. The guest areas are spacious and the pool beautiful. The only concern we had, the dinner service was a little slow due to large tour groups dining, the staff were under pressure. We would have also appreciated tea/coffee making facilities in our room. We would definitely stay there again.

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Joseph

20 Oct 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

it was clean and functional and i really liked the free parking and the pool was nice

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Eric

14 Oct 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Pool is fantastic but the property is dated, tired and in need of an renovation

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Cleanliness

Rooms and public areas are generally clean, with several guests praising housekeeping. However, multiple reviews note visible wear, ageing bathrooms, and some maintenance issues.

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Christine

29 Sept 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Rooms need a refurb. Bad or non existent sound proofing between rooms. Woken early by staff with bags that were not mine. Broken plug in wash basin. No tea or coffee facilities in room and no free bottle of mineral water. Not what you expect of 4 star hotel.

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Joanna

24 Oct 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Lovely clean sheets, I really rate the cleanliness of this hotel as I have a dust allergy. A multitude of gluten free options for breakfast, nice staff. I extended my stay by an extra 2 nights. It's a bit of a walk into Ortigia but good to get your steps in with so much fantastic food on offer!

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Joe

26 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Clean room

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Robert

10 Oct 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Bathroom way too cramped and old

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Oceane

25 Jul 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Hôtel, très propre, personnel souriant et professionnel.

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Eric

22 Oct 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Breakfast seemed like something from Aldi/Lidl. Room was in poor condition, especially bathroom. Air conditioning could with updating, either cold or over heating. As a result we got very little sleep. Best thing going for this hotel was the pool.

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Ricardo

30 Sept 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

L'albergo è sicuramente ben manuntenuto, ma di certo ha conosciuto fasti migliori negli anni che furono. La camera a noi assegnata, per quanto pulita e confortevole, manca delle comidità moderne come un maggior numero di prese della corrente e dislocate in maniera ottimale per persone che viaggiano con più oggetti da caricare (PC, telefoni, orologi, ecc.). Il vero punto debole della struttura è la sala della colazione e la colazione stessa, un po' troppo basilare per una struttura che nel nome ha "Grand". Il maggior punto a suo favore è il parcheggio gratutio, vero motivo per cui ho scelto questa struttura. Altrimenti, se volete visitare Siracusa, sono sicuro che si possa trovare ospitalità presso B&B più vicine alla zona di maggior interesse turistico e che spesso, oltre ad offrire quelle comodità "moderne", sanno trasferire tutto il calore della Sicilia e deliziarvi con colazioni ricche di prelibatezze locali.

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Chi-Lin

14 Dec 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

櫃檯人員有禮貌、餐廳及房間整潔明亮

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paula

19 Apr 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Beautiful old hotel Room was clean and comfortable

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Ralf

30 Oct 2024

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Stayed 1 night

A big, venerable classic hotel, this. The reception area oozes class, with a red carpet in the main staircase to first floor. The rooms show signs of age, though. Some mechanical parts are rather worn, and the shower head had no holder. Also, the wifi was rather temperamental; it was much better near the reception, so that’s where I went to do some work. The cleanliness was great, though, and there was a massive balcony to enjoy. The breakfast was good also, it took place in a massive hall on the ground floor, and the pool area was great. Half an hour’s walk to Ortigia island, but I became an ardent user of the widely available Elerent electrical scooters, so no big problem. Would come back in a heartbeat.

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Rooms

Classic-style rooms vary: many are comfortable or spacious with balconies or views, but others feel dated with small or awkward bathrooms, poor sound insulation, hard pillows, and centrally controlled A/C that can be too warm or cold.

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Lesley Margaret

17 Jun 2025

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Stayed 5 nights

Lovely room with balcony and sea view. Amazing swimming pool. Very friendly and helpful staff. Lovely grounds. Easy to get into and back from Syracuse using the 105 bus. Walking distance to archeological museum and San Giovanni catacombs.

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Norm

12 Nov 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Hotel was old style, bedroom outside doors didn’t shut properly. Breakfast was very basic. Coffee was always cold. Nice pool, a bit cold. Room was quite large, good shower.

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Christine

29 Sept 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Rooms need a refurb. Bad or non existent sound proofing between rooms. Woken early by staff with bags that were not mine. Broken plug in wash basin. No tea or coffee facilities in room and no free bottle of mineral water. Not what you expect of 4 star hotel.

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Richard

8 Oct 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

There is an elegance of a past era about the place and it is well maintained. The breakfasts were a highlight with a wide range of options, well prepared and arranged. Our room had a small balcony with a view, was well appointed and comfortable. The negatives were a tiny shower cubicle in the bathroom and the sound insulation from neighbouring rooms was not good.

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Robert

10 Oct 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Bathroom way too cramped and old

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thomas

28 May 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

a beautiful classic hotel with history as the first hotel in1862 sits on the top of a historic quarry. food was great breakfast buffet and dinner room was comfortable and had A/C working.

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MICHEL

23 Apr 2023

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Stayed 3 nights

Dans le cadre de notre tour de Sicile cet hôtel demeure très moyen pour le bruit perçu dans les chambres (chambres proches et chambre au dessus des cuisines ) et pdj avec jus de fruits chimiques et mauvais café. A éviter.

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Gregory

15 Jan 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel shows significant wear. Staff members were friendly and helpful. Bedding was ok, but the pillows were flat and hard.

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John

12 Jun 2024

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Stayed 1 night

A small over-priced room overlooking car park and rubbish bins. Inconvenient facilities in room, inadequate storage space. Reception staff not very helpful.

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Ralf

30 Oct 2024

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Stayed 1 night

A big, venerable classic hotel, this. The reception area oozes class, with a red carpet in the main staircase to first floor. The rooms show signs of age, though. Some mechanical parts are rather worn, and the shower head had no holder. Also, the wifi was rather temperamental; it was much better near the reception, so that’s where I went to do some work. The cleanliness was great, though, and there was a massive balcony to enjoy. The breakfast was good also, it took place in a massive hall on the ground floor, and the pool area was great. Half an hour’s walk to Ortigia island, but I became an ardent user of the widely available Elerent electrical scooters, so no big problem. Would come back in a heartbeat.

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Service

Staff are widely described as friendly and helpful, with standout assistance noted. Still, some experienced slow restaurant or pool service, an unfulfilled crib request, and curt responses to simple requests.

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Joseph

3 Jun 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Classic older hotel but great service, am imcredibly friendly staff!

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Grit

25 Sept 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Great stay. Beautiful location. The staff is very service minded. We Will be back

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Fredrik

5 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Made a reservation with a baby crib. The night of arrival I get an email with that the reserved baby crib is in use by other guest and we cannot have the one we reserved. This was after the cancellation policy ended. No effort made in compensating or trying to solve the issue. Service level is lower than you would expect of a 1 star hotel in Italy. There are a lot of good hotels and places to stay in Syracuse, my recommendation - stay somewhere else.

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Niels Bo

3 Aug 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Excellent stay. Very helpfull people. Simon at the reception rendered outstanding service in particular.

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Lynn

28 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We had a wonderful stay at the hotel. The staff is wonderful and had so many great restaurant recommendations.

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Suzanne

19 May 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

We loved the Villa Politi, a grand hotel with a very interesting history. The guest areas are spacious and the pool beautiful. The only concern we had, the dinner service was a little slow due to large tour groups dining, the staff were under pressure. We would have also appreciated tea/coffee making facilities in our room. We would definitely stay there again.

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Jon

22 Apr 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

It is a lovely property with a nice amount of history. The staff were fairly arrogant and seemed to feel that we were lucky to be able to stay there. We asked for a simple kettle so we could make a morning cup of tea (we were surprised that the rooms don't have kettles) and the response at reception was one of shock; we could come downstairs and buy cups of tea. We were made to feel that we had asked a very inappropriate question!

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martin

9 Nov 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Staff were good Breakfast a bit disappointing

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james

25 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We were contracted for a superior room but was delighted for our upgrade to a suite! Great hotel and service!

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Salvatore

5 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Un fine settimana in famiglia; piacevole e rilassante nonostante la concomitante presenza di un convegno medico che per il primo giorno ha condizionato il soggiorno per l’insolita affluenza che ha determinato una minore attenzione nel servizio presso la piscina; la colazione piacevole nonostante l’affluenza superiore al normale. Queste osservazioni non incidono nella complessiva valutazione di eccellenza della struttura e dei servizi. Sicuramente da consigliare … ritorneremo presto

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Location

Not central to Ortigia; expect a 20–25 minute walk or a short drive/taxi. Good for drivers with free parking and near museums, with a bus stop connecting to the old town.

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Lesley Margaret

17 Jun 2025

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Stayed 5 nights

Lovely room with balcony and sea view. Amazing swimming pool. Very friendly and helpful staff. Lovely grounds. Easy to get into and back from Syracuse using the 105 bus. Walking distance to archeological museum and San Giovanni catacombs.

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doreen

25 May 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Loved the place. If you are driving, this is excellent. It has parking on site. Ortigia is just a bit a way and the real hear of Siracusa.

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Jane

18 Jun 2023

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Stayed 3 nights

We chose this hotel because we have friends who live nearby and because it looked interesting. It’s definitely faded grandeur, large public spaces, good sized bedroom, outdoor seating and a lovely pool and everything worked.The downside was the breakfast, great the first day but then seemed to have a limited supply of fresh fruit etc. The coffee was unspeakably awful. The walk into the centre of Ortiga is about 25 mins and around 15 euros for a taxi but in the day the red tour bus, 10 euros, hop on hop off, stops very close to the hotel and opposite a great little restaurant

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Sharon

26 Jun 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

This hotel was lovely we were delighted with our room 102 fabulous with 2 balconies, staff were extremely friendly and helpful, was a real treat. Only downside is its a good 20min walk to old town and 20 Euros taxi back at night. We felt the hotel was worth the walk as pool area was great

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Richard

20 Jul 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

An old elegant hotel with great service and a modern pool complex. Breakfast was heavy on pastries and sweets, not my taste but some prefer that. Location is too far to walk to the old city but makes up for that with a nice pool. A nice addition in the heat of July. I would stay again. Free and easy parking as well if you have a car.

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Dorota

22 Jun 2023

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Stayed 3 nights

Good hotel. We had 3 days at this location and I picked the propery based on the private beach advertised on the website. Given it was 30C in mid June we didn’t expect that the beach will be closed. This was disappointing- they only open thier private beach in August but show it in all hotel photos- long walk to all other attractions. We had to taxi everywhere. Would not stay there again based on that.

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Madison

26 Sept 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Old Italian charm. Free parking, a little far from the nicer parts of town.

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James Paul

8 May 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Unique place.. very walkable to museums.

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Isabella

3 Sept 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Good property, nice staff, 10min drive to Ortigia city center. Convenient free self parking

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angela

26 Jun 2023

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Stayed 4 nights

Great pool - about 2 km from Ortigia - no problem if you have a car Breakfast ok but nothing special - staff friendly

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Dining

Breakfast feedback is mixed: some praise variety (including gluten-free options), while others find it basic with poor coffee and limited late-service replenishment. Restaurant hours can be short with no room service at times, but the bar's happy hour is appreciated.

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Jane

18 Jun 2023

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Stayed 3 nights

We chose this hotel because we have friends who live nearby and because it looked interesting. It’s definitely faded grandeur, large public spaces, good sized bedroom, outdoor seating and a lovely pool and everything worked.The downside was the breakfast, great the first day but then seemed to have a limited supply of fresh fruit etc. The coffee was unspeakably awful. The walk into the centre of Ortiga is about 25 mins and around 15 euros for a taxi but in the day the red tour bus, 10 euros, hop on hop off, stops very close to the hotel and opposite a great little restaurant

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Norm

12 Nov 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Hotel was old style, bedroom outside doors didn’t shut properly. Breakfast was very basic. Coffee was always cold. Nice pool, a bit cold. Room was quite large, good shower.

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Joanna

24 Oct 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Lovely clean sheets, I really rate the cleanliness of this hotel as I have a dust allergy. A multitude of gluten free options for breakfast, nice staff. I extended my stay by an extra 2 nights. It's a bit of a walk into Ortigia but good to get your steps in with so much fantastic food on offer!

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Morten

14 Jun 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Very nice hotel, but no food between breakfast and dinner and no beverages after breakfast before the bar opens at 16:00. At least beverages should be available for pool guest. Cool location, but car is advisable.

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paula

7 Oct 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Wonderful hotel, nice area and great buffet breakfast

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Sergio

16 Aug 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Bom hotel, mas poderia oferecer outros serviços. O restaurante e cozinha abre 19:00 e fecha às 21:30 hs e não oferece serviço de quarto. O café da manhã é bom e diversificado para quem acorda cedo, após as 9:30 não é feito reposição, pois encerra as 10:00 hs.

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Josie

28 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Coffe from the machine was bitter.

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Stefan

31 Oct 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Fantastiskt ställe med hög nivå på köket med god drinkar och fantastisk personal. Hit kommer vi gärna igen

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martin

9 Nov 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Staff were good Breakfast a bit disappointing

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David

5 Sept 2023

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Stayed 4 nights

Lovely splendid old hotel , very picturesque. Helpful and friendly staff . Good breakfast excellent happy hour with a mini buffet , disappointing evening meal . A good size swimming pool . Lots of parking .

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Month	Average price
January	US$101
February	US$90
March	US$103
April	US$151
May	US$183
June	US$178
July	US$172
August	US$181
September	US$214
October	US$167
November	US$113
December	US$111

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1	2 $179	3 $172
4 $154	5	6 $172	7 $180	8 $175	9 $164	10 $250
11 $142	12 $165	13 $149	14 $185	15 $169	16 $242	17 $160
18 $136	19 $108	20 $107	21 $106	22 $131	23	24
25 $92	26 $92	27 $92	28 $179	29 $92	30 $105	31 $95

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