Benedictine Monastery Hotels in Catania, Italy

Staff very accommodating and helpful. They put me in a quieter room on request. Breakfast is simple cereal and coffee.

Very friendly family run hotel. It is not a fancy place, but it makes you feel at home with the friendliness of the people who run it. And besides it was spotless and very quiet. It is for people who have a normal approach to life, without a lot of fancy extras, but it made me feel at home and very safe too. Recommended.

Breakfast was make your own coffee and a box of Twinkie things in a cupboard, so the full breakfast ad was a complete lie. We had to wait about 25 minutes outside on dark street before someone came to let us check in, and no invoice was available (but he did write receipt). Nice staff, but this place was hard to spot and not honest in its advertising.

The hotel has beautiful opulent features elevating it to a 4 star, with a great location, minutes walk from Piazza Duomo you couldn't be more centrally located. Very friendly and helpful staff all of whom have a good grasp of English. Great Wi-Fi which is free & beautiful buffet breakfast with a gorgeous view oft hectic. Couldn't ask for much more, but if you want to hire a car be mindful of the €15 euro a night parking fee, well what would you expect you are practically staying in the equivalent of the trafalgar square of Catania and parking is a premium, I found the local buses just as useful to travel. We stayed with 2 rooms my 5 year old daughter and my mum and we loved it

Very friendly staff, absolute cleaniness, comfort etc.

Couldn't be better placed for exploring the city, surrounded by good, reasonably priced, friendly restaurants and takeaways. Very professional hotel staff - welcoming, helpful and polite. Good breakfast spread. Rooms have hairdryer, fridge, security box, and extras like shampoo, etc. Nice little bar, not particularly overpriced. Drinks served on rooftop in summer. The fish market (Pescheria) is off Cathedral square, and just beyond it there is a bus terminal (Borsellino). City AMT buses cost 1 Euro for 90 minutes travel (validate on entering first bus). Tickets available at every Tabacchi. No 524 to airport, No 534 north along the coast to Aci Castello, Acitrezza, plus many others all around town. Privately run buses such as Interbus can take you to neighbouring towns (e.g.Siracusa etc). These run from two parking areas, one directly in front of Stazione Centrale and another a bit further over to the left. Interbus ticket office on very far side of the square facing the station. Also worth taking the Circumetnea railway around Etna, departs from Catania Borgo (near the top of Via Etnea past the Bellini Garden). Lots of excursions available up and around Etna, and to other towns in the region, but they are quite pricey.(35-85 Euro) The hop on hop off tourist bus from Piazza del Duomo (5 Euro) gives you a overview of the city and a couple of Fun trains leave from the same spot (also 5 Euro). Above all Catania is a relaxed provincial city, bustling with life.

Great location and good value for money hotel. Lovely home made cakes at breakfast and friendly staff.