Catania - Etna, Italy Hotel Rooms at the Independent

Excellent hotel for travelers that come to town by car. Free parking in hotel. Close to main highway giving easy access to nearby towns like Taormina, Siracusa, Noto, etc. Free Internet in lounge is not that fast but works well enough for email and web surfing. Good restaurant for dinner for a very convenient fixed price per person for hotel guests. Complete complimentary breakfast. Large well decorated lounge with possibility of use of private meeting rooms.Staff has always been very helpful giving suggestions about trips and conveniences such as where can I get good fruit. Order in pizza, etc. Hotel room was clean and comfortable. Beds are firm. Shower is a little bit tight but has an abundant flow of hot water. Quiet area without intrusive traffic sound. I came to stay three days and ended up staying in the hotel for six days.

Our best B&B experience in Italy. The hosts were more than helpful in our travels. The establishment was clean and the breakfast was fit for nobility. A great experience. We will recommend it to all our friends going to Mt. Etna.

Centrally located. Stylishly decorated. Excellent friendly and helpful service from owners.

In August 2013 we stayed three nights at l Mastrazzi, courtesy of Stefania. She runs this small B & B, which looks onto the marina, which is just across the road. Our bedroom suite gave onto the small, private, outside seating area where you could take breakfast. Upper rooms have balconies I think. Rooms are clean, tidy and with modern en-suite shower rooms. The ever helpful Stefania arranged our trip up Etna. Riposto is also the starting point for the little train that runs around the volcano, from which you get some stunning views. It stops at Randazzo [make sure you walk all the way to the main church, where there are nice cafes & ice creams]. A few hours later you take the train to Catania where you have to get the metro to "F.P."- the main railway station- [not the port], and then the main train back to Giarre. From here it is an easy down hill walk back to the B & B. Riposto is quite a good resort and has some nice, fairly classy, restaurants as well as the usual bars, pizza takeaways etc. During our time there Riposto evenings were particularly busy. We highly recommend I Mastrazzi for all ages, with or without kids.

We stayed at the B&B Globetrotter during our weekend trip to Catania, Sicily. The B&B was located within walking distance from the bus and train station, and was close to all of the best restaurants, shopping, and sights that Catania has to offer. Sofia was incredibly sweet, helpful and so accommodating to make our visit perfect. The customer service at Globetrotter was above and beyond and I would recommend this B&B to anyone looking for an authentic stay while visiting Catania.

Our GPS could not find the hotel due to Expedia forwarding the abbreviated name of the street on which the inn is located. A call to the hotel's front desk resulted in the appearance, within minutes, of a staff member in his car, ready to guide us to the hotel and help us park. We were able to converse in English with the multi-lingual family that owns the hotel, and found them to be helpful and hospitable. Our room had shutters opening on to a balcony, giving us a lovely view of a medieval street and a glimpse mountains in the background. The room was not as modern as the pictures made it seem, but it was comfortable and immaculate. The WiFi worked perfectly throughout the building, and free parking on the Piazza was a bonus. The breakfast offerings were the usual; nothing special. However, in the evening the restaurant downstairs serves delicious dinners with hearty portions, at fair prices.The house wine is a bargain.

Casa Barbero is a very tastefully decorated and comfortable B&B in the heart of Catania. An excellent breakfast is served in the delightful courtyard garden and Antonio is able to give you advice on how to get around and which restaurants and bars he recommends. Antonio also offers a shuttle service to and from the airport at a rate that is cheaper than the taxi. Most places of interest in Catania are within walking distance. There is a metro station just up the road from which you can take the short journey to the Central station in order to catch buses or trains to see other parts of the island. I took the express bus service to Taormina for a day trip (about I hour each way) and another trip to the small coastal town of Acitrezza (about 30 minutes) for a long lunch overlooking the sea.

This is a great hotel! It's family run and they make you feel like family!!! My son had left money in the room after we left. Once we realized it we had someone call The King's House. They found the money and we picked it up on our way back to Catania Airport. The owner didn't want a reward and even bought us a drink!

We stayed for four nights at the end of March when the hotel was fairly empty. We were pleased with our choice and would choose it again if we were in the area. It was in a quiet position off the main road and we were happy with the service and room.

we had been staying at a B&B on the east beach, which had no AC and was only just starting up, so we needed to make a change. the other communities did not offer anything we liked but our friends from Catania told us about this hotel. It's a business hotel with clean crisp rooms and the staff was very helpful. The 'buffet' salad, etc. in the restaurant was wonder. The only draw back was the breakfast room in the morning was so 'hot' and not a pleasant place to eat and drink coffee.