The staff were nice and friendly, the location was convenient, however there were a few of issues which made a difference:
1- most importantly, the air conditioning was terrible, I could barely sleep during my stay in the hotel, upon complaining to the staff there was no improvement. Aircon is the most important feature of a hotel in my opinion as it can ruin your holiday, in this case, it did
2- access to the beach is free, however, external customers have preference to take the first three lines of beach beds, if you ask for one of the front line beds they’ll refuse even if there are plenty of free beds because “they are reserved for paying customers” as if we were not paying customers? It’s part of the hotel, not charity, this in my opinion is
3- the pool closes at six, if like us, you like to explore during the day and expect to come back to have a refreshing end of the day in the pool then this is not the right hotel for you. I did not get to enjoy the pool because of this. It’s the middle of summer and they close the pool when the sun is high, not great.
4- kayaks and pedalo boats in the private beach are very expensive, over 10 pounds an hour which is more than we experienced anywhere in the east coast of sicily and there is no benefit to hotel guests
5- gym was closed
I would not stay there again.