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Hotel Il Gelso Bianco

3.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
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January 2025

Photo gallery for Hotel Il Gelso Bianco

Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas
Terrace/patio
Aerial view
Lobby
Hallway

Reviews

7.6 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Pool
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Breakfast included
  • Room service
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

Map
Autostrada A19 Ct Pa, Misterbianco, CT, 95045
  • Ursino Castle
    9 min drive
  • Catania Port
    9 min drive
  • CentroSicilia Shopping Centre
    10 min drive
  • Catania (CTA-Fontanarossa)
    8 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Quadruple Room

Minibar, in-room safe, desk, free cots/infant beds

Quadruple Room

  • 40 sq m
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Standard Double or Twin Room

Minibar, in-room safe, desk, free cots/infant beds

Standard Double or Twin Room

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

Double Room Single Use

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Double Bed

Triple Room

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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About the area

Misterbianco

With a stay at Hotel Il Gelso Bianco in Misterbianco, you'll be connected to a shopping center, within a 10-minute drive of Piazza del Duomo and Ludum - Museum of Game Science. .This hotel is 16 mi (25.7 km) from Mount Etna and 4.3 mi (7 km) from CentroSicilia Shopping Centre.

What's nearby

  • Piazza del Duomo - 9 min drive
  • Catania Port - 9 min drive
  • Catania Cathedral - 10 min drive
  • CentroSicilia Shopping Centre - 10 min drive
  • Catania Beach - 14 min drive

Getting around

  • Catania Bicocca Station - 5 min drive
  • Porto Station - 9 min drive
  • Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) - 8 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Villa Pizza - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Villa Pizza - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪South Philly Cheesesteaks & Fries - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Sigonella Inn - ‬9 min drive

About this property

Hotel Il Gelso Bianco

Pet-friendly hotel with free breakfast connected to a shopping center in Misterbianco
Hotel Il Gelso Bianco offers 86 accommodations with minibars and safes. Televisions come with digital channels, first-run movies, and pay movies.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers, bathrobes, slippers, and bidets. This Misterbianco hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include hair dryers and complimentary toiletries. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include outdoor tennis courts and an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 86 guestrooms featuring minibars. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and bidets. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Don't miss out on recreational opportunities including outdoor tennis courts and an outdoor pool. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, babysitting (surcharge), and a banquet hall.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily.
Featured amenities include a business center, limo/town car service, and express check-in. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference space and a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite.
Guests are offered a complimentary continental breakfast each morning.
Hotel Il Gelso Bianco has a restaurant serving breakfast only.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, German, Italian

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Limo/town car service

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Things to do

  • 2 outdoor tennis courts
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Tennis

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Conference space
  • A meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Dressing gowns
  • Bath or shower
  • Bidet
  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 26-inch TV
  • Digital channels
  • First-run films
  • Films for purchase

Food and drink

  • Minibar

More

  • Desk
  • Safe
  • Slippers

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 11 AM; Check-in end time: midnight
Express check-in available

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets stay free
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 31.0 per night
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Rollaway bed fee: EUR 31.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 5000, due to national regulations; for further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation

National rating

This property has received its official star rating from the local rating authority.

Property is also known as

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Hotel Il Gelso Bianco Reviews

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 16 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 37 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 24 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 82 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Ok for one night
Fine for one night before an early flight. Hotel is old and nothing within walking distance. We ate at a mall nearby. Overall fine for what we needed.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pretty nice.
It's a lovely facility, quite large. wrong time of year for swimming but the pool area looked nice. the internet was spotty and not secure so couldn't use it for a couple of things. it's right off the freeway and there's nothing around it to walk to. if you have a car then nothing is too far away. it's very close to the airport.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Walt, Phoenix, AZ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel where I needed to be.
Was treated with curtesy by everyone. Restaurant in hotel is full service and they serve good food at a reasonable price.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
They have updated the TV from the tube tv to a 26 inch flat screen. Overall the hotel is exactly what you would expect for the price.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Close to the Catania airport so good for a first night stay..
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Clarence

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Benedict

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to airport!
Great hotel for a night before an early filght. Right off the highway, not even a 10 minute drive to the airport!

10/10 Excellent

Andrew, Malta

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Was pretty good we liked the area and not far from shopping malls

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice
Rented a car so it was a nice place to get around from. Not sure how convenient it is otherwise. Helpful staff, nice coffee selection in the morning.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Located about 10 minutes drive away from Catania, so you will probably need a car if you want to visit the city. The hotel is in a good condition but it feels a little dated. The pool was clean and thankfully not very busy.

8/10 Good

John, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Convient to the airport
The hotel location is convient to the airport. Finding the hotel was a little difficult. Some of the hotel road signs seemed to send us off course. The hotel is a good choice if you have an early morning flight.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Cheap hotel, nice pool
Its a good hotel that is located in the freeway 10 mins away by car from Catania, 40 mins away from Taormina and Siracusa. This hotel is perfect if you need a middle point to visit a few cities. It has a little market a block away and a gas station. The pool was perfect for relaxing after a long walk in the city. The rooms are goid with a/c and lots of channels (mostly italian). 5 min drive is a huge shopping mall with lots of brands stores and restaurants (zara, tommy hillfuger, h&m) Check in was fast and we had no noise at night. The only bad thing was the breakfast! Very poor breakfast choices. Overall i recommend it if you have a car and want to visit around the coast line withouth changing hotels on every city!

8/10 Good

Parfair, Manly

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
HANDY TO AIRPORT
Great place to stay if you have an early flight. Not much around it in walking distance, but good restaurant on site.

10/10 Excellent

Jim and Cleo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice but hard to find. Here's how.
This is an hotel located in a service area, and it is very difficult to find. See below for help. The hotel itself is very nice, with a good restaurant, and a large pool. There really is nothing around the area. The service area is Il Gelso Bianco, and there is north side and a south side one. Coming from the east on A-19, heading west, exit SLOWLY into Il Gelso Bianco North, and keep hard to your right, hard, hard, hard. DO NOT FOLLOW the signs for autos into the service area!! Stay hard right. You will see the sign to the hotel, and the hotel. Coming west on A-19, heading east, exit SLOWLY into Il Gelso Bianco South, and keep hard to your right, hard, hard, so you go around behind the service area and along a road until you can turn left through a little underpass and go uphill to the hotel. DO NOT FOLLOW the signs for autos into the service area!!

8/10 Good

Rosemary, Toronto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
near the airport
Didn't find the hotel using the GPS, but saw it from the highway. Convenient for airport escape. English speaking front desk clerk.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
perfect for early next morning flight out of CTA
Good value. Clean rooms. Very close to airport. Right off autostrada Palermo-Catania without audible street noise. Would def stay here again if I had an early morning flight out of Catania.

6/10 Okay

Anne, London, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Close to Airport for Early Flights
Hotel is quiet and comfortable, despite being close to two motorways. Restaurant is pretty average, but the hotel's big advantage and the reason we chose to stay there, is that it's close to Catania's airport for early flights. It's just a short drive and only takes about 15 minutes, if you know where you're going. Wouldn't choose to stay there for holiday pleasure, but fine for the last night in Sicily.

6/10 Okay

Marco

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

jean-raymond

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

2/10 Terrible

Elisa

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Posizione strategica e basta.
Io e la mia famiglia abbiamo soggiornato lì una notte. Posizione dell'hotel ottima, vicino all'aeroporto, autostrada, Ikea, centro commerciale, a 20 minuti dal centro. La pecca è lo stato in cui si trova. Molto decadente e soprattutto sporco. Sporco il bagno, sporca la moquette dei corridoi, sporco l'ascensore. Colazione essenziale ma tutto sommato accettabile. Il personale graziosissimo. Spero possano provvedere al più presto perché le formiche in bagno non sono state una bella vista!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

fam

Liked: Staff & service
Eenvoudig hotel met prima ontbijt.
Eenvoudig, wat verouderd hotel. Zeer vriendelijk personeel. Lekker zwembad erbij. Ontbijt is prima.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Bella piscina peccato non sia curata meglio, però rispetto alla qualità/prezzo non è malvagio.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Arthur

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in May 2018