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Reviews of Stesicorea Palace

Stesicorea Palace
Pz. Stesicoro, 56, Catania, Sicily

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 21 out of 96 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 36 out of 96 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 30 out of 96 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 96 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 96 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

maria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent service
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from arca on Feb 18, 2020
thanks

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Just ok type of property, well located though in the city centre of Catania. No parking. No lift. Quite noisy if you get a room facing the street. Breakfast very basic, like a hostel more than a hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Arca on Aug 20, 2019
Grazie

10/10 Excellent

maria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Grat location
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Arca on Jul 9, 2019
Grazie

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stesicorea palace is situated at a great central locstion,,nice breakfast, but also with a great helpful staff.I recomended to others to stay st this property.thanks to the staff of this property.
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2018
Response from ARCA on Dec 10, 2018
THANKS

10/10 Excellent

maria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Home from home
We enjoyed our stay so much we booked again just before going back to the u k .the location was perfect we got off the airport bus just near the hotel 4earos each hotel room was big and breakfast was very good lots of restaurants near the hotel and a big market every day just across the rd reception is 24 hours so all ways there to help you thank you we will be back
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Response from arca on Nov 21, 2018
thanks

10/10 Excellent

Paraskevi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Above expectations.
Excellent stay, very spacious room with antique furniture. Very friendly and accommodating stuff. The area was super convenient.Very low price for a huge room with breakfast. Highly recommended.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018
Response from ARCA on Aug 1, 2018
THANK YOU

8/10 Good

JB

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location in central Catania close to transport links. 24 hour reception, hot shower, comfortable bed, surprisingly quiet and a good breakfast. Good value.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Maggie, Yorkshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great setting, lovely staff
From previous reviews, I tried to get a room at the back of the hotel but one wasn't available. To be honest, the noise wasn't that bad at all, and was more than compensated for by the view out onto the piazza and being able to watch everybody. The staff were very friendly and helpful, and breakfasts were lovely. My initial impression of the room wasn't good, but once we'd opened the shutters it was lovely and light and airy, and clean. The hotel is a bit shabby, but then so was Catania in general. Just be warned that it's a 2 floor walk up the stairs to get to reception.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2018

6/10 Okay

Roger

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One night only thank the stars
Very noisy, be prepared to climb a multitude of stairs and if you are a larger chap the shower is a challenge. Bed was springy and access was next door via a huge steel door into a funky courtyard. If I was travelling with someone I think I would have found somewhere else. Don't forget to put the toilet paper in the bin I was told 3 times and remember to get your passport back.

10/10 Excellent

Dwight

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect!
Right in the center of Catania. We were pleasantly surprised with our stay. Everything was great for our first night in Sicily! Take the bus from the airport. Taxi wa Los 35 Euro!
Response from ARCA on Apr 7, 2018
THANK YOU VERY MUCH

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

sandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice stay in downtown Catania close to main market
Staff is very friendly and nice. The breakfast abundant and very varied. The coffee very good. The hot water supply abundant and the heating excellent. The negative is there are steep stairs to climb to get to the hotet reception. On busy weekends there will probably be some street noise since the hotel's lovely room balconies overlook an important square.
Response from General Manager on Jan 26, 2017
thanks

8/10 Good

OSSIE, MALTA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location, friendly staff & spacious rooms.
As I already rated above the rooms are pleasing and comfortable, the hotel in good condition, Staff are FANTASTIC & very very helpful. On a negative note as soon as one go in the hotel has to climb up about 40 steps staircase, NO toilet paper is left in the room(has to ask for it daily) & the WiiFi is very weak.Keep coming On & Off.Still recommendable
Response from a on Jan 26, 2017
thanks

10/10 Excellent

Tony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent base
Great position, in the middle of the main Street, in the middle of a main Square, in the centre of Catania. Within ten minutes walk of bus station, train station and most major sights. Clean spacious room with good en suite facilities small fridge etc. Helpful knowledgeable staff and a good selection for the buffet breakfast. If you are a light sleeper (noise of the city sometimes) or you cannot manage stairs (no lift) it may not be your ideal but for me it was way above expectations and an excellent base to stay and I would gladly visit again.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

8/10 Good

Elizabeth, B'Kara, Malta

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very good Hotel
The hotel is central, clean and the rooms are very large. Receptionist was very helpful in everything we asked and he speaks in English.

10/10 Excellent

Alexander, Malta

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Hotel
excellent location to visit Catania whether on holiday or business. the staff was very friendly and helpful. Highly recommended.

8/10 Good

john, malta

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great
i liked it

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
Noisy location.
Did not have a good sleep because of its location. People were partying outside until 3:30 am then at 4:00 the council workers started up with leaf blowers to clean up the rubbish and an hour later the street sweeping trucks came thru. Went down in the morning and it was as if they hadn't cleaned a thing. There was rubbish everywhere

8/10 Good

AC, USA

Disliked: Room comfort
Catania center
This reminded me of hotels forty years back. Unremarkable furniture, no frills, just the basics. I had a room in the back of the hotel and avoided the noise of rooms overlooking the piazza. You did hear noise in the corridors, but luckily off season not many people were staying there, so it wasn't a problem. On the other hand, staff gets up very early (5:30) to prepare breakfast and you could hear them. The shower stall didn't work properly. Its door wouldn't fully close, so water splashed out. And the bed was too hard for me, though some people like that. For the price, the hotel is as good as you can reasonably expect.

8/10 Good

KWS

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
location was even more convenient than I realized from the map and the hotel is very nice (a converted palazzo w/hammered beams), although it's above a MacDonald's on a piazza so a little noisy in the evening. I'd read that it was two flights up from the entrance to the lobby but it was a straight shot and not difficult for me. all the rooms are on the lobby floor or up one more floor (there is no elevator but if you can manage the stairs, it's a great place to stay.) staff was very nice. there was an air conditioner in my room that I could only turn down a few degrees, but the windows open and it cooled off at night.

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff were very helpful. I would definitely stay there again

8/10 Good

Julia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great spot, too many stairs for my elderly father
From the balcony we could see the active square, across to the market, and one day, a parade! Yet, it was fairly quiet. Safe overnight parking was a long walk through the market. friendly, helpful people

10/10 Excellent

Anonymous

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Friendly staff, great location
Friendly staff, great location right in the center of the city. Poor breakfast though

10/10 Excellent

Aron

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Was very nice, wood floors, breakfast
Was very nice, wood floors, breakfast was not great, but the people were very nice, staff great, and very clean, I would go back.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

OK hotel but very busy location
The location is good as it was close to most attractions, however it is located in a very busy piazza or town square which made it very noisy. There is also a McDonald's directly below the hotel. The kebab place below the hotel was quite good. I would say the hotel location is good, however quite noisy.

10/10 Excellent

Anna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very friendly helpful staff, small
Very friendly helpful staff, small problem with leaking shower tray but staff did their best to solve problem. All in all very satisfied and would stay in this hotel again.

8/10 Good

alessandro

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice hotel in an excellent location,
Nice hotel in an excellent location, with friendly and helpful staff. The only main drawback is the fact that the hotel is on the 2nd floor (my room was on the 3rd...) and there isn't the lift. There is no hotel parking, but several places where to park paying the toll.

8/10 Good

Peter, London

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Good budget choice in limited market
Hotel is located very near to the main shopping street in a busy and safe area, unlike many other budget choices in Catania which are nearer the railway station, a 20 minute walk. Access to reception is by a flight of stairs in a secure building, and there are more stairs for certain rooms. Rooms facing away from the street are quiet and spacious with some historical touches. Bathroom is as expected for this class and the bed is large and firm, just to my liking. Some staff have little English, others have excellent English. Breakfast is limited for this class and should be improved in terms of both quantity, quality, and range. Nevertheless this is probably your best choice in this class and area.

10/10 Excellent

Expedia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from arca on Feb 18, 2020
grazie

8/10 Good

Elena, Sardegna

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Posizione centrale. Personale simpatico e disponibile. Ideale per visitare la città.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from ARCA on Jan 10, 2020
GRAZIE

4/10 Poor

Aani

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
In poor shape and poor service
I dont like leaving bad review but there are some things i have to say about this hotel and our stay. our room was quite worn so we found it pretty uncomfortable. The shower space was so worn that you could call it ugly. The fridge didnt work. The locks of the doors both to the hall and to the balcony seemed weak. There were steep stairs to the rooms, which is unconvenient especially with luggage. In our reservation our check out time was signed to be at 11 am. Therefore, at the morning of the departure we returned to our room at 10:30 after having breakfast thinking we still had 30 minutes to check out. As we entered the hotel the staff started saying we should have checked out at 10am and that they started cleaning the room already. We went to our room and found all room and our stuff messed up. Really not nice to find ur belongings like this! The staff should have had my phone number, why couldnt they even give me a call before doing this..?
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Billigt o bra men checka inte in för sent...
Vi checkade in på kvällen och fick uppenbarligen ett rum de använder som reservrum då det stod ’privato’ på dörr o nyckel. Rummet var stort som de lovade men hade däremot ingen balkong som utlovat och ett fönster som satt högt upp och inte gick att se ut igenom då det hade klistrats för med någon slags insynsskydd då det vette mot bakgården och ett tak som de använde sig av. Klaustrofobiskt och som att bo i en grotta. De andra rummen såg trevliga ut med mycket ljus och en liten balkong. Anser inte att det här rummet borde hyras ut.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Response from ARCA on Aug 3, 2019
HELLO, YOUR RESERVATION IT WAS FOR A DOUBLE ROOM. WITH VIEW IS MORE EXPENSIVE. IN EXPEDIA OR HOTELS.COM FOR PRIVATO ROOM THERE ARE 3 OR 4 PICTURE. WE CAN CALL THE ROOM PRIVATO 1..2..ETC ETC. PRIVATO IS A TRIPLE ROOM SO YOU AND YOUR CHILD SLEEPING IN ONE KING BAD(YOU) AND YOUR CHILD IN SILGLE BAD. THANKS BYE

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pessimo
Mi chiedo come mai questo hotel abbia tre stelle, per me ne vale sola una, la pulizia lascia a desiderare, arredamento vecchio e odore di chiuso, alcune stanze sono rumorose per via dei tanti condizionatori che si trovano nel cortile interno, se non si hanno i tappi per le orecchie è quasi impossibile dormire, in bagno non c'è il bidet e la cabina doccia sarebbe da rifare nuova, pareti sporche e scrostate, colazione sufficiente e con prodotti preconfezionati. L'unica cosa positiva di questo "hotel" è la posizione centrale e la gentilezza dello staff, quindi non me ne voglia lo staff per questa recensione negativa, l'hotel avrebbe bisogno, sicuramente, di una totale ristrutturazione.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from ARCA on Mar 20, 2019
non e' assolutamente come dice lei signore. ha avuto la prima camera con bagno e bidè' nuovo di zecca. ovviamente lei non sa usare il bidè. ed è stato lei a chiederci una camera non sulla strada. quindi la sua recensione sua recensione è tutto dire....

8/10 Good

ANDRZEJ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019
Response from ARCA on Mar 14, 2019
THANKS

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Piccolo hotel accogliente e pulito in posizione molto centrale, unica pecca necessità di ristrutturazione. Esperienza nel complesso positiva!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from ARCA on Feb 26, 2019
GRAZIE

8/10 Good

Marco, Ispica

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Suggerimenti
Il soggiorno è stato piacevole, perché la posizione è stupenda ed il prezzo per quella notte è stato veramente eccezionale, ma ad esempio potevano mettere il bidet e fare qualche accorgimento come la insonorizzazione delle finestre è diventerebbe eccellente
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Boguslaw

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Centralissimo e accoglienza perfetta.
Positiva da ripetere sicuramente; ottima la qualità rapporto-prezzo.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Posizione eccellente
Albergo decoroso ,,, personale estremamente gentile e disponibile ,,, unica nota sfavorevole è che necessita di una bella ristrutturazione !!!
Stayed 13 nights in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Boris

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Vieillot
Au dessus du mac Donalds. Pas de parking. Chambre correcte
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

claus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Godt sted for kortere ophold
Basic hotel beliggende midt i byen, god service, simpel morgenmad og god wifi.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from ARCA on Jul 27, 2018
thanks

6/10 Okay

emilie , annecy

Liked: Staff & service
Hôtel accueillant et bien situé
Chambre spacieuse, literie confortable Salle de bain un peu petite
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing great hotel rare find.
De douche was oud.. Maar behalve dat was het gewoon perfect. Great room great people. Big room, big breakfast. Hot water en great location for seeing all event. Greatest time is 1-5feb. St agenta festival. All pictures within 300m. Room balcony view.amazing pricing, so anyone complaining better take real look. Have visited 500+ hotels. Simply great place to stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ubicazione strategica
Posizione centralissima. Hotel privo di ascensore,senza una hall.L'ingresso è nella sala colazioni.Camere senza telefono e bagno senza bidet. Tutto il resto OK.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Silvia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ottima soluzione per viaggiatori poco esigenti
Posizione Ottima. Buon rapporto qualità prezzo. Buona colazione. Personale gentilissimo e disponibile. La struttura è un po' datata ma funzionale, pulita e centralissima
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

ezio, milazzo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
il mercato a 2 passi
Questo hotel è gestito in modo cordiale da 2 cognati Orazio e Arcangelo che riescono a mettere a proprio agio tutti i clienti che arrivano. Questa è la terza volta che vado ed ogni volta ci torno volentieri.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

6/10 Okay

silke

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017