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3 out of 5
Villa Cerniglia
Lungomare g.giardina, Cefalù, PA

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 7 out of 35 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 17 out of 35 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 35 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 35 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 35 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Tracey

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent value
Comfy bed. Perfect location opposite the beach. Friendly staff and great value breakfast. Basic but adequate and value for money
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Jack, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Budget Choice
Excellent location right opposite the beach, with a carpark next door. An easy 10 minute walk to the old town for restaurants, shops, etc. We had a "new" room with our own terrace giving a nice view of town and sea. It was, apart from the dreadful lilac tiles in the bathroom, very nice and very comfortable. Looking at other reviews it seems that some of the other rooms may not be quite so nice, so ask for rooms 11a or 11b. Free loungers and umbrellas on a nearby beach. Alberto and staff were very friendly and helpful up to a point. Not exactly forthcoming with info, but our few questions were answered. Breakfast was ok, though it would have been nice if the fresh fruit had been a bit riper (and therefore edible). The building is quite quirky and unassuming. Very nice garden. One major gripe (which other reviewers have mentioned) - the wifi reception was dreadful and very unreliable - time for a new router I think? All in all a good place to stay in Cefalu without breaking the bank.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel in great location
This is a nice family-run hotel right on the beach. It is about 10 min walk from downtown Cefalu, and 5 min walk to a large grocery shop. The stuff of the hotel was very friendly and accomodating. The hotel has a convenient free parking lot (it is a nightmare to park in the old town) and free wifi. The hotel also has a small garden where one can relax.
Response from alberto on 1 July 2016
thanks from villa cerniglia

8/10 Good

Mark, Folkestone, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and modern room, very close to the beach.
We arrived at 11.20pm and parked in the free car park (just a small plot of land next to the hotel). We were greeted warmly then taken to our room promptly. Very nice, clean, modern room with good power shower and fridge (but not very cold). It was mid April so out of season (starts June) so not too busy at the hotel or in the town which is a 10 minute walk away. Our breakfast was included in our price and was a tray served to our table, either inside or out, and a mix of bacon and egg with bread and continental (with a local orange!). We were offered free refills of coffee if we had wanted it. Picture-postcard scenery and lovely beach just across the road. WiFi in the room was good at first but then kept dropping out as the hotel got busier. Rooms are accessible from the outside with their own key, so no curfews. Bedroom was made up every day but they only supply towels and hand wash. Plenty of places to eat in the old town at reasonable prices. Plenty of souvenir shops too! Local supermarket is a 5/10 min. walk away. We hired a car at the airport (beware of the need to buy accident and breakdown insurance! We booked the hire car in the UK for £4 a day but when we got to the desk in Palermo, were persuaded to buy the £79 insurance for 3 days. We didn't need it, but it came close a couple of times!) and drove into the mountains - not to be ventured into lightly- but so worth it! Breathtaking views and historical buildings (eg. Castle in Caccamo). Would definitely use again.
Beach across the road
Car Park over the hedge.
Old streets of Cefalu leading to Square and Church
Villa Cerniglia

8/10 Good

Meray, Melbourne

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect Cefalu B&B
Cefalu is beautiful! Luciano and the rest of the Villa Cerniglia staff were brilliant, took amazing care of us! Perfect location, just across the road from the beach.

8/10 Good

istanbulcouple, istanbul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
perfect hotel for beach
pleasant beach time with hotel comport. wifi is ok.

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I can't say enough good about the staff...so very helpful! The location is great...walking distance from the center of Cefalu. We loved the AMAZING breakfast on our balcony while we watched the ocean waves. We really enjoyed our stay! Grazie mille!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Stay at Villa Cerniglia
I can't say enough good things about Villa Cerniglia, the owner Alberto will make you feel more than welcome to be staying at his B&B , always giving a friendly welcome each time you see him. We stayed 6 nites .Easy to find the property. Lots of parking on the property. The private beach is just a couple minute walk down the road and across the street at a place called something 12, there is also free wireless there and the beach is great and there are recliners and umbrella along with fresh water shower. Breakfast was sometimes difficult to be up for for my wife and I 8-10 or something like that, we were always up and or out late enjoying Cefalu. Albertos future son-in-law is really the star attraction, he can be quite funny in his own way and has a very nice way about himself. Don't drive yourself nuts trying to get best meal for best buck, its just down the road at Al Gabbiano Restaurant, the owner will be the guy being the friendliest guy on the floor , food is excellent and his team of waiters are top notch. We had met a couple gentleman that were from new York one nite while eating and ended up closing the the place at 1am and the restaurant was in no hurry to kick us out. This is a very nicely run establishment in italy standards and I would highly recommend a stay. Maria and Lynn

6/10 Okay

Nakaroz

Vi bokade rum med sea view men när vi kom fram sa de att på alla rum står det Seaview när man bokar från Expedia/hotels.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

César

Liked: Cleanliness
Satisfactorio.
En general bien, dado que está bien ubicado y buenos accesos. Si bien es nuevo el local le faltan algunos detalles a mejorar : al baño le faltan toalleros , porta rollo, jaboneras ,etc. El desayuno es bastante limitado . Buena atención de su propietario y del personal.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

ivan, rimini

Liked: Room comfort
ALBERGO COMODO VICINO AL CENTRO STORICO
Ottimo albergo a due passi dal centro storico di Cefalu. Gradevole anche la spiaggia frontemare. Personale gentile, ottima colazione sulla terrazza
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
TORNO A RIPETERE CHE LE CAMERE DESTINATE A CHI AVEVA PRENOTATO CON BOOKING ERANO MOLTO E DICO MOLTO MIGLIORI DI QUELLE RISERVATE AD EXPEDIA TUTTO ALLO STESSO PREZZO.

6/10 Okay

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice and fresh rooms by a family nurtured b&b.
Nice and friendly staff took care of us even though it was off season. The grade would have been higher if not for the maintenance and construction during our stay.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Halpa majoitus hyvällä paikalla
Hinta-laatu-suhde kunnossa. Hyvä palvelu, mainio aamupala ja lähellä sekä ranta että nähtävyyksiä. Huone oli melko vanha ja vähän rapistunut, mutta kohtuullisen siisti. Wi-Fi toimi hiukan hitaasti.

4/10 Poor

Müjdat

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
cok pis ve ilgisiz personel
berbat bir otelde kaldigimizi dusunuyoruz. odalar inanilmaz pisti. ilk gecemizde cok rahatsiz uyuyorken ikinci gecemizde uyuyamayacak derecede ses vardi. oda temizligi icin belli saatleri varmis ve bunu bize iletmediler. bebegimiz oldugu icin odanin uyandiktan sonra temizlenmesini istedik, tamam dediler. uyandiktan sonra zaman doldu temizleyemeyiz dediler ki 10 dk gecmis. kendilerine oda temizlensin diye resmen yalvardik. kahvaltilar hic guzel degildi. ancak zaten beklentimiz yoktu. otelin konumu iyiydi. bu konuda olumsuz yorum yapmak yanlis olur. personel cok ama cok suratsiz ve ilgisizdi. iclerinden sadece kahvaltidaki bayan guler yuzluydu.

6/10 Okay

Jesper, Borås

Bra läge
Bra läge för strand och bra promenad in till stan

2/10 Terrible

M P D

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Überbucht und unehrliche Kommunikation
Gebucht wurde ein Appartment für eine Nacht. Das Haus liegt direkt am Strand, hat einen Parkplatz am Haus (Parkplatznot an der Promenade und im Ort ist normal). Bei Ankunft war der Gastgeber überrascht und offensichtlich überbucht (Personalaussage). Das Haus wäre wahrscheinlich OK gewesen. Uns wurde mit blumigen Worten ein viel "besseres Appartment" in Cefalu (ca. 15 Fußmin. entfernt) angepriesen, das sollte auch noch 2 €(!) weniger kosten. Das Auto sollte am Haus geparkt werden, wir würden gefahren werden. Gutgläubig hatten wir uns zunächst überreden lassen. Das Ergebnis: Nach und nach stellte sich heraus, dass das Apartment an der Fußgängerzone lag (Auto 15 min entfernt) in einem stark abgewohnten Haus. Bis spät in die Nacht und morgens ab 5 Uhr gab es eine erhebliche Geräuschkulisse. Der Boden war unzureichend gesäubert (Flusen alte Haare, auch im frisch bezogenen Bett), Sitzkissen fleckig, Überzug verschlissen, Austrittsbalkon voll Müll und Taubenkot, Bad: Duschschlauch gerissen, Stange angerostet, Geschirr nicht sauber, sichtbare Staubschichten (z. B. auf der Lampe) usw. Kurzum: Wir fanden, dass das Quartier weit vom gebuchten Standard entfernt war, dass wir mit unehrlichen Worten in ein Apartment gelockt wurden und auch noch bis auf 2 € den gleichen Preis zahlen sollten. Wegen der schwierigen Umstände mussten wir eine Nacht in Kauf nehmen. Durch massiven Druck wurde eine mäßige preisliche Nachbesserung erreicht. Daruafhin wurden wir erpresst die Buchung zu stornieren.
Apartment-Blick in Fußgängerzone
Zimmer
frz. Balkon
Überzug

6/10 Okay

Martin, Buenos Aires

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lindo hotel muy bien ubicado sobre la playa
Excelente ubicacion para los dias de playa y a no mas de diez minutos de caminata del Centro historico y de la Marina de Cefalú . Desayuno normal no excesivo y por el viento no pudimos aprovechar el tomarlo sobre la terrazita del hotel con vista al maravilloso mar.

8/10 Good

Francisco, Aix en Provence

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel très bien situé en bord de mer et pas très loin du centre de Cefalu. Service impeccable et patrons très sympas.

8/10 Good

Helena

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
posizione comodissima, dalla stanza una vista spettacolare

4/10 Poor

sandro, deutschland

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Personal sehr freundlich .Zimmer auf den 1. Blick ganz schön. Bei genauerem hinsehen aber viele Mängel bei der Sauberkeit. Zahnputzglas total verkalkt und fleckig. Absolut hellhörig. Frühstück draußen. Auswahl des Frühstücksbüffet auf einem kleinen Tisch, nur süßes.

8/10 Good

Jack, Malmö

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Väldigt bra boende i Cefalu
Toppenboende med närhet till stadskärnan, stranden med de egna solstolarna och förbindelser till sevärdheterna på ön. Trevlig och hjälpsam personal!

10/10 Excellent

Fredrik, Oslo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Extraordinary service
Great location, nice rooms, free beach beads. The reception and the personal was always service mined and helped us with every question. We will always choose this hotel if we come back to Cefalu!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Villa cerniglia
Vi stannade som tur var här i bara en natt. Vi fick ingen tvål eller extra toapapper och det stod en askkopp och luktade utanför vår dörr. Frukosten var ett skämt men läget var bra.

8/10 Good

Ulf, Stockholm

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice stay just outside Cefalu
We had a nice 3 nights stay. Very close to the beach and just a short walk to the town.

8/10 Good

Esther, Msdrid

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Situación Perfecta
El hotel esta muy bien situado en primera línea de playa y a 5 minutos del centro del pueblo, pero además la habitación era amplia y cómoda. Muy limpio todo. Desayuno completo. Personal muy agradable

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
comfortable, calme et bien placé
hôtel en bord de plage avec une vue magnifique sur le coeur ancien de Cefalu située à quelques centaines de mètres de l'hôtel, grande chambre à l'étage avec terrasse vue sur mer, petit déjeuner copieux, à recommander sans hésitation

10/10 Excellent

Younger couple, Hoofddorp, Holland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent! On the beach & easy walk to the center.
This hotel has about 10 rooms and apartments. The owner Alberto is a funny guy, but his son-in-law(?) Luciano is really the center of everything. He makes great large breakfast and serves it where ever you like, in the room, the garden outside or inside when raining. Each Saturday a fried bacon and egg, but he made that for us on other days too. If you stay more than a week, you have to request for clean sheets yourself. The hotel is right on the boulevard and with own (inclusive) beach beds, but not before 1 June. As we were there in May, we had to pay for beach facilities from the hotel next door, which is only 10 euro off-season (Beach Season starts in June, although this is the Mediterrenean). It is best to come in June-September, during summer season, in other months there is mixed weather with rainy/thundershower days and warm sunny days. The staff is very friendly and laid-back. There is a disco on the beach, on the left opposite to the hotel, but it is not that noisy so you can still have a good sleep (at least at the back). We could choose between a room and apartment, the price was the same. We chose the room at the back, but with a very good sea view from the left at the huge balcony. The apartments at the back do not have sea view. And the room still had a fridge. Tell Luciano if you have an early departure for an excursion, he will leave a breakfast in the room the evening before. In Via Vittorio Emmanuele travel agencies to shop for excursions!

6/10 Okay

Britta, Bad Vilbel

Liked: Staff & service
Nettes kleines Hotel in unmittelbarer Strandnähe
Wir haben als 3 Freundinnen, für einen Kurzaufenthalt, die Villa Cerniglia gebucht und waren angenehm überrascht. Das Personal war sehr freundlich, selbst ein Espresso war vor dem offiziellem Frühstück möglich. Das 3 Bett-Zimmer war für uns Frauen ausreichend groß, leider zu wenig Bügel und Ablagefläche im Schrank. Das Bad war relativ sauber, nur die Dusche konnte man nicht richtig regulieren, das Wasser war eher zu heiß und vor der Dusche immer eine Pfütze. Handtücher bekamen wir sogar täglich. Das Frühstück war süß, aber für italienische Verhältnisse reichhaltig ( Gebäck, Cornetto, Kuchen, Zwieback, frisches Obst, Joghurt, Saft und Konfitüre). Alles in Allem sind 3 Sterne in Italien gerechtfertigt, da wir schon andere Unterkünfte in Cefalu zum Vergleich hatten. Der Weg zum Zentrum ungefähr 15 Minuten, zum Strand nur über die Straße. Wir würden für einen Kurzaufenthalt auf jeden Fall das nette Hotel wieder buchen.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
nette Unterkunft
nette Unterkunft dierekt am Strand mit parkplatz, süßes italienisches frühstück und witziges neues zimmer ... empfehlenswert