V Circoscrizione Holidays from AU$649

Check-in/ check-out was easy. Staff were very helpful and sat down with me to discuss suggestions for sightseeing and restaurants in the area…which was helpful. Location was 3 blocks from the train station which brought us directly to Catania airport in an hour. It was about a 10-15 minute walk to the bridge crossing into Ortegia.

Hotel was very tired and in need of sprucing up. Area around pool was covered with artificial grass which was extremely hot to walk on with bare feet!!! Staff were friendly. Dining options limited. We wanted just a snack but had to sit down at bar& order a meal. It took 20 mins to place an order and 45 mins for our meal to arrive. Hotel at the quieter less scenic end of Letojanni beach. View from our seaview room was however spectacular. Breakfast was aplenty with lots of choices. Lots of cake and pastries. Hotel was clean. We had clean towels every day. Not always necessary (thinking not eco friendly). 15 mins walk into town. Not a lot going on in the town basically a walk along prom and back but not a picturesque prom. Just restaurant after restaurant.Scruffy, lots of rubbish etc. Bus to Toamina goes from piazza Cagli which right up the other end of Letojanni bay from hotel. Approx 25 mins walk. City sightseeing bus tour from Letojanni is VERY long and Italian bus driver drove very fast along very winding roads and up sides of mountain....a lot of the time on his phone too😏We couldn't wait to get off. Wasted a whole day on a bus!! Castemola worth a visit if you can stomach the bus ride! Also Alcantara Gorge is beautiful. Well worth a visit. We went early morning and much quieter.