our favorite hotel for the entire trip, good food and service. we wished we were staying longer in catania, a lively city. this hotel is very difficult to find, we searched for 30 minutes following signs that led nowhere. a nice gentleman from another hotel showed us the way. it was worth the trouble, a beautiful hotel and nice people.

unfortunately our stay was extremely brief due to departure flight times but the staff were extremely accomodating in arranging for an early 07.00am snatched breakfast. the reception were helpfull in recomending some local restaurants in an area not blessed with a lot. we would have loved to have sat out on the roof terrace cocktail bar but the october weather was against us. it'.s in the university area so there are quite a few good looking bars around but there is a definite scent of strange tobbaco in the air. the trouble with young italians is their love affair with spray paint and the rather grim walls of the old town have been all but covered. the museum andthe roman remains look very unloved. ok for a stop over destination but an afternoon and evening just about does it unless you need a base for etna and the eastern seaboard.

after holidaying around europe and experiencing different levels of customer service it was such a relief to arrive at hotel royal and be provided the level of service you should receive as a customer. the staff were amazing and so very helpful. i highly recommend eating at their restaurant as the level of service is nothing like we have ever experienced from a hotels restaurant.
if you are coming from catania train station you may want to get a taxi or bus as it is a long walk if you have luggage.

perfect location, very kind, free parking

hotel spettacolare,ci aspettavamo di trovare un vecchio hotel con mobili antichi, invece abbiamo trovato il capolavoro della tecnologia: c'.è una centralina accanto al letto con la quale puoi comandare porte luci e finestre della stanza. la tv è piccola ma con le casse a fianco al letto e nel bagno collegate il discorso cambia...l'.unico inconveniente è la piccola salita da fare a piedi per raggiungerlo, ma tutto sommato se dovessi ci ritornerei.

the location and price are ok. the rooms are nicely decorated. the gym was out of service. breakfast was supposed to start at 7:15, but at 7:20 the employees were still outside smoking their cigarette, and the breakfast room closed. we walked in with them, nothing was ready, so we just left as we were in a hurry.