President Park Hotel

Cheap

Old

While the hotel looks kind of old, the actual rooms were recently renovated and very well equipped, it had all the amenities of modern 4 star hotels indeed. The highlight of the hotel is the big pool in the middle of the facilities, but it never felt really crowded. I think it wasn't temperated water, but to be honest it was so hot that there were no need for that. The breakfast was really really good with many options and ample hours, and they had lunch and dinner too (very simple food but good enough to avoid the hassle of having dinner outside).

The pool bar was closed, no idea if they planned to keep like that or are going to open for high season. The location is kind of bad, it's very time consuming to move to or from the hotel unless you're going to Catania (the town where the hotel is located, Aci Trezza, is cute but quite small so not too much stuff to do there). The connection to the highway implied to pass through several tiny towns with overcrowded small streets. Please take into account that going by car is basically mandatory too, naturally. But well, having a hotel with these facilities in the middle of nowhere is what it makes its price more attractive so can't really complain.

Nice view.

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It had access to a pool despite it being very small. The air conditioning was good once it was operated correctly by the receptionist

The beds were uncomfortable. The restaurant service and food was awful as the staff were uninterested.