Grand Hotel Villa Politi

Recent Reviews: 1495

• User: grenouile167

  Trip type: Couples

  A well-known jewel of a hotel starting to show its age and "laissez-aller"

  This is a "Grand " Hotel in the 19 th -early 20 th century tradition founded in 1866: a lot of personnel, heavy furnishings, beautiful gardens and location in the heights of Syracuse with a definitely modernistic touch, a large and beautiful pool.My room was the Winston Churchill Suite, among the most expensive in the hotel named after the former British Prime minister who stayed there in the mid-… Read moreThis is a "Grand " Hotel in the 19 th -early 20 th century tradition founded in 1866: a lot of personnel, heavy furnishings, beautiful gardens and location in the heights of Syracuse with a definitely modernistic touch, a large and beautiful pool.My room was t… Read more

• User: Denise S

  Trip type: Friends getaway

  Been.

  Pool area is very good plenty of loungers. Rooms are small showers are tiny. We ate in the hotel one night food was good. I feel it lacks atmosphere the bar area is very spread out. Staff were very helpful and breakfast was ample. Not a lot around I kept my shutters closed as the view was really wasteland.Pool area is very good plenty of loungers. Rooms are small showers are tiny. We ate in the hotel one night food was good. I feel it lacks atmosphere the bar area is very spread out. Staff were very helpful and breakfast was ample. Not a lot around I kept my sh… Read more

• User: hannahmay98

  Trip type: Couples

  A very average hotel

  The staff in the hotel were very friendly and on-site parking was helpful. The terrace and pool were lovely additions for the hot weather. The hotel clearly wants to maintain its historic presence but the rooms can be scruffy and were poorly maintained with crumbling paint/plaster. The shower in our bathroom was tiny (even for a small person) and the doors would come off their hinges when closed.… Read moreThe staff in the hotel were very friendly and on-site parking was helpful. The terrace and pool were lovely additions for the hot weather. The hotel clearly wants to maintain its historic presence but the rooms can be scruffy and were poorly maintained with cr… Read more

• User: Abbie C

  Trip type: Couples

  Our fabulous holiday to Sicily

  This hotel is truely amazing, located in Syracuse on the edge of Ortigia, which offers all the luxuries of modern living yet wrapped in historic nostalgia with a hint of the golden age. The staff are wonderful, very helpful, warm and friendly and only too happy to go out of their way to make sure our stay was as relaxing as possible. The rooms are exactly as pictured, spotlessly clean with daily… Read moreThis hotel is truely amazing, located in Syracuse on the edge of Ortigia, which offers all the luxuries of modern living yet wrapped in historic nostalgia with a hint of the golden age. The staff are wonderful, very helpful, warm and friendly and only too hap… Read more

• User: Angelo C

  Trip type: Couples

  Charming and beautiful place

  What a fantastic place to stay, the staff are fantastic and the hotel is amazing thank you for the hospitality we definitely enjoyed the hotel .What a fantastic place to stay, the staff are fantastic and the hotel is amazing thank you for the hospitality we definitely enjoyed the hotel .