Hotel d'Orange d'Alcantara  

The english speaking receptionist was very helpful with directions and provision of a local street map. Car parking is close by, off road and safe. The hotel exceeded our expectations and our post-arrival swim in the roof top pool was heaven after a stressful drive across the mountains from Cefalu - especially as we had the place to ourselves. The twin room was a good size with comfortable beds, a safe for valuables, a fridge, hairdrier, reasonable internet access (ask for key on arrival), plus a balcony with seating overlooking the road. My only negative comment would be the road noise at night which kept us awake - this is reduced if you roll down the shutters. Breakfast is substantial with cereal, juice, coffee, tea, cheese, ham, salami, bread, croissants, jam, yoghurt ... the hotel restaurant and Pizzeria serve tasty, reasonably priced meals. There is a local shop next to the hotel where you can buy bottled water, juice, chocolate, biscuits etc. (There were no tea or coffee facilities in our room). We chose this hotel on our tour of Sicily for it's location - approx 30 mins from Etna and from Taormina. Although the cable car on the north side of Etna is out of action we drove our compact car to the end of the road at Piano Provenca? parked for free at the ski lift and hiked up the north slope through the beech woods following the cable car lines. We had the mountain trail to ourselves. fantastic views and interesting insect life and lizards. Most visitors stopped at the official car park (where there are a couple of touristy shops with snacks and postcards) just below the now defunct cable car/ ski lift ( due I believe to recent eruption damage) and either walked or took a ride to the crater in one of the big 4 x 4 people carriers. Etna was one of the highlights and the distant view of the mountain framed by the Greek Theatre at Taormina will always stay with me.

very nice and quiet hotel, good breakfast, very frendly staff and very clean. would recommend to every one even families with young children.

It was a good location if you want to explore this part of the island especially Etna North. However, it is close within 20 minutes driving to Giardini Naxos and Taormina, and one hour drive from Catania. Our room had some excellent views.

The bathroom could have been bigger.

The general architecture was nice and a good ambiance. Quick to respond to needs.

Initial dirtiness of room and generally everything seemed tired and in need of a good clean

Big hotel in a small town. Quite good breakfast. In that area I think it is a good place for stay. The town is nice.

Shower was too small, we found a "hein*ken" bottle cap under my pillow.

Easy to find with gps navigation. We were in extra big room on the first floor. Typical Sicilian style, huge room and balcony with nice view. Bathroom was very huge as well. Breakfast was nice – sweet and salty – a lot of all.

There wasnt hanger for the shower. So you have to keep it in a hand.

Friendly staff Clean rooms Good food Free parking

* The usual hotel problem: no mosquito net. * Elevator was extremely slow, could only serve one request at a time. * The chimney on the 4th floor, near the swimming pool needs to be fixed, as there was quite a bit of smoke.

Very nice spacious rooms and a nice roof top pool. Restaurant was fine and breakfast good compared to Sicilian standards (seen from Northern European point og view). Fine place to start your trip to Etna.

The bed was so hard that it was not possible to sleep on the side. Not that centrally located if you want to explore local bars and restaurants.

I enjoyed the rooftop pool the views were amazing. The food is very good value for money, large portions very filling and tasty. The hotel staff are very helpful and friendly, rooms very clean would definitely recommend this hotel.

If you agree to pre pay for your meals at 14 euros per head for a three course meal and do not have meals that day, you can not have a refund, you must have two meals another day, which is quite frankly too much food. The word refund when used to explain this actually means replacement of meal not a refund in money. As the word refund was used to advise what would happen if we did not have meals meant we were expecting cash back at end of stay, instead we paid for food we did not have. That said I believe it was a genuine mistake on Guiswppes behalf when explaining or lack of communication between both parties. The hotel is family run and I believe honest.

Very nice and cozy hotel with good good furniture and mountain view from the balcony. The bed was stylish and comfortable. The stuff is very helpful. Good breakfast. Good value for money.

At the breakfast we could have coffee only from the machine with a choice of drinks. I think in Italy everybody must have only real expresso. The restaurante menu has a limited choice of dishes. The pool is dirty, but it wasn't a season for swimming.

A wonderfull room with a balcony, incl. breakfast and all of this for 30 euros a night! Perfect location for trips to Taormina, Giardini Naxos and the Etna.

They should restyle/redecorate the restaurant. It's an oldfashioned dark and brown location, not very cosy and nice to have your dinner.

Breakfast is a really good start of the day in this hotel. Lots of choice and good quality. Diner is for the most part the standard Italian dish, but everything with there own touch. Good quality.

In my opinion free wifi must be standard these days, even in the cheaper rooms. Not in this hotel.

Camere molto pulite,personale gentile,situato a pochi chilometri da diverse destinazioni da poter/voler visitare,check-in anticipato per chi come noi è arrivato prima.......unica pecca...i comfort e I servizi....veramente molto scarsi o scadenti....almeno quelli riscontrati nella nostra camera.....nel complesso cmq un buon punto di riferimento per una gita in sicilia