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The beach is nice (sandy and with good water..perfect for kids), but only small area with sunbeds to hire at very high price. Not to many restaurants and no nice area to take a evening walk so driving to Noto at evening was a solution

It is a cosy and stylish hotel at the north side of the Vendicari nature reserve. Located in close proximity to beaches, it offers some very scenic views and vast opportunities for bird watching (including ibises and pink flamingoes). The hotel rooms are squeaky clean (my wife has got a “cleanliness” foible and even she had nothing to complain about), the staff was very friendly and helpful. The only downside (for the lazy sort) is that there is currently no swimming pool at the property. Not a big deal for us as we enjoyed our 10-minute cycling to the beach (push bikes are available for free at reception). We would love to stay at this hotel when next in Sicily

Convenient to roam this interesting area of southeastern Sicily. There is the reserve of Vendicari, a beautiful wild dune area and south the point where the Ionian Sea meets with the Mediterranean. All the baroque cities within easyreach. Iwasthere for the infiorata wh is held every third weekend inMay. Good eats and great service at Scirocco near the hotel. Gated parking.

Nearly everything is closed during November but at Cala Bernardo there is a pleasant Pizza parlour overlooking the bay. Open all the time for Coffee, ice-creams or snacks, but serving pizzas & pasta only after 7pm-ish. Excellent sparkling white wine served in 0.5l carafes. Lena will give advice on Caponata, Fish & Pizzas! For Bird-watchers the proximity to the sea and estuaries, plus the great boardwalks and hides at Vendicari NP makes Noto Marina a relaxing place to stay out of season. There is also the old Tonnaro, tuna fishery to explore on the sandy sea-shore watch out for the Kingfishers. Also lagoons with Flamingos and Spoonbills, plus the over-wintering Osprey putting on a fishing display if you are as lucky as we were! It goes without saying that Noto itself is a wonderful town to explore with magnificent Baroque architecture, the Royal Gate, the Cathedral, the narrow streets and good Sicilian food can be recommended at the newly opened 'Bedda Matri' just up the hill behind the Cathedral.

The choice of restaurants in Lido di Noto is not huge, we counted a total of 3 and tried two of them and they were OK. As far as supermarkets, there is an excellent Interspar in Avola, about 10 minutes by car.

Noto Marina is just a beach area (sand is full of rubbish and debris) there's a couple of hotels a shop, a pharmacy and a small handful of bar/restaurants, parking space is scarce and if you want to walk anywhere you take your life in your hands walking on the roads. Noto, just like every other place in Sicily is full of rubbish, it seems the Scicilians want to blame tourists for the litter, whilst It is true there is discarded litter from tourists it is also true that there's are hardly any bins. We hired a car for our 9 day duration and drove from one end of the island to the other, everywhere we went there was great piles of rubbish, lots and lots of bin bags along with anything else they could dump, fly tipping is rife and spoils the beautiful island, even up mount Etna the lava fields are full of rubbish, half way up the very long winding road through the lava fields there was a discarded washing machine and there aren't any houses for around 3Km!!! There's no care or attention to the cleanliness of the island and its areas, every town, road, lane, walkway (although they hardly exist), field, bush and beach are filled with rubbish. You'll also find that the people here don't seem to want to warm to you, walk down the street, smile at a stranger and you'll get a blank look, try to speak Italian and they've no patience. If you want to drive in Sicily then you'd better have nerves of steel and be able to shrug off any feelings of road rage as they are completely barmy and lawless when it comes to using the roads (Not just Noto but the entire island). If you do stay here you will need a car to get around so make sure you sort out with your hotel any parking needs first. Don't forget they charge city tax here on top of your accommodation fees too.