“Nice hotel in a quite inconvenient place”

This is quite a nice establishment, with nice rooms, decent sea views, and a reasonably usable outdoor pool. Also, the semi-independent restaurant is highly praised for their pizzas even by the locals (but have to say ours were oversalted - might have been a fluke). The main problem is that hotel is literally sandwiched between a busy road connecting coastal towns, and a semi-busy railway line. Both are only yards from the hotel itself, the sea facing rooms being only meters from the road, albeit also several meters higher. Still, the road can be heard throughout the day - and the night. A lot. A problem if it's summer and you want to leave the balcony doors open. Railways is less of a problem as there's no rooms directly facing it. Also, even if the map will show sea is very close, it is also way lower and almost impossible to reach by foot. So, if you're after a beach holiday consider one of the adjacent towns. Overall, rooms are nice, with all the things you'd expect, including free wireless internet (do note it's unencrypted and it seems all the hotel shares the web login information). Pay-per view is provided by Sky Italy. Some rooms seem to suffer from a bit clogged shower drains, but if you're insistent enough and there are rooms available staff will happily move you to a new room. Main complaint we had was that most of the reception staff has rather poor (to almost non-existent) command of English so communication was problem at times.

“Honeymoon part 2”

Nice hotel but not close to the sea. You have a great view of the sea but really no access to it. Staff is freindly and helpful. Taxis are expensive. The restraunt is OK. The breakfast is light so do not expect a traditional breakfast. Very clean hotel. Internet is free....

“Good Hotel in quiet resort”

The Santa Caterina is a lovely hotel but there is not a lot going on in Acireale. Use it as a base if you hire a car. There are virtually no trains or bus services and taxis are expensive. Acireale has no restaurants of note that we found so you'll be eating in the hotel most nights. Not a bad thing as the food was good. Service was a little erratic. We ate in the restaurant 4 times, twice we were served bread with our meal, twice they clean forgot. And when you ask for a glass of wine and a Sprite, you expect the latter to be served in a glass, not handed the can! When we asked for a glass and some ice, the waiter reached over to another table, took a glass from there, then fetched some ice from the bar which was brought to us in a bowl. We only needed a few ices cubes in a glass, not half a freezers worth!! Our stay was marred slightly on the last day. We were due to fly out of Sicily in the evening, so asked if we could use a room later in the day to freshen up i.e. spend the afternoon by the pool and then use a room for 30 minutes before we got a taxi to the airport, They refused our request stating the hotel was full, when quite clearly it wasn't. You could see 3 rows of keys lined up behind reception and no one checked into the room we had used. We had to take a cold shower by the pool and use the toilet to get changed. Simply not good service if you're claiming to be a 4 star hotel. You should not treat guests in that way for such a simple request.

“great start and end to trip to Sicily”

Once the receptionist explained that state road 114 is the way to get to and from the autostrade, this became a hotel that's easy to get to and from (this avoids the complex streets in the city of Acireale). Staff are very friendly & helpful, food in restaurant is good and reasonably priced, comfortable and quiet rooms, supermarket (Ipersimply) is close (5 minute drive). Santa Caterina is about 45 minutes from the Catania airport, and the location is good for a starting or ending point.

“Great hotel - but rather limited location”

This is a very nice smallish hotel with comfortable rooms and great food. Large numbers of locals eat there most nights...which is always a good sign! Try the swordfish involtini!! Hotel is sandwiched between coastal road and railway and town centre quite a walk away. As it was February, pool area too cold to use and not much in the way of facilities in the hotel - bar hardly ever open...but probably different in summer. We didnt find the surrounding area very attractive but it is a good base for exploring Etna and coast.

“Pleasant, relaxing stay”

Very nice, pleasant hotel with helpful and polite service. Breakfast not wonderful, but definitely adequate. Great views. Bar expensive. No problems with noise in spite of location. Car essential if you want to go anywhere, especially in winter.

“Mit kleinen Abstrichen zu empfehlen”

Für Palermo stimmte das Preis-/Leistungsverhältnis. Man erreicht sehr gut die Innenstadt und Sehenswürdigkeiten, also ideal als ASusgangspunkt für Städtereisende. Für einen reinen Erholungsurlaub wiederum nicht geeignet. Negativ bewerten wir das Frühstück, insbesondere der Kaffee war kaum genießbar (ungewöhnlich für Italien).

“Angenehmes Hotel”

Wir waren Anfang September 2011 in einem Zimmer mit Blick auf das Meer. Die Atmosphäre in dem Hotel emfanden wir als sehr angenehm, das Frühstücksbuffet mit Meeresblick war gut. Der Geräuschpegel durch die Strasse ist nicht so groß wie die Nähe vermuten lässt, da die Strasse deutlich tiefer als das Hotel liegt. Die Eisenbahnlinie hinter dem Hotel ist am Pool sehr deutlich vernehmbar, ist aber kaum in den Zimmer wahrnehmbar. In 5 Minuten ist man zu Fuss in der Altstadt von Acireale.

“Sehr schönes Hotel zwischen Hauptstraße und Bahnlinie”

... aber kaum Lärmstörungen! Das Hotel ist top-gemanagt, bis ins Detail, wir fühlten uns gut aufgehoben. Restaurant sehr empfehlenswert! Frühstück dagegen nur Mittelmaß.