Beautiful hotel in a beautiful area, old and new city of Scicli on either side. Scicli itself is HIGHLY recommended. Authentic enough not to be full of drunken tourists in football shirts but still has all the facilities you'll need. Nearest beach is a few miles away (it's not busy and is a very beautiful sandy beach). One thing to watch out for is your room. When we go away, we research incessantly because we've been caught out by a few 'creative' hotel descriptions. Three things we insist on are Air conditioning, free in-room or (at least) public area WiFi and a Balcony. This hotel advertised ALL rooms as having all three. Ours didn't. We had AirCon but no WiFi or Balcony. When asked, we were told our room was a 'Classic', whatever that means, and that we had a 'balcony' we could use. However, it wasn't off our room. It was off a couch-and-table area in the middle of 5 rooms and shared by them and was an upstairs patio with only 2 chairs . To us, that was the thing that took this from being rated 5 to 3-4. A bit harsh, maybe, but the balcony is important to us so we can have a smoke & a drink without leaving the room, especially in the evening. NB: on the web, they say that ALL rooms have WiFi and Balcony. If you're booking and this matters, email well in advance and tell them you insist on the WiFi / Balcony that they've advertised