Etna Sea House

Good location, clean, decent breakfast, coffee and croissant, 5 minutes from the location.

The next day, after we checked in, the host wrote to me on W App in a passive aggressive tone: "Where is the city tax money, I didn't see it!" Everywhere we went, we left the tax, obviously, at the end of the stay, as we did now. We were bothered by the owner's aggressive attitude! Otherwise, everything was decent, ok.

The house was very clean and comfy, the facilities were new and you will find everything you need. Sandro and Veronica were so friendly and helpful, they kindly explain to you everything you ask, not just for their beautiful house, but even for the questions about the city. They take a good care of the place. Well deserved 5 stars 😊

We had a good stay in Catania, Sicily. The room is a good size, fully functioning with TV, nice warm shower, towels and all you may need during your stay. The place is kept nice and ordered and clean, feels very safe and is also in an easy walking distance from the main sites of Catania (~30-40 mins), restaurants, and transport hub (~20 minutes). The area is reasonably quiet, although like any city in Sicily, you'll be hearing some loud motorbikes, coach honking and sirens. If opting for a room with breakfast, the breakfast is really nice and varied with pastry, cookies, cereals (incl. Sicilian almond milk) and on some days even includes home made cake. Although we arrived early, the host kindly let us relieve ourselves of our heavy luggage while we waited for our room.

A few suggestions I thought of during my stay. From the booking.com app it lists a shared kitchen in the facilities. While there is a kitchen it is unfortunately for the most part unusable with just basic cutlery and some plates/glasses available (can't cook, no cutting board or potent knives). It would be really good if the potential of the kitchen is unlocked as there are really good home grown foods to cook with in Sicily. The breakfast although fantastic has a bit inconvenient time frame (from 08:00). If you want to go to Etna (08:15 bus), morning flight, grab that early beach space ;) or have a full day in other parts of Sicily you would need to skip breakfast. It would be good to have an earlier breakfast time window. Alternatively, something common in other places I've been to is offering a packed or pre-prepared breakfast, it doesn't have to be as whole as the main time breakfast but gives the opportunity for those one or two days during a stay where the guest can still enjoy that tasty breakfast. The mattress in the room I stayed feels like it could into retirement, it's formed two deep dips where people have slept on through the times.

Good location for mountain etna trip

No balcony as said in booking.com, having to pay extra for day bed, that was already a sofa in room, if I had not of mentioned it would have just had to take cushions off to adapt,to close to noisy resident who were fighting one night. Also asked for taxi transfer and were quoted 30 euros called taxi direct and he charged us 15 euros.