Saracen Sands Hotel & Congress Centre - Palermo

Loved the swimming pools and beach

Paper cups rather than china for breakfast tea and coffee.

This was our first trip to Sicily. We were looking for a place that had everything, and that was also not far from Palermo - because the beaches in Palermo are not as great as in Capaci. Over this time, Capaci really grew on us: it is a little fishermen's village where you truly feel at peace, and you can go to Palermo on any day - it is very quick and very close. We stayed from 13 to 23 September 2026. A couple 30+. At that particular time, the guests were mostly elderly people; there were few young ones. We were given a wonderful new room. It is a separate building, with only 4 rooms in total. We had our own terrace. The entrance to this building is located separately from the hotel. The room is large, very spacious, with a big TV, a perfectly working air conditioner and a fridge. The breakfasts were, for me, superb - you could always find something to your taste. There was a lot of pastries. Coffee - drink as much as you want. With a beautiful view of the sea. There were few people at breakfast, so no one had to stand in a queue for food. The access to the sea is perfectly organised. A separate huge plus: you are assigned two sun loungers and an umbrella. And you know that these loungers and umbrella are yours until the end of your stay. The sea is love. Crystal-clear water and a view of the mountains. The beach has sand - there were no shells, no rubbish, no stones. It was really just sand. A special thank you to the animators. Even though we didn't speak Italian and there was a language barrier, they still greeted us, invited us to morning exercises and to take part in various competitions. They communicated perfectly in English and always created a good mood - on the beach from the very morning. The staff and administration are also very responsive and friendly people who could always help.

Really lovely hotel, ideally located.

Very nice, would have been nice to have tea or coffee facilities in the room

Very clean Nice scenery Breakfast was good

The lunch / evening food was not very authentic Sicilian. I would have expected more Sicilian food. No good choices of other restaurants. Not near any local shops. Everything shuts at lunchtime. No evening entertainment for younger families. Air conditioning not cool enough. Was auto set to 23 which is not cool enough for summer heatwaves.