In my opinion, a hotel must meet certain basic criteria in order to be considered for a revisit. The bed, pillow, and linens must be comfortable; the room must be quiet and comfortable enough to sleep in; and it must be clean. The Gran Bretagnia passes in all respects. It is not a luxury hotel, but is clean, quiet, and... more

Sicily is full of cities with dramatic names, Taormina, Cefalu, and, definitely, Siracusa. This is one charming place, not to be missed. It is kind of hard to find a place to stay in the historic center, but it is worth trying. On our drive around Sicily (with no pre-booked hotels) my wife and I stayed at the Gran Bretagna,... more

Stayed in the hotel for 2 nights in August 2006. I arrived in Siracuse early in the morning with the thought of taking the night train back but fell in love with the place and decided to try my luck in finding a room 'on the spot'. Gran Bretagna was the second hotel I walked in, and I was so... more

excelent location, very friendly and helpfull staff, our room was in the first floor - large , clean and quiet. it was lovely to be there! more

This summer we booked a Fly-Drive to Sicily and we found this address on the Internet to stay for the first night in Sicily! Very comfortable rooms, very friendly and helpful staff and if you want to have an excellent room, choose for room nr. 107 which is spacious, has a modern clean bathroom, lovely old balcony with sea view... more

Gran Bretagna - we were pleasantly surprised. We got the referral from the Lonely Planet and got 3 rooms with no reservation - so considered ourselves very lucky as it was 5pm. It is an above average hotel, clean, large rooms and bathroom was definitely the best we had whilst travelling in Italy, however no elevator. The breakfast was okay,... more

Stayed for two nights. Very good location on the Ortygia and close to the harbour and all the other sites. We had a large a/c room with balcony, looking onto a quiet street with a (sideon) view of the sea. Very pleasant and helpful reception staff. The only drawback is a rather disappointing breakfast. more

We arrived in Siracusa in the late afternoon with no reservation and our possible lodging places narrowed down to three. This was the first one we ran across. It had a parking spot in front and met our standards so we stayed there for two nights. Our spacious room, with a comfortable bed, was in the back and very quiet.... more

My husband and I stayed here in August and had a very pleasant stay. Very good location anc convenient to lots of restaurants and the waterfront (although Siracusa is so small you can pretty much walk the whole island in no time ...). Initially they gave us a very small room in a heavy-traffic area of the hotel but they... more