A few days ago we found ourselves in Piazza Armerina looking for a hotel. We read a very positive blurb on the hotel in the Touring Club Italiano guide, describing its idyllic location in a forest. We arrived at the hotel and found that it overlooked a flyover - no trees anywhere! The lobby was cavernous and smelly, a mixture... More

We were motivated to use this hotel because it was near the mosaics and it had a swimming pool. Well the swimming pool was filled with green slime, the wellness centre was closed, the corridor smelt of sewage and, despite having pre booked we were not given the double room that we had paid for, but a rather poor twin....and... More

At first sight this is a high class hotel - large marble lobby, fitness center, swimming pool; but the essential qualities are missing. The rooms are furnished with beds hard as a board with pillows like cobblestones. The bathrooms are nicely furnished; but the hot water is fluctuating to a degree, that you are alternately scalded or frozen. When we... More

The Hotel Paradison was very close to the mosaics and for the that reason and that reason only, a good choice. When we arrived, our room was infested with termites, the desk staff sent some help with a can of Raid. We insited on a room change, which they did. They put us in an adjoining room promised not to... More

The mosaics at Villa Romana del Casale are truly marvelous, and worth a detour to Piazza Armerina. The location is easy to find from Park Hotel Paradiso, and we were delighted with our spacious room until several tour buses arrived and the noise of rolling luggage carts and click of shoes echoed endlessly down the hallway. Like many Sicilian hotels,... More

My guide book stated that this hotel was shortly to be upgraded to four stars but in my view it has some way to go before it deserves that grading. First impressions were not favourable, there was no lighting in the corridor approaching the room and no power in the room itself; an approach to reception resulted in some switching... More