We stayed at Torre Artale two nights. It's quite an interesting place - the grounds cover a large area and there are numerous different buildings. The staff are very friendly and accommodating. It must be extremely popular during other seasons, especially for horse riding. There are a couple of pools, places to stroll, gardens nestled here and there, and other... more

Good points: Excellent breakfast buffet Pictueresque and extensive gardens Olympic sized swimming pool (plus another pool nearby for small children and a further small "quieter "pool in the garden area. Horse-riding. Mostly helpful staff Excellent pizzeria / restaurant: "Aquila Reale" about 1km down the road - this was the best thing about the hotel! Negative points: Cleanliness is definitely not... more

Really great and relaxing, that is how to describe our stay at Torre Artale. It is located a bit more in the mainland of the San Nicola l'Arena area so you need a car! It is a very large area with lots of hotelrooms and appartments / villa's. We took an appartment / villa and it was BIG. A kitchen... more

Food - Luckily we had only booked on bed & breakfast basis because the ability to obtain food at this hotel is very limited. Although it advertises that it has a pizzeria, it does not. The hotel caters for groups and each night at least three coaches turned up disgorging around 150 people who all eat a set menu in... more

Booked a week away online, via a budget airline. Read some of the reports listed, this made me nervous, We had no children and had hired a car. I can agree with other reports that car hire is a must. We had booked self catering so apart from the accommadation did not require much of the Hotel staff, who whenever... more

The HotelTorre Artale is a good enough hotel but the location stinks unless you have hired a car. The village of S'Nicola is a one restaurant fishing village with a small supermarket,church,bank & very little else. We arrived late in the evening in Sicily & were 'allocated on arrival' by Newmarket holidays to this 3 star hotel.Next morning we realised... more

we were extremely worried about our choice of hotels, having read the previous comments on this site after we had booked. in the end some were true and some irrelevant. To enjoy the holiday you need to "manage your expectations" and to do that you HAVE to know before you get there, what it is you have booked. the various... more

I stayed here with my wife, daughter and best mate a few years ago and the weather was too damn hot (45 degrees C in the shade). This led to a few run ins with some cantankerous German guests who obviously couldn't handle the heat and wanted to be waited on hand and foot. But that did not detract from... more

I stayed here in May this year. It was just before high season so there was not much available as there could be. The room was very nice though could hear people upstairs especially when scraping back their chairs or children ran up and down. The pool was lovely. The tennis courts look like they could do with a bit... more