Nice hotel, shame there is nothing else there. Stayed for 4nts from 30th May 2005. This place really is in the middle of nowhere with not much of interest at all close by. There is no beach, the pool SHUTS between 1-3pm and they make you pay 5Euros to wear a daft hat in the pool. There is nothing in town at all, 1/2 restaurants that take it in turns to shut for the night. The food and service in the very quiet restaurant was v.good admittedly. If you have to go to W.Sicily try San Vito Lo Capo maybe? 20Mins back towards Palermo, beautiful beach, more than one restaurant, shops, ice cream shops etc. Would have been a better option. Coming here to visit Erice isnt enough reason really.

We travelled down from Palermo stopping en route to visit the temple & theatre at Segesta which are wonderful. We then stayed at this hotel for two nights. This was definately the most peaceful and relaxing place that we stayed at over the two week trip. There are a couple of restaurants in this small fishing village but we ate in the hotel restaurant on both evenings where the food and service were excellent.
Not sure if you would want to stay too long in this area as there isn't that much to do but do take a trip to the hilltop town of Erice for some great views.

We stayed here for 3 nights as part of a touring holiday of Sicily in late September. The hotel has been built within the walls of a former historic tuna fish plant. It is very well designed and parts of the old buildings are used for the excellent restaurant. The original chapel is still in use. Accommodation is built around the courtyard and we had a very large room with a balcony and seaview. There is a fine pool overlooking the sea, and also sea bathing from a platform as there is no beach as such. Service was very good and the location on the harbour was attractive. There are two other restaurants close by. The better of the two was closed for holidays in the middle of September, but we had a simple but delicious meal at the other one. The area is a good one with interesting towns nearby, Trapani and Erice especially. We wished we were staying longer.

We stayed here April 19, 2004 for 3 nights.This is one hotel that I think you need to know the rooms before you go. We booked what we thought was a seaside suite. It was room #34. It is the only one of it's kind, and we were looking to something special. It was very expensive, over 350 Euros, as I recall. What a surprise! The only ocean view from the suite was up a flight of stairs to a terrace. This might have been somewhat OK, but the was blowing so hard most of the time we were there you could not even go up on the terrace. We were told afterward that the wind blows most of the year there except for the late summer months. The suite consisted of a double and a single bedroom and a large sitting/living room. There was only one bathroom, and the shower was so small (26"square) that if you dropped you soap there was no way you could bend over and pick it up- especially if you were tall. The unit had a self contained hot water tank, so only one person could take a shower at a time and then you had to wait for the tank to refill! The rooms were large and very clean, but terribly overpriced for what we got. We went to see some of the other rooms in the main building. Many of the rooms only have showers, but I am assuming that if they are in the main building, you won't run out of hot water. We saw room #215 and it had a tub, but no view. Most of the views are now blocked by apartments. We saw room #316 and it had a balcony with a nice view, so I am assuming the only the 3rd floor rooms have views. The hotel is built as such that the windows are too high to see out, so in order to have the view you need to go out on the balcony. The only reason I would come back here again is to go to Erice and eat at the Hotel Moderna, which is where we had one of the best meals on the trip. The preview review is correct - it is only worth a 1 or 2 night stay.