We read the reviews and found the negative comments to be way off the mark. The parking is not "sketchy". It's behind a closed gate. The area is not "shady", it was very comfortable. The noise from the airport...well, if you need to be close to the airport, you're gonna hear planes!!! Duh! Yes it is directly under the flight path. Yes it is noisy. So bring a sound machine or put on an app on your phone to drown it out. It is also steps from the sandy beach. We almost booked a different hotel because of these comments and I'm so glad that we didn't and stayed here instead. That being said, The staff was super friendly and helpful. There were two gentleman at the entrance that helped us find the right place to check in and park. They had a great sense of humor that made our day. The hotel staff was so very nice and accommodating. Spoke great English. He was from Sri Lanka and his name was Guna,Guva...Can't remember, but he was excellent and so friendly and helpful. He made a comment that after our stay we will have wished we stayed there for our vacation. He wasn't far off! The area was perfect! 7 Minutes to the Airport, which is why we needed to stay there. Our travel company had our stay in Taormina, but our flight out of Catania was at 6 am. We would have had to leave Taormina by 2:00-2:30 am to get to Catania to catch our flight. Not nice at all! So we decided to book this room.

We traveled to Sicily the first part of May, which is not tourist season. So, the restaurant didn't open until 7:00-7:30 pm and we had to get up early so it was kinda late for us to eat. We found the Afrobar and it was open until 6:00 pm, but they didn't have many options of food available, because again not the height of tourist season.

We were here off season and loved this place. It felt like a spring break type town right on a stunning beach. Airport jets flew s incredibly low on their approach to land. Mt Etna was beautiful in the distance. The room was old but large and was well taken care of. It had a full kitchen and fridge with absolutely no kitchen items such as dishes, silverware, cooking pans. Bring everything you need as if going camping if you intend to cook in the room. The windows once looked out to the ocean which was steps away but were blocked out with semi transparent art decals. This place probably rocks  if you’re young at high season.

Spent all time at the beach no time in the room. Could not cook as no cooking items

The beds were okay, we had a sofa, fridge, a table with two chairs just outside the door and inside also. A lot of trees around and cats, a beach, nice in the evening to go for a walk. If you enjoy the quiet, I suggest to go in winter since it's not busy but in summer it's noisy.

Upon our arrival they gave us the wrong password for wifi. The breakfast should have been better, we had to buy our own. There was no kettle in the room, so if we wanted a warm drink in the evening we asked reception and they will bring it from the restaurant. (If the staff is available.) The shower was blocked.

It is an ideal hotel if you come here to enjoy the beach and sea side. Very close to the beach and airport. Convenient to go to the town by bus but the bus timetable is not really precise. The breakfast is same every day and very limited choices. The staffs are very friendly and helpful.

The facilities are quite old but clean.

Location, outside if the crowds, good espresso, parking inside the fences, stuff friendly. Lidl market within walking range. Great beach and view towards Aetna, also good for aviation spotters - located at the end if a runway. I did not mind the noise of starting planes.

I got a smoking room, so everything smelled cigarettes. No alternative proposed, even if this was low season. The toilet flush was a bit old and did not clean efficiently. Careful when getting there by a taxi from the airport (43 euros mid day, short drive by official taxi)

Well situated just above the beach. Quite basic standard but if you’re just in to live near the city and want to hang on the beach during the day it’s awesome. Nice restaurant and beach bar.

Basic standard for the price. No sea views form apartment. Breakfast is quite simple and typical south European = white bread, marmelade and weak coffee.

Near airport and city of Catania. Located on the beach. 20 mins drive from 2 major shopping center. The are a few restaurants and clubs around.

Since there are two clubs and an event venue nearby it can get a bit noisy at night. For us it did not do any difference bit if you are seeking a quite night, it could be a problem in weekends.

For the first time we entered persons were open. They have animals.

Lack of providing the correct tools by default such as access to the beach for wheelchair, leaf net to catch garbage, passwords for internet access, broom for the sand.

Very nice, better than expected actually

Breakfast was a joke, honestly :) Better not to offer it at all

Breakfast was brought to our room by Gunar, a wonderfull helpful and smiley man, as this was out of season all facilities were closed, but this suited us, very close to Catania airport, which is what we wanted, a nice pizza restaurant across the road with helpful staff.

The only thing that could have improved our stay would have been a kettle and mugs in the room.