Acacia Palace Hotel

A woderful stay in this beautiful hotel. the location of the hotel is excellent just a few minutes away from the promanade and the lovley sandy beach. Part of the sandy beach is private for guests only. and one can have sunbeds and umbrella and there is a snack bar very close by. The beautiful gadens are well mantained and the 3 swimmig pools and jacuzzi are kept very clean. The staff go out of there way to make you feel welcome rooms big and spacius and a sumptious breakfast.Will definily go back agai 10out of 10 for this fantastic hotel.

The hotel Acacia Marina and Acacia Palace are both part of the same hotel, but are separate buildings accommodation wise. Guests at both hotels have access to both pools and other facilities such as the hotel restaurant, hotel stretch of beach and bar (based in reception). All guests check in at the same reception. The hotel is a 1.5-2 hour journey from Catania airport, depending on which route your driver takes. The welcome cocktail at the hotel is delicious as are other drinks from the bar. The hotel is decorated stylishly and the planting throughout is beautiful. Staff are friendly and helpful. The hotel is best suited to couples. It???s great for relaxing and is peaceful during the day. There were a couple of families there but mainly it was couples there during our stay. Rooms We stayed on the 3rd floor with lateral sea views and were very happy with our rooms. They were lovely and clean. Maria cleaned our rooms daily and she was very thorough and efficient. Rooms were cleaned early in the day which meant we were able to go for a nap in the afternoon! The air conditioning in the rooms is efficient and very welcome. Balconies each have a washing line which is useful. One downside is that there???s little sound proofing between the rooms unfortunately so you might hear guests in neighbouring rooms. There???s also a venue nearby that plays loud music a few nights each week with loud bass that can be heard from inside the hotel rooms into the early hours. My noise cancelling headphones were a blessing in helping me get to sleep on those nights. There???s no long mirror in the rooms we stayed in, or a mirror over the dressing table/desk. Some rooms have a shower over a bath and others have just a shower. The TV offers a few English language news channels but you can???t cast content to the TV???s in the room I.e. I couldn???t stream any content from my phone using the TV in the room. The facilities All areas of the hotel are clean and well-maintained. Some of the facilities incur an additional cost - use of the safe in your room is ???2 per day. Use of the hotel???s section of the beach is ???10 per room per half day which provides you with an umbrella and two sun beds. If you want another umbrella because there???s more than two people then it???ll cost you more. It???s ???20 for a full day for 2 people. Occupants from each room need their own ticket for the beach from reception if they want their own sun umbrella. The sea is crystal clear and the beach is sandy so it was lovely but we found the loungers were so close together that it wasn???t relaxing at the beach. It was noisy and people were smoking which we found unpleasant as non-smokers. The umbrellas are fixed in place so one of the loungers will be in sun and one in shade. We preferred to all be in the shade so the beach set up didn???t work for us. The way the hotel owned beach operates wasn???t explained well by the hotel at all, so that could be improved. The beach arrangements felt inflexible. We found the hotel pool to be a much more peaceful and relaxing environment. There is a free public section of beach right next to the hotel section of beach. The beach gets very busy on the weekend. Eating and drinking at the hotel Dinner at the hotel is a buffet style offering at ???35 per head which doesn???t include drinks. We found it to be pricey compared to what you can get if you walk down towards the marina (Head down the road from the hotel then right) so we only ate dinner in the hotel one night. The hotel is located a short, mainly flat walk from the centre of Marina di Ragusa where you???ll find shops and restaurants. We loved the Marina area because it felt safe. People of all ages were enjoying the Marina together, locals and tourists. It feels very safe. The pavements and roads surfaces surrounding the hotel are patchy and cracked so not suitable for anyone with mobility issues in my opinion. Lunch at the hotel is served in the bar area. A folded wrap with a filling is ???10 per serving and is very tasty but when you add on drinks it adds up quickly so we made use of the supermarket which is 100m down the road. They sell ready prepared sandwiches or bamboo cutlery if you want to make your own lunch in your room. Hotel rooms do have a small fridge so it???s worth buying drinks and potentially lunch too. We bought plenty of drinks at the bar but supplemented with drinks from the supermarket to ensure we were properly hydrated. Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant. It???s a buffet. The granola is delicious. Tip - look for paler pastries as the dark coloured ones are a little dry. Costs With the tourist tax, use of the safe???s in two rooms and the food and drink we put on our tab over 11 days we spent ???529 for 3 adults. Day trips costs from around ???90 per person per day upwards which we thought was expensive. Due to the distance of the hotel from other areas there can be lengthy travel time for trips. For this reason we found the hotel to be better suited for those who plan to stay at the hotel to lounge by the pool each day and relax. The hotel is close to the Marina but not much else on Sicily so whilst we really enjoyed our stay, it???s not somewhere we???re likely to visit twice as we???ve seen it all during our one stay. I read reviews before I stayed and it???s clear the hotel has taken onboard comments from reviews and is continually improving. We really enjoyed our stay.