San Paolo Palace Hotel

The hotel's price is very good, but don’t expect clean rooms or comfortable beds.
The air conditioning is extremely dirty, which created a “snow of dust” in the room. We found a sock from the previous guest under the bed. The mattress was also ripped and even had a blood stain, and huge “wholes” from usage.
My mother had to clean the room herself as I had a terrible allergy to the dust.
On the other hand, most of the staff is very nice and helpful and the room had an incredible view. The breakfast is also very good, with a lot of variety and great croissants, that was delicious.

First of all: The staff is lovely !!! Warm, welcoming, friendly, supportive - cute as a button. As it should be. Thank you very much for that!

The hotel is lovely, but old. Needs to be updated. AC isn’t working properly. The swimming pool is nice but the area around it is without any love and interior taste.
The gym itself is a real joke, you don’t need to try it ;)
The rooms are very different - we had 417 first, don’t get that one, it’s fairly old. 402 in comparison is modern and the bathroom is enjoyable - and ocean view is a real ocean view.
No coffee maker or water cooker in the room itself.
Breakfast is lovely, they mix European Business standard with Sicilian food - fairly sweet of course but you get everything for a great start in the day.

The thing that’s really bad is the surrounding area - it’s neglected and littered. There are almost no restaurants, the ones that are there are in bad shape.
(The coffee bakery thingie across the street is lovely and they open at 6am so you can get your coffee fairly early 🥲)
The „beach“ is not worth being called beach. Enjoy the oceanfront from your room but ignore the beach - it’s fairly discusting.

In comparison to the other parts of the town you shouldn’t walk around it’s quite dirty and littered and somewhat creepy during the night.