Grand Hotel Baia Verde

"The coastline and seafront setting of the hotel are beautiful, and swimming in the sea, although access requires going down through the rocks, is a lovely experience. However, having a sunbed by the water requires an additional payment. The hotel itself has a charming colonial style, but in terms of overall standards, I would not consider it a five-star hotel, or even a four-star hotel. Breakfast is adequate, but certainly not of the standard one would expect from a hotel in this category. The most disappointing aspect was the check-out policy. Check-in is only from 3 p.m., yet check-out is at 10 a.m. This is the first hotel I have stayed at where guests are not allowed to remain by the pool for even a few hours after checking out without paying an additional €50 per person. Given that new guests only check in from 3 p.m., it is difficult to understand the reason for such a restrictive policy. Considering the cost of the stay, this felt particularly unwelcoming and left a very disappointing final impression."

"Beautiful location overlooking the sea lovely buffett breakfast with same pretty view. Rooms are nice size and cleaned daily. Large pool plenty of sunbeds life guards on duty and hotel provides towells. Bus stop outside hotel for access to nearby locations and catania town about 30 mins ot 15 minutes walk to aci castello with few restaurants and Fort. Would definitely stay here again"

"We were very happy with our stay at Baia Verde. The outdoor areas are beautiful and what we liked most about the hotel. There was generally a calm atmosphere here, which was lovely. We are very happy we chose a hotel where you could relax in the sea breeze, because after a trip to the city center you are scorching hot and need to cool down. With both a pool, sea access, and a nice view, this was lovely. There is also a small bar on the patio that offers light and nice meals for lunchtime, such as salads, ice cream, toast etc. We also spent time here several evenings, as you can enjoy the nice summer evening with a sea view and a drink. The cleanliness of the hotel was also good, and the staff were helpful and spoke good English. The hotel is in a 70s classic resort style. We saw some reviews saying the hotel looked a bit outdated, but to us it had a nice standard and looked proper enough, especially when comparing to the other rustique buildings of the city. The airconditioning inside was also very good. The restaurant in the hotel was a bit up and down in food quality and service. They had some good dishes, but also a lot that was mediocre at best. They also did not speak english at all. The breakfast was decent, and was included which is nice. But you can get far better food, especially dinner, for a much better price in the city center of Catania. If you can work the cost of transportation to the city into your budget, I would recommend this hotel. Uber was very reasonable here and a trip into the city cost about 17 euros. You can of course rent a car too, but we found the driving culture here to be quite different from the rest of Europe and were glad we didn't."