Hotel Dolcestate

OK! Location very Best, atmo. Super, rooms ok, and all ok !

Super location, atmosphere. Room was wery good. Animatorom was cery good.

We stayed at this hotel for two weeks 16-30 September. The staff were brilliant but the hotel itself was disappointing. The poolside bar was the only place you could get drinks in the entire hotel, so when it rained you got wet just getting a cup of tea. We have never before stayed in an hotel where there was nowhere to get a drink of any kind inside the hotel building. The food choice was very limited both at breakfast time and dinner. The choice of salad and fruit was particularly poor. The quality of what was available was reasonable except for the pasta which for an Italian hotel was abysmal (Heinz do better). Also no ice cream of any sort (in Italy!!). We were supposedly on an all-inclusive package but without doubt the poorest we have experienced. No tea/coffee making facilities, no whiskey or sparkling wine of any kind, no bottled water, no packed lunches, no drinks after 10.30pm and a 5 Euro charge for beach towels. After two weeks we had really had enough.

Location - 3/10: Located in the middle of nowhere, sightseeing is out of the question without a rental car. There are no shops or restaurants nearby. Hotel - 7/10: The hotel's architecture is very nice, the pool is well-maintained, and there are plenty of sunbeds available. Kitchen - 1/10: Breakfast was very poor quality, with no choice, the same thing every day, stale bread, at most one type of cold cuts and cheese, 1-2 egg dishes, where the scrambled eggs were made with liquid, not fresh eggs. Dirty cups for instant coffee. The food was terrible. Room - 6/10: Preserved in an old building from the 1990s, clean and tidy, but very poor soundproofing, and you could hear everything from other rooms.

We completed a 7 day holiday at the Hotel Dolcestate this August. The hotel is very welcoming and friendly; all the staff are determined to ensure that their guests have great holiday. The hotel is situated in a pleasant beachside community. It is a short 5 minute walk to the beach, which is mostly pebbly but picturesque. We took 2 trips to the must see city of Palermo, both of which were booked through the hotel. For both trips, which only cost 8 euros each, we were picked up and dropped off at the hotel. We also booked a memorable excursion to the Valley of the Temples in the south of the island through the hotel. There is 1 large pool at the hotel with a bridge seperating the deeper and shallower, children's pool. There is also a smaller, quieter pool to relax in. We found the food to be very good, with quite a bit of choice in the self serve restaurant. There was some entertainment, especially for kids, but the focus when we were at the hotel was on relaxation. The hotel was also spotlessly clean. Our only issue was that the wifi was a bit erratic in our room. All in all though we had a great time and would recommend the hotel.