Affittacamere Francesca

This is a typical Italian B&B. It has good location near great beach, pretty far from the city, perfect if you want to relax and rest by the sea, where only on Sundays you'll get more people (still a lot less than in Catania). Description on booking site claimed hotel with continental breakfast, we were a bit disappointed seeing B&B and it got worse next morning when we saw the breakfast: some cake, croissant, coffee, yogurt, bread, butter and two sad slices of some local ham, but not quite. The WiFi signal was good in the reception and patio, in our room, which was just above it was between nothing and poor... Sometimes it was just off and sometimes it was visible but kept on disconnecting. In the bathroom there was a piece of paper saying that warm water was limited so please save it. There were around 14 rooms, and I've seen two other couples, so pretty low number of people, yet the water was cold in the morning, ridiculous.

We were looking for a hotel one night and ended up at this place. A guy (the owner) came up from the b&b and we wanted to ask whether he had a room. He looked very unfriendly and angry and was screaming at us to go away. Never experienced something like this. Maybe they had no rooms, but we think it is easy to tell that in a normal way. No hospitality at all at Francesca!!

We had a nice sea-view room and the location is generally good, close to the beach and to explore the area, like the Zingaro Reserve; We booked because of the cheap price, but compared to another hotel that we stayed in (Villa Zina), it didn't seem so cheap anymore. Granted, we were the only guests, however, the owner/receptionist seemed bothered by guests, wasnt friendly nor speaks proper English: Communication is quite impossible. The breakfast is horrible (yesterdays bread etc. etc.) except for free freshly made Cappucino. We desperately needed internet, but the Wifi was "not working" (and no steps were taken to fix it, and the public computer supposedly didn't start, however the nightman didnt have trouble using it. The room was spacy and had airconditioning, but the water almost couldnt drain from the shower. The offered shampoo etc. was the cheapest there is. Generally, it is a cheap place in an ok location, but I reccomend spending another 20-30€ and staying at a nice place.