Hotel Calipso

“wonderful atmosphere and place”

Wonderful place, pleasant staff and captivating atmosphere. The food is excellent and the service friendly. Good hotel and nice pool. The rooms are clean and everything works. Here, customers are taken into account. Love!

“Down-to-earth, so friendly, comfortable family-style holiday hotel”

Hotel Calipso is in an excellent location and comes at an excellent price. It is five minutes walk from the Letojanni train station and just across the road from the beach. It has it's own swimming pool too. Our room was on the ground floor and had it's own little enclosed terrace area. If you ... more

Hotel Calipso is in an excellent location and comes at an excellent price. It is five minutes walk from the Letojanni train station and just across the road from the beach. It has it's own swimming pool too. Our room was on the ground floor and had it's own little enclosed terrace area. If you opened the door you were directly at the pool area, so it was really just a matter of stepping outside and jumping in. Go a bit further and you're crossing the street, or on the beach. This meant that it could get a little noisy (depending on who was in the pool) but was also nice to feel part of the action. And there's a bit of action.This is such a lovely family-friendly hotel...a wide mixture of guests, mostly Italian when we were there, some little kids, some big kids, some grannies and grandads and everyone kind of mixes in together. There is a little bar and restaurant right next to the pool area and this was also so convenient. We could just pop out and grab an Aperol Spritz (it gets added to your bill), then sit at our table on the terrace. Every night, you'd get big groups of extended Italian families dining together on fresh seafood here. The restaurant food was in keeping with the ambience: fresh, simple, tasty family fare - so fresh fish, spaghetti, salads. The room itself is fairly newly decorated and well kept with motel-style fittings and a nice big bathroom. It's nothing exciting decor-wise, more utilitarian but nice enough for the price. The air conditioning worked really well and the door to the poolside was quite sound proof too, which was great at night. One of the best things about the hotel was the family who ran it: Santina and her parents, cousins, brothers and sisters were so helpful and awesome and really made us feel at home. Hotel Calipso is a great place to stay, modest but welcoming and big on the family vibes. We would highly recommend it and would definitely stay here again.

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“Lovely stay in this little gem”

Would definately recommend this small, friendly hotel. The room and bathroom were clean with air conditioning, fridge and safe. Good variety of continental breakfast food with fresh fruit and juice served outside by the pool. The staff are very helpful especially Barbara, who gave us lots of t... more

Would definately recommend this small, friendly hotel. The room and bathroom were clean with air conditioning, fridge and safe. Good variety of continental breakfast food with fresh fruit and juice served outside by the pool. The staff are very helpful especially Barbara, who gave us lots of tips for places to visit, nothing was too much troublefor her. The pool is well maintained and was never busy - plenty of sun loungers for all! The hotel is in an excellent location just across a quiet road from the beach (also very quiet) and a five minute walk from the local bus stop where you can catch the bus to Taormina for 1.10 euro. We had a lovely relaxing holliday at this great little hotel.

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