Borgo Pantano

“Paradise, Found, in Sicily, almost..”

A lovely two night stay on our travels. Everywhere you look there is extensive attention to detail in everything : the rooms, the patios, the terrace for breakfast, the restaurant by the pool and the extensive mature spread of landscaped gardens with orange and lemon groves, loungers, gazebos an... more

A lovely two night stay on our travels. Everywhere you look there is extensive attention to detail in everything : the rooms, the patios, the terrace for breakfast, the restaurant by the pool and the extensive mature spread of landscaped gardens with orange and lemon groves, loungers, gazebos and extensive furnished nooks and crannies of delight. Staff are very attentive throughout and with the sun shining sitting by the pool surrounded by the gardens and diving house martins, it does indeed feel like paradise imagined. Restaurant service is attended by and overseen by the hotel owner and she adds Sicilian charm and 'old school' atmosphere to the proceedings in her personal way. It is a good distance (8 kms) from Syracuse, so transport (car or taxi) is needed if you want to venture out for sightseeing or eating although there is a shuttle bus at €15 per room that runs twice daily at 10.30 and 2.00 for 3 hours stay in town, return included although you may wish to stay longer and taxi back. No evening entertainment so this is the place for a chill out of peace and tranquility away from it all.. A great place to end our hectic two week tour around Sicily. Not cheap, but you get what you pay for - and more. So no complaints.

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“Great experience”

Here for 3 nights with a tour group. This hotel is outstanding in every way, rooms clean and well appointed. Breakfast was excellent, and dinner more so. The grounds are extensive, with lovely gardens, a great pool, and a smaller warm pool. If only I could return!

“It Does Not Get Any Better”

The Hotel Borgo Pantano is located in a rural area to the west of Siracusa. It is a series of connected buildings. We were given a handicap accessible suite across a small patio from the hotel lobby. Unlike some of our companions, we had windows that could be opened to let fresh air in. The hotel... more

The Hotel Borgo Pantano is located in a rural area to the west of Siracusa. It is a series of connected buildings. We were given a handicap accessible suite across a small patio from the hotel lobby. Unlike some of our companions, we had windows that could be opened to let fresh air in. The hotel has a large lawn area with a beautiful pool. There is a second, heated pool near a small botanical garden. We dined at the restaurant three nights and found the food excellent. The hotel has an outstanding breakfast bar with the usual eggs and cereal. It also has one table with a large variety of fruits. Then there is a table with dozens of pastries (my wife counted 44). We found that the served excellent coffee which is unusual in Europe.

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“First trip to Sicily”

Booked a 11 night stay booking with Jet2 staying in a Comfort room which whilst it was large there was no outside space solely for our use. However there were plenty of places within the well kept large grounds you could use. Consequently we found it difficult to dry swimming gear. The bed was ve... more

Booked a 11 night stay booking with Jet2 staying in a Comfort room which whilst it was large there was no outside space solely for our use. However there were plenty of places within the well kept large grounds you could use. Consequently we found it difficult to dry swimming gear. The bed was very comfortable & there was no real noise although it didn't appear that the hotel was overly busy. There was no problem in finding a sunbed. A kettle & teabags were provided in the room but no milk or coffee (one for the UK visitors to be aware of!) The Breakfast was excellent and whilst the evening meals (€45 for 3 courses plus an additional €3 each coperto charge) are very good serving what we considered large portions, this wasn't our 'thing'. Being vegetarians, buffet style restaurants work better for us & we should have considered that before booking. As we didn't hire a car (& didn't want to!) you did feel quite remote. We used the hotel shuttle (€15 per room) & paid €50 return for a taxi up to the archaelogical park so that we could beat some of the crowds by arriving early. The staff at the hotel you couldn't fault- friendly & helpful. Overall we had a good holiday using the hotel as a base to explore Ortigia, visiting 'Montalbano' country and a trip to Etna but probably wouldn't return as it's not our 'type' of hotel.

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