Arathena Rocks Hotel

Fanno pagare anche i teli piscina, vergognoso. Colazione mediocre. Posto bello.

There’s quite a mixture of reviews here and having spent 6 nights in the hotel here’s my pros and cons and in balance I would go back and really enjoyed Giardini Naxos Pros * exceptionally clean *mostly friendly staff ( older dark hair woman was very helpful as was the waiter at breakfast) * magic location for direct access into sea and this made up for the extra walking distance to the town * 15/20 mins walk to main restaurant strip and loads of great ones to choose from including La Cambusa ( white lotus scene shot here) * very comfortable beds * always sun loungers in shade or sun * good location to visit Taormina which we did one early morning To go to isola Bella by bus ( €1.90 each way but a good 25 mins walk to get to bus stop) and another later evening for a meal, bus a short journey and you buy a ticket before you get in the bus - not with the driver. We didn’t use a taxi but the sign at Taormina bus station said €30 to Naxos so not sure if there is a cheaper option * transfer from Catania airport was 45 mins and I used Transfeero and cost €92 , I also used them to back to Catania city for a night there and it was also €92 * the main bus terminal is really just another bus stop and similar distance to walk to as the one in the town but a nicer walk and we also found Bar Oasis which had a fantastic lunch menu option and granita to try here- it was so good we went twice Cons *our room was at the back and the last 2 mornings we were woken at 5am with a delivery, if you can book a sea view room * tired in places for the outside areas * you need to be able to walk to get into the town/restaurant area but that’s the trade off for having direct sea access

Character property, very clean.

Recommended Nice view on seaside. Convenient parking, plenty. Easy walk to city center. Easy and friendly reception. Good breakfast to be in Italy.

Mooie ligging op loopafstand van het centrum met vele restaurants. Mooi schoon zwembad, Kamers ook goed schoon. Kamer was mooi en modern. Wij hadden echter een kamer met tuinzicht geboekt en kregen een kamer aan de straatkant boven de achterkant van het restaurant. Smorgens tussen 6 en 7 kwamen de vuilniswagens het afval ophalen wat veel lawaai veroorzaakte. Ook geluid van auto's en scooters terwijl we het hotel juist gekozen hadden voor de rustige ligging buiten het centrum. We hebben hierover geklaagd en we konden een andere kamer krijgen maar dat was een kamer die een stuk kleiner en nog niet opgeknapt was. Bovendien lag deze kamer ook niet aan de tuinzijde maar boven een parkeerplaats. We hebben gevraagd of we konden upgraden (tegen betaling). Ze zou haar best doen maar we hebben niets meer gehoord. Ik weet niet of alle kamers met zeezicht gemoderniseerd zijn.

Eclectic charm and great views Hotel was much better than expected. We had a corner suite with a patio and a small balcony. View was spectacular! Bed and pillows comfortable. Breakfast was good and fixed price dinner for 20 euros was a bargain and quite good. Only complaint, the safe in the room was on the floor of closet. You had to go on your stomach to read the numbers and no instructions how to use it.