Description: This hotel enjoys a privileged setting in Catania on the very central Via Vittorio Emanuele II, some 20 m from Piazza Duomo, in the very heart of the city and among splendid examples of Baroque architecture such as the Duomo, Palazzo degli Elefanti (City Hall) and Palazzo dei Chierici with the very original Elephant Fountain at its centre. In the immediate vicinity of the hotel guests will find many restaurants and bars as well as a bus stop, shops, the tourist centre, the historical fish market, Ursino Castle and the Bellini Opera House. Within a radius of 2.5 km, visitors will discover the beach, the Bellini Gardens, a nightclub and the central bus and train stations. Syracuse is some 60 km away. Catania Fontanarossa Airport lies around 9 km from the hotel. In the historic heart of Baroque Catania, housed in a building dating back to the 18th century, located between Piazza Duomo and Via Etnea and only a few steps from the most famous monuments and theatres, this family friendly, historical hotel comprises a total of 30 rooms and promises a traditional Sicilian welcome with rooms that offer all the comforts and are perfect for a leisure or business stay. The 24-hour reception and the communal spaces such as the hall, the lounge rooms with their comfortable sofas, the TV room and the reading room, with its tasteful and classic furnishings enhanced by woodwork, beautiful prints, and pictures on the wall, are ideal places to relax. Guests can indulge in conversation or even hold small work meetings, with coffee, drinks or a small snack served at the bar, which is reserved for customers. Further facilities available to guests include air conditioning, a hotel safe, a cafe, a breakfast room, Internet access and room service.By plane - directions from Catania Fontanarossa Airport (9 km from the hotel): guests should take the Alibus (bus number 457) for Catania and get off at Piazza Duomo. The hotel is just 60 m from the bus stop. By train: from Catania Central Station in Piazza Papa Giovanni XXIII (2 km from the hotel), guests should take one of the many buses (401, 429, 432, 457 etc.) that go by Via Etnea (the stop near Via Vittorio Emanuele II) and Piazza Duomo. The hotel is 60-100 m from the bus stops. By car: from the A18 motorway from Messina to Catania, guests should exit for Catania centro, the white hotel signs will be immediately visible - follow the signs to the hotel from here. From the A19 motorway from Palermo to Catania exit for Catania Porto and the white hotel signs will be immediately visible - follow the signs to the hotel from here. Guests coming from Syracuse follow directions to Catania Porto - at the exit they will find the white hotel signs. From here simply follow signs to the hotel.