Location The hotel is located near the central railway station and bus station plus local transport connections about 50 m away; and the main town beach the Playa is around a 10-minute drive away. The establishment is within easy walking distance of the main conference and exhibition centre Le Ciminiere; the town's historical centre and main street Via Etnea. Shopping facilities; restaurants; bars and pubs located on Via Etnea; plus the city centre of Catania; can be reached in around 15 Facilities An elegant; exquisite and comfortable hotel housed in a nineteenth-century palace recently restored and with spacious public open spaces and roomy inner courtyards full of greenery. The hotel is richly decorated; and highlights include an elegant entrance; artistic stairs; a large; panoramic lift; corridors with unique and refined panels with golden frames; spacious rooms with elegant furnishings; private terraces; a bar and TV room