Hotel Aloha d'Oro

Friendly, great food but poor location The staff here were great, and the facilities were clean. The food was fantastic too! Unfortunately the swimming pool is closed after the 1st October despite the 27•C heat. The road outside is extremely busy so can be a hazard to cross into town. The walk itself is a 10 minute slog uphill but when you get there it is a lovely centre. Very sleepy on a Sunday, however! Overall a pleasant stay.

Really like this Despite all negative comments we called and booked. Although it is true that part of the structure is not functioning and in need of renovation, the part which is in use is really nice, an original 60s adventure architecture. At the moment the hotel is run as a 30 room structure, not as the original 100 room hotel/spa/conference centre/night club.... The owners and the few staff were really helpful generous and friendly. We did not have to pay for coffees, juices, and other freebees. They also gave us a lot of good advice regarding trips, dinner, walks, beach etc. And the concierge even ordered pizza for us. Both pools were operational. And the prices are really worth what you get for. Rooms were clean and seemed renovated recently. The only little criticism I would mention is the typical Italian breakfast, a bit limited for hungry people. But then you can go to have breakfast with the money saved. I would recommend it to all those who want a warm welcome in an interesting 60s place. I wouldn't to those who expect everything brand new. If we happen to be near we will go there again.

Terrible hotel, definitely not where you should spend your vacation! The bad experience started with the rooms. They'd taken a double room and simply added a bed which meant that the already tiny room was full from wall to wall with beds - no space in between and no way to open the closet. The room was dirty and stinky. Even though we left the window open the whole day, we'd still come back to a stinky room. The view also wasn't nice, because it was like a basement room so the room didn't get much light. The food was inedible and not what I'd expect in Italy. Breakfast consisted of bad coffee and packaged croissants and bitter tea. Lunch and dinner were always overcooked pasta with too much oil followed by french fries, fried meat or a hunk of cheese for vegetarians. After two days of no vegetables and fruits we complained big time and finally they brought a salad, but it wasn't fresh at all (translucent leaves). They also rewarmed the same pizzas during the 4 days we were there. The receptionists weren't very friendly either and didn't want to accept any criticism. The only nice thing about the view was the beautiful view from the terrace, though this hardly makes it worth while to stay here. The hotel supposedly has 4 stars, though I wouldn't give it more than 1! Don't go here, there are so many better places!!!

Filthy, dirty, not even worth one star - stay away! Unfortunately we booked and paid in advance three nights in this so-called hotel in advance. Expecting a 4-Star-Hotel, we were quite confused when we saw the old, abandoned-seeming remains of something that may have been a luxury hotel many years ago, bearing the "Aloha-d-oro" logo on top of it. Never mind, we made our way to the reception desk, where at the very first we had to pay the second part of the advance and were then shown our room. The smell in the whole hotel was already thick enough to cut it with a knife. But when we opened our room door, we felt like opening a pharaonic grave-chamber, so ugly was the smell that waved at us. Additionally, the room temperature was considerably above the outside temperature. Opening the only window (without balcony but with nice view to the sea) did improve this situation only marginally. How lucky we were seeing an air-conditioning device in the room. Unfortunately it did not work. Assuming a malfunction, we asked at the reception, where we were given the very creative excuse that due to the hotel's love to nature, all AC's were being switched off by September 15th. Having a look into the room, there was dirt, hair from previous guests and debris from the walls lying everywhere between the furniture (which itself looks like it is still original from the place's inauguration in 1968). Still not completely turned off by what we already had seen, we now risked a look into the bathroom: In no accomodation in all of Sicily, and even only very few on the whole planet, we have seen such a filthy, unsavoury and decaying bathroom. Fungi everywhere, cockroaches (and I mean big ones, not just ants-like) and an uncleaned bathtub ultimately made us bury even the last remains of our expectations of a comfortable 4-Star stay in Acireale. Next we went for dinner in the so-called "à-la-carte"-Restaurant. We were not even surprised any more to learn that the "carte" consisted of one single page of microwave-made food to choose from. Needless to say, the food was unworthy of being called Sicilian, not even Italian. To top it all, the two espresso cups we were served at the end were both still smeared with their last user's lipstick - enjoy! There was one poor guy who had to prepare all of the food as well as serving it to the guests - which was too much for one person obviously. During the night we could hardly sleep because of the bad air, high temperatures and disgust. Having decided to leave the next morning, we wanted to speak to the manager. Her excuses and justifications is where it all became really grotesque: when taken to the room, she denied the existence of any dirt in it, including very obvious one. The cockroaches in the bath and in the bed were just to be regarded as proof of not using pest control, and as a living testimony of a nature reserve lying nearby. When we mentioned the unenjoyable "à-la-carte"-dinner consisting of mainly conserved food, she went angry and began insulting me and my wife until we left. Never have we seen such an unprofessional way of dealing with complaints in any hotel in any part of the world. Conclusion: The worst experience on all of Sicily, and one of the worst on all continents we've been on. Friendly but poor staff that still tries to make something out of this ramshackly house, however we don't think this will save it much longer. Stay away from this place!

orrible old structure, dirty rooms, shower broken, air conditined that small like smoke cigarrette and the swimming pool very dirty and full of hornet and fly dead!!!!!!!!!!! this horel has 4 stars but i think that 2 are more than enought!!!!