“Not to be missed when looking for out-of-town Siracusa lodging”

A gorgeous setting, very well maintained and expansive gardens with a beautiful pool, excellent restaurant, and incredibly expansive breakfast offering, great staff & service.... simply a fantastic place to stay. Close to siracusa and Noto, yet offering intimacy and perfect relaxation. Hands-dow… more

A gorgeous setting, very well maintained and expansive gardens with a beautiful pool, excellent restaurant, and incredibly expansive breakfast offering, great staff & service.... simply a fantastic place to stay. Close to siracusa and Noto, yet offering intimacy and perfect relaxation. Hands-down the best play we stayed at while vacationing in Sicily.

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“Best place we stayed in Sicily”

I loved this hotel. Rural quiet location, large pool, lots of olive and oak trees to seek shade. Dining terrace is really lovely. Rooms nice and spacious. Staff were very helpful. Noto is a 20 min drive away, syracuse is 40. Car needed. One tip: book your dinner there in advance. Otherwise you need… more

I loved this hotel. Rural quiet location, large pool, lots of olive and oak trees to seek shade. Dining terrace is really lovely. Rooms nice and spacious. Staff were very helpful. Noto is a 20 min drive away, syracuse is 40. Car needed. One tip: book your dinner there in advance. Otherwise you need to drive to noto to eat

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“Good place to stay in southeast Sicily”

Delightful hotel in a rural setting, within an easy drive of Ragusa, Noto and Siracusa, so a good place to base oneself in SE Sicily and/or just chill out. A good restaurant serving a wide range of local dishes in a pretty refined manner. Excellent buffet breakfast catering for most tastes. Staff i… more

Delightful hotel in a rural setting, within an easy drive of Ragusa, Noto and Siracusa, so a good place to base oneself in SE Sicily and/or just chill out. A good restaurant serving a wide range of local dishes in a pretty refined manner. Excellent buffet breakfast catering for most tastes. Staff in the restaurant were superb. Rooms were perfectly good but unremarkable.

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“Great food and fantastic service.”

This is a well marketed Masseria in beautiful countryside close to Noto and the other major centres of the Val di Noto. Its immediate attractions are its large and well-designed swimming pool and tennis court and the peaceful setting along a quiet lane way. But we enjoyed the excellent food in th… more

This is a well marketed Masseria in beautiful countryside close to Noto and the other major centres of the Val di Noto. Its immediate attractions are its large and well-designed swimming pool and tennis court and the peaceful setting along a quiet lane way. But we enjoyed the excellent food in the restaurant most of all. Excellent food is important because although Noto isn’t far away, we decided that the winding roads at night weren’t compatible with drinking wine! Not only was the food good but the service was exceptional from our two main waiters, Marco and Gabriele. Their knowledge of the wine on offer was excellent. And they were both personable and helpful with our attempts at Italian! Breakfast is excellent too with a huge display of freshly baked cakes and pastries as well as eggs, cheeses and meats. That said, our travel agent made a mistake with the bookings and we were put in a standard room. We’d been travelling in Italy for six weeks when we arrived at the Masseria and we needed space and a private place to relax. The standard room was so small we couldn’t pass each other and there was no where to store large suit cases. The standard room might be fine for visitors coming with hand luggage from somewhere in Italy for an extended weekend, but totally unsuited a week’s stay for international travellers. There seemed to be no effective air-conditioning either. The bed was bouncy and there was only one additional pillow. Some rooms are up stairs. The. Masseria seems to have been built as a hotel, and not as its publicity says with rooms which would have been used for agricultural purposes in the past. It’s attractive but the place lacks a sense of tradition or “soul” compared with Fattorias or Masserias I’ve stayed in previously in the Mezzogiorno. But, good for the food, the fantastic service and the swimming pool and don’t have a lot of luggage!

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