Interior

Reviews of Grand Hotel Villa Politi

4 out of 5
Grand Hotel Villa Politi
Via Maria Politi Laudien 2, Syracuse, SR

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 375 out of 823 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 349 out of 823 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 72 out of 823 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 19 out of 823 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 823 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Joanna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely clean sheets, I really rate the cleanliness of this hotel as I have a dust allergy. A multitude of gluten free options for breakfast, nice staff. I extended my stay by an extra 2 nights. It's a bit of a walk into Ortigia but good to get your steps in with so much fantastic food on offer!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Bathroom way too cramped and old
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There is an elegance of a past era about the place and it is well maintained. The breakfasts were a highlight with a wide range of options, well prepared and arranged. Our room had a small balcony with a view, was well appointed and comfortable. The negatives were a tiny shower cubicle in the bathroom and the sound insulation from neighbouring rooms was not good.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

morris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Madison

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Old Italian charm. Free parking, a little far from the nicer parts of town.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nicola

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent visit
Excellent hotel. Could not fault. Clean comfortable and staff welcoming!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marty, Pismo Beach

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is beautiful, excellent pool and the bartender is nice. English was not a barrier, as there was plenty of English speaking staff members. The "Private beach" is a must.it's basically a scaffold built ver the ocean with drink/snack service . From the"deck" you can step into the ocean swimming pool... very cool.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Antony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Traditional hotel with traditional values
Lovely splendid old hotel , very picturesque. Helpful and friendly staff . Good breakfast excellent happy hour with a mini buffet , disappointing evening meal . A good size swimming pool . Lots of parking .
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Laura

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The centuries-old tree outside is gorgeous!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

JOSEPHINE ANN

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful hotel
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrea

Business traveller, Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rodney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Character
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

angela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great pool
Great pool - about 2 km from Ortigia - no problem if you have a car Breakfast ok but nothing special - staff friendly
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Radek

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice place. Wonderfull historical hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Dorota

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Good hotel. We had 3 days at this location and I picked the propery based on the private beach advertised on the website. Given it was 30C in mid June we didn’t expect that the beach will be closed. This was disappointing- they only open thier private beach in August but show it in all hotel photos- long walk to all other attractions. We had to taxi everywhere. Would not stay there again based on that.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Faded Grandeur
We chose this hotel because we have friends who live nearby and because it looked interesting. It’s definitely faded grandeur, large public spaces, good sized bedroom, outdoor seating and a lovely pool and everything worked.The downside was the breakfast, great the first day but then seemed to have a limited supply of fresh fruit etc. The coffee was unspeakably awful. The walk into the centre of Ortiga is about 25 mins and around 15 euros for a taxi but in the day the red tour bus, 10 euros, hop on hop off, stops very close to the hotel and opposite a great little restaurant
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

PHILIP

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

MARGARET

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
One night stay, hotel room was satisfactory. Breakfast was ok. About a 20 minute walk to Ortigia. Didn’t use the pool but it looked good.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel and grounds. Lots of character.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

doreen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the place. If you are driving, this is excellent. It has parking on site. Ortigia is just a bit a way and the real hear of Siracusa.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Roger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful facility with helpful staff and a good breakfast buffet.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Vincent, Seabrook

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful hotel and great staff!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Vincent

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

DOUGLAS, BRONX

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is located close to some of the major attractions...the archeological museum and the Greek theater are not far away. The rooms are comfortable and well maintained. There is an excellent cable service that includes CNN and the BBC. The breakfasts are superb. The management is friendly and attentive. The hotel has a certain classic charm. I have stayed here many times and am happy to recommend this hotel.

8/10 Good

Kathleen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A most Luxurious Hotel
This hotel is a beautifully maintained, historic hotel with friendly, helpful staff. It has on-site parking, beautiful grounds and is centrally located to the hop-on-hop-off bus and within walking distance to Ortigia. We wished we had had an extra day just to enjoy the hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Monica

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay, clean and comfortable
Great hotel clean comfortable rooms with all the amenities. Free parking, great stay. Breakfast was ok also
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Response from Daniela -Business Development Manager on 14 Oct 2022
Dear Monica,many thanks for your feedback, the opinion of our Guests is important for us.We are very glad to read about your positive experience at GH Villa Politi 1862 and we hope you wll come back to stay with us, to let you live a new concept of hospitality.Looking forward to welcoming you in the next future.Kindest regards.

10/10 Excellent

anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Historic, Old worldly but with modern facilities.
We love this hotel ….it is very old worldly, but rooms are renovated and very comfortable. The hotel has a beautiful pool, and the best breakfast is included. The hotel has free ,secure , on site parking. It is very well located, and the Hop, on hop off, bus can be caught very Nearby, and it takes you to all the major historic site in Ortigia, Siracusa. We stayed for 10 nights and loved the whole ambience of our stay
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Daniela -Business Development Manager on 5 Oct 2022
Dear Anthony,many thanks for your feedback, the opinion of our Guests is important for us.We are very happy to know you experienced an awesome stay at GH Villa Politi 1862, appreciating the restyled rooms.We hope you will come back next year to stay with us, because some news are on arrival.Thanking for staying at GH Villa Politi 1862.Kindest regards.

10/10 Excellent

Olga, San diego

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderfully experience at the property. We were able to check in early, stuff was extremely helpful and nice. Room was just perfect and comfortable, so quiet to sleep and great view is an add on. Loved it! Thank you
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from Daniela -Business Development Manager on 5 Oct 2022
Dear Olga, many thanks for your feedback, the opinion of our Guests is important for us.We are very glad to know that you experienced a wonderful stay at GH Villa Polity 1862, and all our colleagues will support you.Looking forward to welcoming you next year.Kindest regards.

10/10 Excellent

anthony

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from Daniela -Business Development Manager on 5 Oct 2022
Dear Anthony,many thanks for your feedback, the opinion of our Guests is important for us.We are very happy to read that you spent a woinderful stay at GH Villa oliti 1862; other than the restyled rooms, some news are on arrival for next year, so we look forward to welcoming you.Kindest regards.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good place... restaurant never available for dinne
Cratered to group meetings at the experience of individual guests. Happy to recommend a restaurant nearby... always the same one. Shower clogged and almost flooded the bedroom. If you have a car... just drive to Ortega to eat.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Daniela -Business Development Manager on 26 Sept 2022
Dear valued Guest, we are glad to read that you have appreciated this charming Property even if you experinced some inconvienences, due to the bathroom and to the closed restaurant.We apologize for all this.Our main goal is to satisfy our Guests, let them live a unique atmosphere and an unforgettable stay at GH Villa Politi 1862, but during the high season, when the hotel is fully bookied and with in-house events, it can happen that something is not perfect, as we wish.Thank you for staying with us.Kindest regards.

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from Daniela -Business Development Manager on 16 Sept 2022
Dear Andrew,many thanks for your feedback, the opinion of our Guests is important for us.We are happy to know your experience at GH Villa Politi 1862 was good and so, we look forward to welcoming you once again.Kindest regards.Daniela - Business Development Manager

10/10 Excellent

Marina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Daniela -Business Development Manager on 19 Sept 2022
Dear Marina, many thanks for staying at GH Villa Politi 1862, we are thrilled that you enjoyed an awesome experience.Looking forward to welcoming you once again.Daniela - Business Development Manager

10/10 Excellent

Lillian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Staff are really helpful and give good advice on how to get around etc
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Vijay

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great Value
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Daniela -Business Development Manager on 6 Sept 2022
Dear Vijay,many thanks for the great feedback.We are very happy you enjoyed your stay at GH Villa Politi 1862 Syracuse.Looking forward to welcoming you.Kindest regards.Daniela - Business Development Manager

10/10 Excellent

Todd

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Daniela -Business Development Manager on 25 Aug 2022
Dear Tod, thank you for yoy feddback, the opinion of our Guests is important for us.Many thanks for giving us a so high score, we are very happy you enjoyed a pleasant stay and we hope you will come back to stay with us.Looking forward to welcoming you.Kindest regards.Daniela - Business Development Manager

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Hot, hot, hot.
Grand Hotel in the old style. Good rooms. Good Air Con. Very good pool. Breakfast was good if you ignored the very poor cold bacon and eggs. Evening meal was ok if rather unimaginative. Bar seating area was tiny and without character. Staff were very efficient and friendly. Hotel is located too far from Oritigia which is where everything is.Theres next to nothing in Syracuse. 80pc of food on Sicily is fish. It is insanely hot on Sicily. Syracuse has a mad, chaotic traffic system add to that mad, chaotic Italian drivers and you permanently have life threatening chaos. Valetta on Malta is better.
Stayed 11 nights in Jul 2022
Response from Daniela -Business Development Manager on 26 Jul 2022
Dear David, many thanks for your feedback: the opinion of our Guests is important for us. We appreciate you have told your experience within GH Villa Politi 1862 and outside. During last Winter, a restyling plan has begun: the 100 rooms first and the public areas, then; new services will be at Guests dispostal (a fitness center, a solarium, etc), so a complete service will be improved to offer our Guests a new concept of Hospitality in 2023. This historical Hotel is located within the Archeological Area of Syracuse with its Greek Theatre; thanks to agreed rates you can reach Ortigia easily by taxi, just in few minutes. Probbably, due to the excessive warm on the island, you did not live the authentic "sicilian experience". It was a pitty, because you have not benefit of its beauty. For this reason, we hope you will come back to visit us; we suggest during the late Summer or in the early Autumn, it will suit you. Kindest regards. Daniela - Business Development Manager

10/10 Excellent

Leslie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great pool. Clean updated rooms. Good at restaurant was so-so. Wish the bar at the pool had been open.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Daniela -Business Development Manager on 4 Jul 2022
Dear Leslie, many thanks for your feedback: the opinion of our Guests is important for us. We are very happy you have enjoyed the restyled room and the concerning srvices. About the food & beverage services, we will improve them for a better experience of stay. Kindest regards. Daniela - Business Development Manager

10/10 Excellent

robert

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from Antonella on 30 Jun 2022
Thank you Robert, we wait for you next time!

10/10 Excellent

Marco Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Old Charm Hotel
A hotel with real character. A pleasant stay with old charm atmosphere. Recommended for a stay within this price range. Great breakfast and pool. Would recommend this hotel for a stay in Siracusa.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Daniela on 14 Jun 2022
Dear Marco Robert, many thanks for your feedback, the opinion of our Guests is important for us. We are very glad you experienced a pleasant stay at GH Villa Politi 1862, we wish that our Guests live this charm concept of hospitality. Next year you will find some news in our resort, other than the restyled rooms, so we hope you will come back to Syracuse to appreciate all this. Kindest regards. Daniela - Business Development Manager

10/10 Excellent

Glenn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A lovely hotel with great views and spacious rooms, but nowhere decent to eat or drink nearby. Hotel restaurant and bar closed two nights out of the four, very limited choice and expensive menu and drinks, so nearest restaurants over 2.5km away on Ortigia.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2022

6/10 Okay

Collin

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay
The restaurant was amazing, served wonderful food everyday. Rooms we're clean. Hotel is a little old but we'll kept.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Boris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Joan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is a beautiful old villa overlooking ancient ruins but right in town. There was a wedfing at the location and the michrophoned happenings were loud into my room. They changed my room to the other side if the hotel, Graciously. The breakfast was above average and they warned up my keftiver pizza for me! Beautiful property. Comfy bed. Nice sized room with balcony.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

4/10 Poor

Mattias

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
The usage of one time use plastic needs to end
- The usage of “one time usage” plastic was mind blowing. We have never experienced anything like it. The plates, espresso cups, glasses, even for the breakfast. It is Sicily, I know. But for a hotel at this level it’s unacceptable. The amount of big bags with plastic containers for trash pick up was astonishing. The first Beach Front picture they publish is not from their property, it’s just a “beach place” they recommend. + Very friendly and helpful staff, old and historic hotel even though the interior is getting a bit old. Location is also pretty good.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

6/10 Okay

Mikael

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Laura

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful location in stunning grounds. Spacious, double aspect bedroom with sea views. Great breakfast. Friendly staff. A genuine pleasure to stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021