My best friend and I enjoyed our recent holiday at The Costa Verde Hotel,Sicily. The hotel is huge, with several restaurants, two large pools, a very busy activities team, a super play area for children and a private beach nearby with a free shuttle bus every 15mins ( you would have to cross a busy dual carriageway if you attempted to walk). The other guests were mostly Italian with some French and a few Brits but everyone was very friendly. The rooms we had were clean,quite big, great t.v, wifi etc but the bathrooms were in need of updating (we forgave them for that as the lovely seaviews we had from the balconies made up for it! ). We ate in The Circle Restaurant for breakfast every day (07.30 til 09.30)and were very impressed with the wide variety of food available. There was bacon, sausages,eggs,cold meats,fresh fruit, fruit juices, chilled water,various coffees,teas assorted pastries,toast, cake and delicious bread rolls etc all laid out so you could eat whatever you wanted. The staff were brilliant at keeping every section topped up!.Some guests brought their dogs in with them which might sound a bit gross to some people but they were no bother at all! In this restaurant you could sit wherever you wanted. On an evening we ate in the even bigger main restaurant, you were allocated a table on your first visit then you kept it for the rest of your stay. We were half board and were surprised to get a bottle of house red/ white wine and water with every meal!. The food was mostly good with a huge choice but being buffet style it was never piping hot ( it wouldn't have suited my belived mother, she liked her food red hot!). There was a pizzeria and a more formal dining room with a set meal available with waiter service if you booked in advance but we didnt bother. To buy drinks from the bar you had to load up some money onto a wristband in the reception but dont put too much on because they dont give refunds. It was 8 - 10 euros for cocktails 7.5 euros for a pint of Moretti lager and 2.5 euros for a litre of water....not cheap but thats Italian prices for you! Each guest also has to pay a hotel tourist tax of 2 euros per room per day up to a maximum of 5 days ( 10 euros) directly to the hotel at the end of your stay. The swimming pools were lovely but surprisingly freezing cold depite the temperature being in the 30's 🥶 We still went in though and enjoyed the salsa dancing etc! The only real grumble we had was the lack of information about the hotel and its ameneties upon arrival as it was 49 hours later that we had our welcome meeting from the Jet2 rep by which time we had found out everything we needed to know by constantly asking anyone and everyone questions! We went on a coach laid on by the hotel three mornings at a cost of 3.8 euros return ( get your tickets from the reception area) and thoroughly enjoyed mooching around Cefalu itself a lovely, quaint town with lots of shops, cafes and a super beach! I didnt enjoy our one daytrip
Excellent
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