Astro Suite Hotel

loved our stay at Astro Suite hotel ALL staff extremely helpful and friendly Room was spacious with a separate kitchen and dining area large fridge with small freezer and everything you need if you want to self cater. bathroom and bedroom areas good. the shower was great very powerful Air con worked well in both rooms Breakfast continental style but plenty of choice Ironing room available if required pool small but adequate for a cool off after walking around and never had to fight for a sunbed. hotel right opposite the beach with a lido and public area to choose from some chairs and umbrellas left by other guests for your use if you want to use the public beach and certain lidos will give you discount if you show your hotel keycard. quite windy for a few days whilst we were there which made the sea quite rough but lifeguards on beach during the day. when its a calm day the water is absolutely crystal clear and gorgeous for a swim. An abundance of restaurants and bars to choose from in the beautiful Cefalu - you will never be short of food and drink!! large supermarket near by the hotel Train station within walking distance and easy to get a train direct to Palermo which we did. We absolutely loved Cefalu and would thoroughly recommend to anyone and loved Astro Suite Hotel.

We have just returned from a week in the beautiful town of Cefalu in Sicily - an area which we first visited in 2017. This time we stayed in the Astro Suite Hotel and here are our comments (some positive and some negative) which hopefully will help others to make a decision on where to stay: The good: Location - the hotel is in an excellent location being just across the road from the main beach at Cefalu and less than a 10 minute walk from the old town where there are lots of restaurants and shops to wander around. The best restaurants we found were La Brace and Le Chat Noir. There is a very good supermarket (Deco) around a 5 minute walk from the hotel which stays open until 10pm. Also, the train station at Cefalu has trains direct to Palermo in under an hour should you wish to visit the capital. Cleanliness - the rooms and all areas of the hotel are super clean. Towels are changed daily. Kitchenette - well equipped with everything you'd need if you wanted to cook. Staff - without exception, the staff are all very friendly and helpful. Swimming pool - the hotel has a small swimming pool with sun loungers. The pool is rather shallow but fine if you have young children. The not-so-good: Breakfast - the hotel serves a continental-style breakfast, so no hot food at all. We found the choice to be rather limited. I think the hotel should offer a wider selection of cold meats and cheeses than they currently do. Sun loungers on beach - the hotel does not have its own private area of the beach and therefore the sun loungers come at a charge. For us (3 people) this came to 35 euros per day (and more expensive at the weekend). So if you are staying for a week or more, this can add up to quite a significant amount. The hotel does loan parasols free of charge though if you don't mind laying out a towel on the sand. Beach hawkers - there seems to be a large number of people walking up and down the beach trying to sell you stuff all day long. Gets rather tiresome. Check-out - the time for checking out of the hotel on your last day is 10.30am. However, if you are not leaving for the airport until later in the day the only facility the hotel can offer you to have a shower before you leave is the outside shower by the side of the pool and then to get changed in the toilet cubicle near reception. Not very satisfactory!

We have just returned from a week at this hotel and it was wonderful. We had a beautiful seaview from our balcony and loved sitting on an evening with a bottle of wine listening to the waves. The rooms are very spacious with plenty of pots and pans for cooking. They are kept scrupulously clean. There is a lovely pool area and some days we were the only people there It's location is perfect, nice flat walk into Cefalu and all it's sights and restaurants but nice and quiet. But the best thing about the hotel were the reception staff who were incredibly friendly and helpful. A lovely touch, being taken to our room in person and everything explained to us. And a big thank you to the guy who booked our excursion to Castelbueno despite not knowing how to do it. Thank you for taking the time to find out for us