Hotel Caesar Palace

I had an enjoyable stay here, although the hotel looks a bit dated ,it has a charm about it. Well kept gardens and terrace, although not vast were peaceful, not sure if that would apply when the hotel is full or in season! The room was cleaned to a high standard every day and the food at every meal was excellent . There was plenty of choice. Fresh fruit and vegetable always. available. Staff were helpful and the service in the restaurant was good. I would go again. Thanks for a lovely stay.

Having been to several regions in Italy, we opted for Sicily for our holiday this year. We arrived late evening after flight delay, check in was quick and we were given a leaflet explaining meal times etc. As we are a large family, we had four rooms, 2 triples and 2 quadruple. Each room was given a barcode card for all inclusive which you had to present at meal times or at the bars. Pool towels are free but you have to leave a 10 euro refundable deposit. WiFi is chargeable but we had a really good 4g service so didn't have to use it. The hotel is quite big, it's spotlessly clean , usual placing of towels on sunbeds early in the morning but we found places to sit by the pool anyway. The children's pool is a bit of a walk from main pool which is an issue if you have kids that want to swim in both pools. The main pool is huge and inflatables are allowed. Water was lovely temperature and refreshing in the very hot weather. The air con was great in our rooms but I believe it's controlled by hotel . The hotel runs a free shuttle bus to the beach or it's a 25 minute walk. At the beach you get 2 sunbeds and 1 parasol per room free. The all inclusive does not extend to the beach bar. We bought drinks and snacks from supermarket near hotel to take with us, much cheaper. Booked excursions through TUI to Etna and Alcantara gorge, boat trip to Isola Bella with snorkelling and the Godfather tour. All were well organised and very enjoyable. We found our own way to Taormina by bus. Tickets can be purchased from reception for 3 euros return per person. The bus stops outside the hotel but check the times as they are not frequent in the evening. Couple of things that I found annoying, firstly the staff do their job and that's all. Some managed a smile but mostly I felt like an inconvenience, secondly was the evening entertainment, it wasn't bad but our room overlooked the pool where the music played until midnight some nights when we were trying to sleep. It was very hot whilst we were in Sicily so factor 50 definatley needed. I did actually get my younger kids rash vests to stop them burning and they worked well. We had a really good holiday, it's the first time as all inclusive so can't really compare but none of us went hungry or thirsty in fact probably put on a few pounds! Food was great and varied. The tourist tax is payable when you checkout, 2 euro per person over 14 years. As we were flying back late we were able to extend check out til 3pm for 30 euro per room. Otherwise it's a 10am kick out. My only real issue was at the airport coming home. The passport control was a joke. We queued for an hour and half with about 500 other people!!! Not a nice experience, we were rushed through in The End as flight was waiting to board. People were pushing in and our kids were knocked over when the crowd surged. Apparently this is quite common at Catania airport. We would recommend the hotel and would definatley go back to Sicily but probably not in the height of summer Only real complaint was at the airport coming home

Giardini Naxos isn't a very clean place in general. Buildings and streets are all a bit shabby. By far, the pool area is the best part of the hotel. For a 4star hotel, food is just about ok, nothing you could say a very nice. Apart from pool area, grounds had more weeds than grass and staff did the basics without too much effort or pleasantness. If you are looking reasonable entertainment, suggest you look elsewhere. The 'entertainments' team were much more 'laid back' than any place we have been before. It was basically music at the pool. No other daytime activities organised apart from water aerobics, were typically 1 person joined in per day due to lack of passion I would say by the team. It is definitely worth going to Taormina. It was surprisingly pretty town with lots of good restaurants to choose from. Also Mount Etna is a decent trip (we had a car rental) and cable car the jeep ride costs 64Wuro each. Cable car is ~30 on its own and takes you up the first steepest bit. Unless you are VERY fit, the next part is worth the jeep ride. Well managed attraction with queues keep to a minimum. We stayed just 3 days in Ceasar Palace hotel and that was enough. Definitely wouldn't recommend this hotel or resort, but obviously some others love it.