Hotel La Bussola

Great location in relation to the ferry. The lady at the front desk when we arrived was wonderful. She helped is with parking for the evening, and with how to get to the parking we reserved for the following day. She knew we had an early ferry and made sure to have breakfast ready early for us. The room was spacious, clean, and comfortable.

This hotel exceeded our expectations. The staff super friendly, the room huge and well equipped. Breakfast delicious!! Super close to the port and minutes by car from the train station. I would definitely stay here next time. Thank you for the great experience 😊

Website misleads you into thinking the place has character, charm, and facilities you'd expect in a hotel at the price - it has none of these things. Arrived 8.00pm after 4 hour flight from Ireland and 2 hour transfer from Catania, looking forward to a nice meal and a few drinks. Greeted by a male who, although friendly enough, was a little creepy; restaurant and bar were in darkness and the place was eerily quiet. Given no information as to where to go to get some food but fortunately our taxi driver had recommended somewhere close by. Rooms were advertised as being in nice colours (I forget the exact wording) - ours was beige and bare. On returning from dinner down the road, mine host (manager or owner?) suggested going up to the roof terrace. We ordered 2 glasses of wine (the red was bad, the white ok) and enjoyed some time on the terrace. Breakfast started with mine host just standing in the middle of the room giving no guidance. Do we get our own food and coffee or does someone serve us? In the end we were served coffee. The hot food consisted of cold, anaemic-looking scrambled eggs which were downright nasty. A member of staff said she would reheat them - big red flag. Don't reheat eggs. There were a handful of slices of ham and cheese which we consumed, hoping they weren't as dangerous as the eggs. A truly dreadful breakfast. Wi-fi didn't work. Mine host said he would look into it but he never did. At checkout we were charged 24 euros for the two glasses of wine the previous evening, and four euros were added on to the cost of the room price quoted on the original booking. I didn't realize this until I received the receipt via email after we had left. Don't stay here unless you fancy Bates' Motel. It was a poor start to our first proper vacation in 20 years. Never again.