We stayed here for 4 nights. The hotel is a 4 room structure, without permanent reception. The owner and the very nice girl at the reception welcomed us and gave us all needed information. It is located very close to Piazza Stesicorea, where the historical area starts and a 15 min walk from the station (the walk is through a not so very nice area, but that's Catania; the street gives a slight impression of being a bit insecure, but we were absolutely fine and in the end we had lost the initial impression). The hotel faces a street where there is a big market, so it can be loud early in the morning, but if you plan to start sightseeing early it's fine. And it's not that loud.I was actually very impressed with the comfort of the room and the quality of the furnishings, they do look like a 3 plus or 4 star hotel. The room was very large, and epecially the bathroom, which in the case of our room was equiped for disabled people, so there was no bathtube, and the bathroom tended to flow. But that wasn't so much of a trouble. We had a problem regarding brekfast: we had booked a room with breakfast included and our reservation at the hotel didn't include breakfast (which is served in a caffe nearby). So they didn't offer us breakfast, but they were helpful in settling the issue, they phoned hotels.com for us, and I'm still expecting a reimbursment, it was appearently not the hotel's fault. In conlusion, with a few drawbacks, the hotel was nice and I would defenetly stay there again.