Il Podere Hotel Spa Restaurant - Siracusa

The hotel is located 9km away from Siracusa and 6 km from the neares but not very nice beach. You need a car and a navigation system to reach and find it. The hotel is in the middle of a scarecly populated area and orchards. However, mountains of all kind of garbage fill the streets just next to the hotel. The walls separating the rooms are so thin that you can hear any talking in the room next to you and the usage of the bathromm in the other room will always wake you up. The standard does not correspond to 4 stars and compared to other hotels in old town Siracusa to which we moved after the two nights we had booked finaly ended, it is no good value for money. I would not recommend it.

Il Podere is fantastic. It's just getting there that's almost impossible. When we went the directions on the web were out of date. It was a good job the hotel is well known by the othere Syracuse hotels or else we would still be driving around. Having said that, when we got there the welcome was great. Having someone come out with a smile to help us with our luggage was lovely. The staff in the restaurant were also fantastic and made great suggestions; the white wine was heaven. The food was also the best I have ever eaten in Italy. I didn't think Italians could cook like this!!! The pool area is beautiful. In fact, il Podere is probably the most tastefully, understated hotel I have ever stayed in. It is light, airy and reeks of class and history. Well done guys!