Verified
8/10 Good
Azita
Jul 2, 2023
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spacious Rooms in Excellent Location
The B&B Porta Marina Ortigia has an excellent location, next to a lovely church in the Historical part of Siracusa (Ortigia), and close to both restaurants, cafes, shopping and the sea.
We ordered the Double room - Executive, as I was traveling with my mother, and we needed a twin room. Usually that means two single beds, but here there was one big double bed in a large bedroom, and one double sofa-bed, made up in another large room, that also had a TV and a desk. As we had a stay of 9 days, and it was nice to have an option for a bit of privacy between my Mother and I (and the sofa-bed was of pretty good quality), this worked well for us, and we are happy about our stay.
The Proprietors also helped us to get a shuttle from the airport and back, at a more advantageous price than we would have got just ordering a taxi ourselves, because the taxi agency has an agreement with the B&B. Gianni & Stefania were also super-helpful with regards to timetables and locations for things to see and do, and were generally lovely to us. There was no option for breakfast when we stayed (think this started during Covid), but as every amenity was on our doorstep, this wasn’t a problem for us. The only minus about this place (in our opinion), was that we had to carry our suitcases up two steep and long staircases when we arrived in the semi-late evening, because the taxi driver wasn’t allowed to stop long enough in the street to help carry them up for us. All in all we recommend this B&B :-)
Azita
Stayed 9 nights in Jun 2023