The Royal hotel enjoys an attractive position in the historic centre of Catania, fabulous city providing outstanding testimony to the exuberant genius of late Baroque art and architecture.
The property is housed in a splendid 18th century building, that has maintained prestigious frescoes on the first foor. On-site amenities include a panoramic terrace solarium with jacuzzi, enjoying a breathtaking view over Catania, a bar, a small meeting room, a High Speed Internet Point and a wellness centre with sauna and fitness room. The result is a unique atmosphere, remaining intact over the centuries in which tradition and modernity live perfectly side by side.
The hotel is located a few steps from the Duomo cathedral, therefore you will easily discover by walk the marvellous centre of the city, preserving a unique historical and artistic vast patrimony: the Palazzo degli Elefanti, Palazzo Asmundo di Gisira, Ursino Castle, the Convent of St Maria dell'Indirizzo, the House and Museum of Giovanni Verga, the Massimo Theatre, Palazzo Paliamone, Palazzo dei Principi di Manganelli, the Roman theatre, the Belliniano Museum, the Roman Baths, the Benedettini Monastery are some examples of an endless list of great monuments.
The rooms are positioned on three different levels. Each room is named after either an important Sicilian person or period of Sicilian history.
The first floor is dedicated to Vincenzo Bellini. A world-renowned composer, born in Catania, and author of noted works like La Norma. The same Norma lends her name to our most beautiful suite. This suite boasts beautiful vaulted ceilings where, following a meticulous and complex restorative project, we were able to maintain the original frescoes, painted in the 18th century. The frescoes are not the only unique features of this suite, which could more accurately be called a royal apartment. It is almost 50m2 and has a fabulous bathroom, like something directly from the fabled Arabian Nights.
The second floor is home to the rooms dedicated to Magna Grecia (Latin for “Greater Greece”): a very important period in the history of the city of Catania.
The third floor is dedicated to Giovanni Verga. This author brought the name of Catania and of Sicily into the lives of many around the world with his historical novels, names that are kept alive today in names of the rooms of our hotel.
All rooms are equipped with surround sound TV, LCD monitor, ADSL cable, WiFi, and a control panel for the electronic adjustment of both lights and shutters. All rooms are large. The Superior rooms all have a water massage shower and some have four-poster beds.
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