Hotel was clean, the location was great, the food was ok, but the beds were like rocks! Hotel was booked in advanced and read earlier reviews, we should have stayed elsewhere in Cefalu...the beds were very, very uncomfortable.... more

We were referred to this hotel by a guy at the station. That always makes you wonder but the location was fantastic so we took a couple rooms for three nights. As others have noted, the hotel manager is pretty aggressive but after we got to know him a bit all worked ok. We just waved our arms a lot... more

great location right across from beach in lovely coastal town-be sure to ask for sea view room! CLEAN...BRIGHT... Tastefully decorated...lovely breakfast room and dining room-both with outside seating ...attentive staff...walk to miriad restaurants and shops...spent 3 nights and wish it could have been longer! struggled a bit with communication as we cannot speak italian but definitely worth the effort more

The stuff of this hotel was unfriendly and do not want to speak english (they know it!). Tha AC was not functoin, but the worst was the noise. The noise from the street you can prevent to close all windows and shutters, but you can not ventilate if the AC does not function.... But the noise from other rooms, if... more

We stayed two nights at the Riva del Sole i October 2007. We were initially looking for a B&B, but didn't find any i Cefalú. Riva del Sole was the first hotel we found and as the location looked good, just a few footsteps from the beach, we stopped and got a room. The staff was quite helpful when we... more

My husband and I stayed two nights at the Hotel Riva del Sole in Cefalu in mid May of 2008. It is an attractive, new hotel located across the street from the beach. In the evening it was fun to watch the parade of visitors and locals enjoying themselves by walking along the wide, attractive seaside walk. Cefalu’s old town... more

My wife and I drove all over Sicily for a week in May of 2007 with no pre-reserved hotels. It was part of the deal not to have plans, we just chose where to stay at the spur of the moment. Once we got to Cefalu, it became clear that we had to spend the night there. It was May,... more

We turned up at Cefalu without a hotel booking having retreated from the tourist swamped atmosphere of the over-rated Taormina, and in spite of the Lonely Planet travel book description of an "ugly building" we decided to ask for room availability from hotel reception staff, ignoring the cold manner of a large blonde woman on reception who, it turned out,... more

Hi. We stayed here in July for 5 nights. The location was excellent and our sea view booking was honoured (we booked directly via the hotel's website/email). Our stay was compulsory half-board as it was high season in Sicily and we were dreading this having had below average set menus in other Italian hotels. However the hotel restaurant was excellent... more