A lovely option if you want to stay outside of the hustle and bustle of Palermo. The sea view rooms not only have an amazing view of the sea, but also have the best views of Monte Pellegrino you can find, as well as a view of most of Palermo. It is somewhat isolated from the rest of Mondello, but that was a positive for us, as it was by the Capo Gallo Nature Preserve. Staff was adequate, as were rooms. Nothing spectacular, but an appropriate price and THAT VIEW!

The location is so nice with lovely views over coast but the hotel needs knocking down and rebuilding in a manner to fit in with the surroundings. It is shabby, tired and the breakfast is abysmal. The staff, esp by the pool, are helpful and the pool is the only redeeming feature of this place. It is a poor 3 star at best but the pool ( salt water and good size) and the steps to the sea made it a pleasant stay. Will not return!

We stayed at the end of a 2 week break traveling from Naples to Tropea then onto Sicily, first staying in Taormina and then mondello. Mondello is like the italian version of bognor regis. The hotel is like something out of Heidi Hi or Fawlty Tours. It looks and acts like it should be in the 1970s. When we were there I refused to go on the beach because it was so awful. The pool was being rennovated, which did bother me as I am a sea swimmer, but this still was annoying for other people. For food whilst sitting on the sun terrace you had to go round to the hotel round the corner!! On way to airport we deicded to search out better beaches...they do not exist in this area.

Our room was over looking the car park and was dark and unclean.

If you do have the unfortunate pleasure of staying at this hotel go for Pizza at the place across the round - so cheap and awesome!! Only good thing to an unfortunate end to an amazing holiday!

I want to start by saying that I've never really stayed in a true 4-star before. and after my stay at La Torre, i still don't think that i have.
The hotel is definitely nice. Spacious, clean lobby, slick bar, beautiful terrace, unparalleled views. But the rooms are less than stellar. Fine, the carpets in the hallways are a bit old and the common area furnishings on each floor are old and, well, ugly. But they were not dirty or disgusting and did not detract from my stay.
As for my room, my girlfriend and I had an oceanview room with wood floors and a balcony. Very nice room, BUT! There was no finish to this room. It looks like it was well on its way to being a luxurious room and then they had to scrap the plans and rush its completion. The hanging ceiling (in the bathroom and entrance) wasn't closed off and u could see straight through to the true ceiling (pipes, wires, dust, vents etc...). We felt like we were in a department store changing room. The bathroom was clean and spacious enough but poorly designed. The door couldn't even open 90 degrees because the bedet (sp?) was right behind it; and the shower leaked water onto the floor. It didn't cause a flood but u needed to waste a towel soaking it up.
Also, probably due to a language thing, we got a room with 2 single beds. The hotel was far from full but they couldn't offer us a similar room with 1 queen bed. We'd have to downgrade (without reimbursement), so we asked them to combine the singles and that was well done, and quickly. I have to say that this was the only hiccup regarding service, it was otherwise quite good.
Mondello itself was nice but due to August holidays the beach was packed, dirty (as were the streets) and generally unpleasant.
Thankfully there was the hotel pool. I want to finish this review on a positive note. The pool alone convinced us to stay an extra night. It's a bit too salty and can burn the eyes but poolside is the best place to relax. You're on a shelf right on the ocean with views of the entire beach and Monte Pellegrino. Beautiful. the pool made our stay and I'm not exaggerating.
Also the breakfast was quite satisfying.
For my money, i wouldn't return here, but that's not to say that I regret my choice. There are much nicer beachtowns to stay in that offer everything that Mondello does and much, much more.
For a nice pool stay here, for everything else: beach, vista, people, history, food; go to Cefalu