We have just returned from a week at the Villa Cannizzo Hotel and had a wonderful holiday. The hotel was stunning, full of charm and character and the welcome by the staff could not have been warmer and more genuine. Our room was upstairs and had an old-world elegance with modern facilities (modern en suite and air conditioning). It was a great place to return to after a day exploring the local area. We went half-board and ate every night at the restaurant attached to the hotel. Again the welcome was warm and friendly and the food very tasty and good value. Breakfasts were also excellent - freshly baked rolls, delicious local pastries, cereals, cheese, ham and lots of coffee. The hotel was quite difficult to find on the first night so make sure you print a map of its exact location, but once there was very easy to locate. We would love to return.

We had been very much looking forward to our stay at the Villa Cannizzo on the basis of the strong reviews here and its flash website but in the end we were glad to leave and felt like we had been deceived. First of all, the Villa Cannizzo is not really a hotel, it is a B&B. It may be an attractive old villa but it only has a few rooms and offers very limited services. Clearly, though, the owners think that having a pool and sticking a cheap pink noisy portable fridge in the room makes it a 4* hotel - remember this is not an official or independent rating.

Our room was small and very basic and the bathroom was ridiculously cramped. The room opened directly on to the breakfast room. This, in itself, should be enough to convince you that this is not a proper hotel. Thankfully, there were no other guests staying at the Villa throughout our stay so we were not disturbed by them but the staff made plenty of noise both in the evening and from about 6am in the morning. We are not quite sure what they had to do given the lack of guests. They certainly didn't spend any time preparing a decent breakfast. The same stale bread appeared every day, the same yoghurts also - incidentally these were out of date on our last day. The fruit must have been there for weeks as well - it looked disgusting. If you didn't fancy any of this, there was not much else other than cereal - not exactly the spread you expect from a 4* hotel or, for that matter, any self-respecting B&B.

The location of the hotel is not great either. It is about 5km out of town just off a long drag of supermarkets, furniture shops etc. Clearly there was once a long drive leading up to the villa from the main road but this is now interrupted by a supermarket car park. We did have a decent dinner in the attached restaurant but as there was only one other diner, we opted not to return on either of the other nights. Having ventured into town on one of those nights, we returned to find the Fort Knox style gates closed (as they were most times we went in or out of the hotel). No matter how much we buzzed the buzzer or, after a while, honked the car horn, no one opened the gates. Eventually we drove round to the supermarket car park to enter through the restaruant and the receptionist claimed not to have heard anything. Quite what she was doing we can only guess but this was merely symptomatic of our overall feeling that the ameuritish staff enjoyed playing at being real hoteliers when they are nothing of the sort.

We only stayed 1 night.Our accommodation was in what was once a wine cellar.Very cosy and charming.The restaurant was very accommodating providing us with very late lunch and good value for dinner.Domenico was very helpful with our heavy luggage and changing rooms per our request.

Spent 4 wonderful days here, just outside (5km) from the wonderful baroque town of Modica. The small villa has been renovated and decorated beautifully maintaining its original structure. The swimming pool is a wonderful addition to any short break where one can relax after a hard days sightseeing or work off those extra calories! The restaurant serves excellent food an at very reasonable prices. After staying in Modica itself on previous occasions I would definately return to to Villa Cannizzo, and hope to do so next year.
I'll give them an excellent rating next year when they'll serve some typical modican cakes for breakfast!!