Club Torre Del Barone

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : This is a beautiful resort with gorgeous views. The facilities and rooms are clean, fresh and modern. Each room has a sea coast view and private balcony/terrace. The hotel has its own beach access and a swimming pool. The breakfast was diverse, many fruits, vegetables and other meals. The personal is welcome and pleasant. Upon checkin we were offered a schedule of activities for the week, we havent used them. It is nice to stay here.
  : There was only one swimming pool although two are featured; the indoors one was closed. Its overcrowded there and its not large. The pool has no separation between adults and kids, so it is not enjoyable to stay there, simply because its loud and kids are playing everywhere, even where one is supposed to enter - feels not comfortable to come on a child either, no rest. For a 5* resort this is a big minus to have only one swimming pool and no separation. The water in the pool is too cold. The WIFI does not work properly anywhere except for the reception, although it is said that they have wifi in all areas - again, for the 5* resort it is highly expected. For dinner, the hotel offers a la carte menu restaurant that works only twice per week (it is very nice and has beautiful views, but portions too small), another option is an overpriced buffet and a pizzeria that is often fully booked - better to drive 15 minutes to the town and eat seafood there. I would suggest the hotel to fix more options for dinner. There were only two operated elevators in different parts of the building, which work very slow, so its better to take stairs - shouldnt be like that for such a resort.

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The staff was very nice and did all to make us feel comfortable
  : Not so much choice for restaurants

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Clean, spacious hotel with an excellent swimming pool and ample sun loungers. The room was also very spacious with a terrace overlooking the sea that was fantastic. The hotel is in a less touristy part of Sicily which we liked. The gym is small so you need to book a one hour slot at reception which is limited to one booking per room but the equipment is decent in spite of the size. Crucially, I believe its the only place in the hotel you can access water.There is a really cute shuttle bus/train to take you to the beach which is fun to ride. It is however a little unreliable and inconsistent so would suggest walking to the beach and getting the shuttle back.
  : Would highly recommend not having lunch or dinner at the hotel. Food is an overpriced buffet and is truly terrible. Assuming you have a car, there are far better alternatives in town at half the price with much more variety.A Nespresso machine was provided in the rooms but you are only given capsules for the first days stay which is poor form when paying so much for a room. Easily fixable. Coffee at breakfast which is only available from a machine is awful which made the shortage of capsules in the room all the more frustrating. Easily fixable.Had a massage at the spa. Having booked in advance, turned up 10 mins before but when we got there we were told we had to pay for the treatment in advance at reception upstairs. This obviously took time and was a bit irritating too as we walked up and down the hotel and ultimately when we were seen to by the receptionist we were allowed to add the charges to our room as youd expect. Inevitably this led to the massage starting a little later but predictably finishing on time. Cant help but think this is a bit of a ploy to reduce your treatment time.

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : great
  : food could be better

Very Good
Traveller Type:
  : Spacious room when sharing with a friend, we had two beds and two separate sofa's to use. The hotel was clean and the facilities were amazing. Buffet breakfast had so much choice one could never get bored.
  : Nothing to report!

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Pleasant
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : See below!
  : I had announced gluten free food, but it took 3 days to get the buns which were extremely good!!! I had to ask for them each morning and each evening. As I do not speak Italian, but French , English, German and Swedish it was very difficult to get my wishes satisfied. I had to go through the reception, and even then it didn't work until the last 2 days. I also asked for soy yoghurt when I arrived. If I had received a table at the very beginning instead of the last 3 days (although the reception organised it with the kitchen on the second night!!!) and the personell had the instruction of my wishes in Italian they would have known what to do. The reservation card is on the table all day, but the personell say that you can't reserve for breakfast. However the guests thinks otherwise. This led to at least one annoyed guest. You have a feeling that you are in the Cantine as the food is being served and you have to queue twice. The plates are cold, so the food gets cold until you come to your table. Even some of the food was not hot enough. The Risotto however, was hot and excellent. It is also unclear who is entitled for a carafe of wine .