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

We stayed for 4 nights at hotel Riva del sole. We picked the hotel because we wanted a balcony overlooking the sea. We made the booking by email and requested a balcony in English, and then again in Italian just to make sure. We got confirmation by email of the room price in both cases. When we arrived we were... more

Lovely hotel, just across the road from it's own private beach! Just a short walk from the old town. We stayed in what they described as a 'piccolo' room! At the top, in the eaves but with a small but private outside space, en-suite toilet and basin but showers just across the hall. 100 euro for two per night. Great... more

We (dutch couple) did a fly and drive in Sicily and stayed one night in july in this hotel. There's a nice atmosphere, good bedroom (I asked for the cheapes price and at the ceiling was a good room for 90 euro total, with a Little balcony. The breakfast is good. Not special. There's a parking place besite the hotel,... more