Hotel Antares



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Finding an ideal family-friendly hotel in Letojanni does not have to be difficult. Welcome to Hotel Antares, a nice option for travelers like you.
Internet access is offered to guests, and rooms at Hotel Antares offer a flat screen TV, air conditioning, and a minibar.
During your stay, take advantage of some of the amenities offered, including a concierge, a rooftop terrace, and room service. Guests of Antares Hotel are also welcome to enjoy a pool and free breakfast, located on site. For travelers arriving by car, free parking is available.
During your visit, be sure to check out a popular Letojanni lobster restaurant such as Da Nino, which is a short distance from Antares Hotel.
If you are interested in exploring Letojanni, check out one of the architectural buildings, such as Palazzo Durante and Palazzo Silipigni.
Hotel Antares puts the best of Letojanni at your fingertips, making your stay both relaxing and enjoyable.
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I state that I did not use the pools, I can only say that there was always confusion, I prefer the sea. To reach the beach there are two elevators, not always working that in the heat turn into real ovens and another km to walk under the scorching sun. There are two beaches affiliated with the Hotel, Maniel and Tropicana, in both, especially the second, the sea from the sunbed you could look at it with binoculars, because they make guests of the Antares sit from the SEVENTH row to climb and the beach is large... I do not claim the first row, but we pay the club card so I consider it an unacceptable penalty, not to mention the fact that on the day of Check-out you do not have a sunbed on the beach, my complaints about it, at reception I was told that I could only stay in the pool..... I travel 200 km to stay at the sea, I do not find it right, considering the fact that the first day check-in is carried out from 3 pm, you lose two days at sea. It is something that in other villages and hotels had never happened to me.
As for the food, plentiful and varied; I had problems only one day with fresh pasta, which evidently was not so "fresh", because I found a worm on my plate and I pointed it out to the meter of the room.
Entertainment, in the evening absent altogether, in 7 days only a boring game night, during the day do some activities in the pool, then in the evening only piano bar, drink liquor and play cards .. Pension... Fortunately Letojanni and the beautiful Taormina were always a great alternative to spend a pleasant evening. I read great reviews on their page, then I realized that many of the unseemly ones are deleted by themselves, but I wonder if the people so enthusiastic have method of comparison with other hotel-villages.
In the end you adapt to everything and the week has passed anyway but I do not recommend the hotel for those who want to enjoy a beach holiday or for those who just want to relax.



Positive note regarding the staff everything was kind and courteous, starting from the reception to switch from cooks to waiters and everyone.
Another positive note the buffet eating that was plentiful and really good, not the usual mass eating, also because it was cooked on site at the time in front of them.
As for the animation was minimally intrusive and entertaining. Of course there are far superior teams, but it is to be appreciated that the boys are committed to giving their best.
Another very positive note is the view that can be admired from the structure facing south on the beautiful Taormina reachable in 5 minutes by car, and on the seafront with Letojanni beach reachable on foot.
But unfortunately the known pains come. I do not recommend to those who have a stroller or those who want to walk a little. It's all done by stairs obviously with elevators. Being a structured hotel with floors you have to go up to the second to eat, to the fourth for the pool and if you happen to the lookout there are rooms even at -3 and so on. And here maybe if you find yourself getting up a little later it is a continuous ups and downs and you have eaten a day.
In conclusion it is a positive experience but to be done once and only once, as there is much better around.
Day 1 we arrive around 23:00 due to delays. In the hotel you get the key pushed into your hands and you have to figure it out yourself. Something to eat or drink was already no longer possible and it is said find something yourself in the city.
We have a 3 person room and got 2 bath towels and a balcony that you have to share with 2 other rooms.
Day 2 we went to the reception for information, there is no information provided to us at all.
Food is often lukewarm or cold, and is the same every day. The staff takes priority in the restaurant as at the elevator.
Except for exceptions.
At dinner, nothing is replenished 45 minutes before closing and everything is already cleaned.
Staff are constantly working on their phones throughout the hotel. If you want to ask them something, they won't make time for you and the phone is more important.
There is a shuttle from the hotel to the nearby village, it goes at 10:00 and then again at 15:30. You pay €2 per person for round trip. For the normal bus that runs all day you pay exactly the same.
For 7 days it's all self-service. There's no one at the bar. 10 minutes before closing, everything is already closed and you can no longer get anything.
All drinks (beer, wine, soft drinks and coffee are poured in plastic cups.
Filled a bottle myself and put it in the fridge in the room. So next day after the cleaning, this is thrown away.
Staff have been drinking alcohol behind the bar in their own clothes for the last 2 nights.
In short, you book 9 days all-inclusive of which 7 days is self-service. And may not fully use the all-inclusive for 2 days.
Last day you must check out between 10:00 and 10:30. Your all-inclusive strap will be cut immediately. We asked why because we were not picked up until 17:00. We got a new different color strap. We had to ask ourselves if we could still eat and drink that day. The answer you got is only yes.
Later that day we arrive downstairs at the restaurant is the restaurant closed and you have to go to the other hotel for lunch. Once there not clear where you can eat.
Snacks are available by the pool. You have to pay this yourself was mentioned.
At 14:15 we wanted to get a drink and it is said that all-inclusive is valid until 14:00. Everything you drink you have to pay for yourself afterwards.
For everyone I would highly recommend this hotel.
Customers are allowed to smoke everywhere - inside hotel, inside elevators, hallways, rooms. No place at pool to relax without smokers - no designated area for smokers or nonsmoking.
Rooms are small, have to sit sideways on toilet so small is bathroom, you pay extra for see view but all rooms have see view and balcony, The REALLY small tv in room has only Italian channels.
On hottest day of trip (heat wave 37 degrees) aircon in room didnt work.
Food is the same EVERY day and very limited options, no imagination, nothing interesting and no coffee with dinner (for with desert), many desserts contained alcohol (with no warning) and kids were allowed to dish it up.
All-inclusive drinks should be available all day but is empty by 16:00, slushy machine has more black mold than slushy.
1 of the 2 elevators from beach to hotels (neither has fan or airflow) didn’t work for days.
Toiletries is only soap (that wasn’t refilled) - no shampoo or body lotion. Coffee in room wasn’t refilled daily.
Pool stank or urine and has sewage drain right next to side, should be 1,65m deep but was filled to less than 1,5m. Paving around pools were too hot to walk on barefoot and not enough beds and umbrellas.
Distance to town and Taormina has to say that there are only 1 store in town and Taormina is only reachable by vehicle - walking and cycling not possible due to roads width.
Excursion must be booked 3 days in advance and every excursion only happens once per week. (CitybySee excursion not recommended - boring, no time for photos, guide has no knowledge of excursion and her English is terrible)
I will not recommend this hotel to my worst enemy
The transfer made by luxair is a joke and thoroughly optimizes costs, we took 2h30 to get to the hotel (with a change of bus on the way) because there were so many stops before arriving (1h30 at back).
The hotel is very clean and the staff are super welcoming. These are the only positive points.
It takes 5 minutes to leave the hotel and between 5-10 minutes to get to the beach: it's ok for me. The hotel has an agreement with a bar which will provide relaxation/parasol
The rooms are a little dated. The French window opening onto the balcony could not close 100% (a small retaining hook is in place so the hotel knows it) therefore poor sound insulation: with the sometimes late evenings, especially with a child, it is complicated. The walls are made of cardboard and the daylight under the front door also lets in all the sounds of people passing by. The smoke detector just above the bed that flashes every second also adds a bit of ambiance. The bedding is of poor quality.
The buffet is in a huge, extremely noisy room. Depending on where you are placed, the air conditioning will blow on you. Since the hotel is all inclusive, the meal is buffet style. They will take away your plate to get rid of you at the slightest second of inattention (it's almost harassment, worse than in Chinese buffets). Sometimes by the time we serve dessert (which happened twice), the table is completely cleared and already assigned to the next customers.
Breakfast is the same every day: powdered fruit juice, powdered scrambled egg with grilled bacon, industrial pastries with lots of orange blossom, "day-old bread" or low quality, powdered coffee ( an Espresso machine in beans is a little hidden at the back): that's for the negative points
The lunch and dinner meals are very similar. The vegetables do not vary greatly but are good, the pasta very good, the fries also. The meat is a disaster and not worthy of a canteen.
You do not have free bottles of water in the room, you must take them from the minibar (€2 for 50cl) or buy them in stores, or go down to the ground floor to pour yourself a glass (refilling a bottle is prohibited).
There is no bar, only self-service, therefore no cocktails, and it is impossible to drink anything other than the 3 sodas and 5 alcohols offered (even at extra cost).
The snack offered after lunch: no pizza or burger as advertised, but the croissants left over from breakfast.


I was disappointed to be charged a compulsory €20 for entertainment (absolutely awful piped music) and use of the facilities (beach). Although the two hotels are meant to share facilities, the swimming pool, sauna etc. require additional €20 to join and I can see nothing else worthy of note.
Also, make sure you have cash as beach towels,Sade key etc. is only taken in cash



PS: in the fridge we only found two bottles of water which out of spite we didn't even drink.

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