La Rosa Sul Mare
A beautiful disappointment
We came to Syracusa in a rainstorm. Driving along the highway from Catania was almost impossible due to the water in the road and the fact that the cars wipers didn’t manage to do the job.
So when we at last came to the hotel, we were tired and hungry.
Got out of the car and were soaked in just two secs and tried to find the reception. When we found it and got our rooms we were told that the kitchen was closed and there were no food available at all.
So we had to get the luggage from the car to our rooms, get back in the car and look for an open restaurant. After a while we found a takeaway pizzeria and got our food and a couple of beers and got back to the hotel. Still wet to the skin, the guy from the reception told us that if we wanted to leave our car under the roof close to the reception, it would cost us 10 € extra.
Later in the evening the weather cleared and we got one hour looking out to the wonderful Mediterranean sea, enjoying a drink we had brought with us in the car.
So, the Rosa Sur Mare was not what we expected. The rooms had no windows with view to the sea. In fact our room didn’t have a window at all. It felt like staying in a cave. It smelled of mold and was not clean. There were spiders webs in the corners and the bathrooms really needs restoring.
They call it a luxurious hotel in their advertising, but we didn’t find anything luxurious about it.