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Bad - Bed & Breakfast and Design
Via Cristoforo Colombo 24, Catania, CT

Reviews

8.0

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 56 out of 183 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 81 out of 183 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 33 out of 183 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 183 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 183 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Giulia

Traveled with group, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was good

4/10 Poor

Naigwe

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nadia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place
The room was big and nice and the location was perfect!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from Alessandro on Aug 31, 2021
Thank you :)

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Do stay here!
The staff are very friendly and helpful; the location is perfectly central; the design aspects of the hotel are brilliantly individualistic.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Patrick, Gatineau, Quebec

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This B&B is well managed. Good price/quality ration.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Tansy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Funky b and b, friendly service
Really good sized room in a great part of Catania. Good air con (very much needed as it was 30 degrees at night). Only downside is that it's on 2nd floor with no lift - not usually a problem but big case, high heat is a bad combo
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from BAD B&B on Aug 9, 2019
Thank you very much for your nice review!

10/10 Excellent

Bozena

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay in Catania
Lovely place near bus station and old town. We had a large double room with a private outside bathroom. Very clean. Breakfast was available in a local cafe. Staff was helpful amd nice.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019
Response from BAD B&B on Jul 15, 2019
Thank you for your nice review!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Lots of street noise, and also noise from the reception areas. Also Nowhere to hang clothes
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019
Response from BAD B&B on Jul 24, 2019
thank you

6/10 Okay

peter

Close to fish market
Lots of stairs to climb and descend with heavy bags.not suitable for older people. But top position in city centre and quiet
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
Response from bad on Oct 8, 2018
Thanks for your review.

8/10 Good

Jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

6/10 Okay

ANTHONY

Liked: Cleanliness
You ultimately get what you paid for
You get what you pay for. Good location, breakfast which is rather poor, served in a cafe in front if bb. Neighbourhood leaves much to be desired but very ose to centre. Wouldn't recommend to solo female travellers.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Exactly as described an excellent B&B right in the centre ot Cantania
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Vanessa, Bristol

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Place/location to stay for a city break.
Stayed for 4 nights. Lovely room and great location just off main square. Enjoyed having breakfast (included) in café on Duma square. Room really nice and individual. Good value for price. Will stay again.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Angella

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
Amazing place to stay. Owner very friendly and helpful
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good Location Near To Centre Of Town
The guest house was ok but not as funky as some of the pictures on their website show. We found the staff ok but not as friendly as other reviews implied. We had arranged a taxi from the airport via the guest house but it failed to show up, when we rang to ask where it was we were told that there was no driver available so had to get our own taxi - this was in fact the same price!. When arriving at guest house, manager apologised for lack of taxi and said it had been booked for the next day! Customer service in Catania certainly needs improvement, waiters, bar staff etc all seemed to be a bit nonchalant with their service and no one was very friendly apart from the one waitress in Cathedral Bar. Catania was ok but we wouldn't visit again
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Fall short of expectation for a 3 star B & B
Alessandro is helpful and responsive. Location is convenient. The design of the B&B is interesting. However, need to improve cleanliness of beddings, towels are too rough & old, bathroom seat have cracks and air conditioner has water drippings, etc. Not usual for breakfast not included at B&B... as well.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Anjali

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice
We came for a short trip to Catania to celebrate our wedding anniversary. We spent 4 nights here. Excellent location so close to the centre. Large en suite room which was cleaned daily. Informative and friendly staff. Highly recommend this place.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2017

2/10 Terrible

Kathy

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Never coming back here
Did not enjoy this place! I left my wallet there and they insisted they didn't have it the next day! Also the bathroom is not clean and the bed is not comfortable!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness
Good base but could do with refreshing
Stayed here for a night as it's closely to airport and main piazza. Found that b&b was on 2nd floor with no lift so was a little problem carrying luggage up two flights of stairs. Created by a pleasant man and shown our room. Room was a good size but bedsheets were blue, and old. Dusty floor and mildew in old shower. I think the rooms could do with freshening up but for one night it was perfect for location as it was close to restaurants and bars. Plus good for taxi to airport which the b&b are happy to organise for you.

6/10 Okay

valerie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Can hear neighbours!
The room was very noisy. We could hear EVERYTHING that was happening in the room above!!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gréât location, friendly staff

8/10 Good

Mona

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
This place is very close to the market. Although the building is old but the room was very clean and convenient. The staff are very friendly.

6/10 Okay

Phil, Edinburgh

Disliked: Cleanliness
Interesting
If you are seeking 5 star quality then this is not for you. Quirky, simple and interesting best describes this 'hotel'. Just off the main square but very close to the business end of Catania and the fish market. A positive is the breakfast at a local cafe...a great way to start the day.

10/10 Excellent

Sarah, England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay, would definitely recommend.
Great stay. The owner was really helpful, gave us a map and made some excellent recommendations. He gave us vouchers for breakfast(coffee and croissant) and we had to go to cafe around the corner. The choice there was fantastic. We had the room with a separate bathroom but this was only for us and we could lock it, shower was good.

10/10 Excellent

Silva, Zurich

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect place for a solo traveler
Really nice little hotel. No need to order the breakfast through them as they just provide you with a coupon for the nearby café. So better to just explore the area and have your breakfast wherever you want to. The bed is comfortable, the bathroom updated and the building very quintessential Sicilian. There's also a nice terrace in the building to enjoy on a warm night.

8/10 Good

Katrina, London

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great experience
Such a good price and great location. Very friendly and welcoming service at front desk, who spoke English and gave us lots of information about local area. Very enjoyable stay.

6/10 Okay

siu yuen veronica, veronica ng

2 nights stay in a cockloft room
need to climb 2 floor stairs to reach this hotel. we booked for a double room with balcony, but our room ia a penhouse wirh slanting short roof and no balcony at all.

10/10 Excellent

adnan, Turkey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A pleasant stay
Everything was ok. Clean, friendly staff. The location was great, it took only a few minutes to Piazzo Duomo. You can pay attention what the owner says(i think he was the owner). The restaurants he recommended were also great! The only problem was i could not acsess wi-fi in the room and there was a strange smell when you enter the room.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet and clean!
This bed and breakfast is in a good location, quiet and clean.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great small B&B with very helpfull hosts
great hosts

10/10 Excellent

Tony, Colwyn Bay , North Wales

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Catan-tastic
Wonderful little B&B just a stones throw from the city gates duomo and Via Etnea. A hub of activity with the fish market just a few hundres metres away , Wonderful to see the sights , sounds , smells of daily Sicilian life just on your doorstep. Great design, quirky little place, its wonderful to see what actually liee behind the grand steel street doors. Great prise , great owners , very very helpful . There have been 1 or 2 gripes about the coffee / croissant breakfast just around the corner at the , but for me this is a perfect breakast sat on the pavement outside the Etoile D'or just watching the world go by

8/10 Good

Draker, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great Design Budget B&B
Overall, the hotel was great. Really appreciated all the design touches. However, wasn't satisfied with my particular room. Felt more like a hostel in it.

6/10 Okay

Lady T, Carlow

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great Location, Uncomfortable Beds
This hotel had Pros and Cons. Pros: Great location close to shops, restaurants, a bus station (about 2 stops from central station), a small park and one of the shopping streets. Breakfast is included in the room price but not provided by the hotel: You get a voucher and get it from a nearby restaurant. I've seen reviews where people complain about it but its actually quiet good - coffee (espresso, cappuccino or Americano) and a pastry (there are 5 or 6 to choose from). For an extra 50c we chose from a different range of pastries ( a yummy one with sausage, ham and cheese in it). What's even better, was that you could get this at any time of the day as this place is open 24 hours. A major positive for me was the air conditioning in the room - it was brilliant - select turbo and the room is nicely chilled. The heat was unreal (end of june) so being Irish with pasty white skin incapable of tolerating this heat, I needed good air conditioning and got it with the rooms in this hotel. HOWEVER, there were some cons... there were ants in the bathroom (the ant bait station behind the toilet didn't seem to deter them!), the beds were ridiculously small (I'm not a big person) and very uncomfortable. Prepare to need to get out of the bed to turn over or else fall out of it.

8/10 Good

Mantrib

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Live like a local in downtown Catania
Two minutes away from the legendary hustling fish market, and five minutes away from the three central piazzas and main drag, Via Etnea, this idiosyncratic B&B enables you to live like a local in your own apartment, with friendly staff to help out as required. Keep your wits about you in the heart of this mini-Napoli, Sicilian style, and enjoy the local colour!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
What a bargain!
This hotel is in a great location, walking distance from great bars, restaurants and sights. Around the corner from the buzzing fish market, which is a great place to eat but a little difficult walking through on a hangover! The hotel itself is amazing value for money. Very quirky art all around, friendly staff and clean. The café where breakfast is served provides the most delicious pastries and even friendlier staff.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Breath of fresh air ..
Lovely room, lots of space. Interesting design/art. Right in the centre and near the fish market. Only issue for some might be no lift but the staff will help with your bags. V helpful friendly staff who want you to enjoy the city. Breath of fresh air from the rest of our experiences in Sicily (which sadly was : generally unfriendly service aimed at extracting as much money as possible out of tourists with as little effort as possible in terms of service or quality).

8/10 Good

Fabulosa, Miami Beach

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Funky B&B near the Fish Market and Piazza Duomo
The B&B is located on the 3rd floor of a very conveniently located apt. building. There is a common room with a fridge and drinks payable on an honor system. Key is provided for adjacent bathroom. Funky design throughout. It's a few hundred yards from the very active fish market and the Piazza Duomo. Shopping is easy both in the Via Aetnea and the flea markets which are a few minutes walk away. The bus station and train station are also in walking distance, as is the King Cine (Italian language films only). Breakfast coupon is given for the nearby Etoile de Oro Cafe. Location is fantastic, staff very helpful and friendly.

10/10 Excellent

Camilla, Oslo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic B&B in the middle of the city center
The rooms were very comfortable, clean and cool. The staff was really helpful and positive. Bad B&B is right next to the bus station and the elephant square, making it very practical to stay here. The breakfast was a coffee and a pastry in a café near by. I would definitely recommend anyone to stay here! :)

4/10 Poor

Larisa

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

melissa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Funky B&B in the centre of Catania
Cool and quirky B&B, the design of the large rooms was fun and different and I really liked the design. Very centrally located in Catania so easy to access the main areas. The staff were really helpful. The only down side is the area feels a little run down but I think we were spoilt by other places in Sicily and this is all just part of being situated in a central location in a larger city.

10/10 Excellent

Eileen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quality in prime location
The hotel is located to all the main attractions, shopping and dining. Parking is available on the street outside of the hotel. Pietro welcomed us and was so kind. He made sure we knew where to go for dinner etc and was not hesitant to provide us with exciting recommendation. The hotel itself is very cozy, clean and comfortable. If you want convenience and a wonderful experience, you should book your stay here!

10/10 Excellent

christophe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very nice & kind owner (Alessandro's charming smile welcomes new comers)

6/10 Okay

Kaisa, Stockholm

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Bad - bed & Breakfast in Catania
Bad - bed & Breakfast in Catania is more to be considered a hostel. This is a good place to stay for back-packers or the very economic tourist. In the heart of Catania by the fish market and the harbour. Calm hostel with large rooms, but not so much design. Nice staff. Breakfast in a bar at the amazing fish market.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
The room was ok. The area is not so nice, but is a great location within the city. The room was clean and the people help us all the time. The breakfast is in a caffee out of the hotel.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Our stay at B.A.D. was delightful-- offering an immersion into the life of Catania, the fish market and fruit and vegetable vendors, with excellent proximity to the piazza, cafes, tourist information and many aspects of the wonderful life of this city. Our only regret was not booking the apartment so that we could cook a little ourselves. Thank you Alessandro and staff for your guidance, and for helping to make our first trip to Sicily a true pleasure.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
B.A.D. Catania - B&B
Pluses: - Great location (2 mins from Piazza Duomo) - Person in charge was very nice and helpful. - Right for the price. Negatives: - Our room did not have a loo. It was outside the room and only accessible by us with a key, but was not happy with that. Maybe they should specify this in the website. - Our room opened into a nearby building which had a dog which barked non-stop and a baby that cried along! - The B&B is not standalone - it occupies the 2nd and 3rd floors of a (slightly dodgy) residential building. - There is no laundry facility. - The breakfast is a coupon for a croissant & coffee at a nearby cafe. Despite the negatives its not a bad place to stay (despite the name ;-)) but do ensure you get a room with a loo attached and away from the noisy neighbours.

8/10 Good

Rachel, California

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location--but beware there is no elevator to the hostel!
Had to climb 2 flights of stairs with a TON of luggage since there is NO elevator in the building which was reallllly annoying but besides that the room was great, the location was great, and the wifi actually worked! We didnt have trouble with parking but i could see it being a problem if youre there on a day other than sunday so watch out for that if you have a car

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Bad Bed and Breakfast
No one available after check in. Taxi cost twice as much as quoted. Breakfast was in another building but due to the unsafe area in Catania at 5 am we were unable to use our coupons. Too many flights of stairs with no assistance. Courtyard was dark and unsafe. One had to hold the door open to the street to put the keys back in the hotel. I guess that old saying, "you get what y ou pay for" stands true.