Santa Maria of Monte Staircase Tours

Wonderful staff and excellent breakfast. Highly recommend.

This hotel building, carved into the stone, survived the 1693 earthquake and is over seven hundred years old. Josepi, on his second day at work, was an enormous help in parking my car, which was a midsize MG SUV. He went over and above what was expected. Breakfast was a joy with great staff, that would make you coffee exactly how I wanted it and kept it coming without having to ask. Sparkling wine awaited you in the cavern-like separate sitting area upon arrival after a stressful drive, before checking in. Linda and Eugenio gave us incredible service making reservations at restaurants for us and advice on visiting Modica, Scicli, and Ragusa. Linda phoned a restaurant for me when I thought that I had left my hat behind. The atmosphere of the hotel more than made up for the somewhat tight quarters of our room which could be accessed from the street, or by going up a spiral staircase cut int0 the stone behind the front desk. Service at it’s finest.

Hotel was very clean and upgraded with some wonderful artefacts/ art on display. Breakfasts were delightful and efficient. Hotel was reasonably central to see the local points of interest. Valet parking worked efficiently, although hotel did not send this detail upon email request. Would stay again. Air conditioning did not work in the room and was informed that it could not be switched on until May; only downside.