This is my third time in Sicily and it was the best and most wonderful vacation. We ordered a transfer from the hotel - they met us, helped with the luggage. The location is not bad: Taormina is nearby, you can take a bus or a train. It's about an hour's drive to Catania. There is a large promenade next to the hotel. The Despar supermarket is 150 meters away. The room is very spacious, with a kitchen, living room, two bathrooms and a bedroom. The living room has an exit to a gorgeous terrace overlooking the sea. If you leave the door slightly open, you can hear the sound of the sea, which brings a little romance to your vacation. For breakfast, there was a wonderful omelette and sweet pastries with coffee. The hotel has its own pastry shop. The croissants and brioche are excellent! I noticed that many locals go to the pastry shop to buy their products. Having dined once in the hotel restaurant, we no longer looked for options. It was very tasty, fresh products! Special thanks to the chef! Grilled fish and vegetables, Sicilian pasta👍🏻 High-quality wine that the owner brings from the vineyards of Etna. At the end of the dinner, small compliments from the hotel in the form of sweets and limoncello are a must! At a separate request, they organized a transfer to Taormina and the village of Savoca, where the Godfather movie was filmed, for a reasonable fee. Everything was great. But the main advantage of this family hotel is its owners, the most charming man in Sicily, Fabio, and his beautiful mother! And also the hotel staff. The girls at the reception and in the restaurant work with a smile and professionally. It seemed that you were with close relatives and they were ready to fulfill any of your wishes! I vacationed with my mother, but I definitely want to go back there with my husband! I will recommend this hotel to all my friends!

there are no disadvantages

The location was excellent, as the beach is literally just around the corner. Also, our hostess, Nunzia was wonderful, very warmhearted and she gave us lots of tips on what to see and where to go. Unfortunately we had a medical emergency, so tips from a local came in quite handy. Generally the breakfasts, Italian style, are some pastry with coffee, so nothing too lavish.

Getting used to the Italian pace of doing things takes a while, but that's just something that comes with the island. For example, it took quite a while to get our fridge repaired but we managed by using it in the other apartment that we had booked. Also, apart from our hostess, people spoke very little to none English, even at the hotel reception. But with a few simple Italian phrases you get by just fine.

Riviera Ionica is a family-run aparthotel, where we stayed quite outside of the season in late October. We felt like we were the most VIP guests, as the personnel treated us exceptionally warm. We were able to check-in earlier, and check-out really quite late, all free of charge. We were also served a wonderful dinner on our first night, at a beautiful inner patio. I would especially like to mention our waitress from Argentina, who was the most lovely person and beyond welcoming. The apartment was quite spacious and had a nice view of the see, and we had everything we needed for a comfortable stay. Thank you so much!

Fabio and Nunzia and the team have been so wonderful, the staff and the owners were so amazing for our whole stay. The apartment was so clean and we had everything we needed, the balcony was very big and the rooms were spacious. Nothing was ever too much for Fabio and his wife, they also cooked us dinner every evening, whatever we requested, the food was delicious! We felt at home straight away and extended our stay, felt like home away from home.

Everything was perfect ,sea view ,huge balcony,long beach near rail links,shops, food all good,,The hosts Fabio and his mother, so friendly and welcoming, nothing too much trouble, English speaking waitress Dee,Dee was an amazing ,helpful asset to the hotel along with the cook who's name we didn't get but made us some amazing fantastic,and tasty local Sicilian pasta and food on our first night..would definitely come back

Couldn't be any better , everything was covered

Very clean and good apartment. Nice breakfast but we find out only few days after that except pastries we can ask for omelette. So people ask for more breakfast! But pastries are amazing too

Sometimes neighbors from upstairs was making too much noise. Unfortunately stuff have poor English so if you need to find out something it’s difficult with explanations. We had an apartment with sea view and our friends had with garden view. Sea view very poor but garden view is much beautiful. I don’t recommend to pay more for sea view apartment

We were pleased on holidays at Riviera Ionica: everything you needed you can easily find there, the hosts were really friendly and helpful. We can definitely recommend to stay with Riviera Ionica

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Great hospitality and staff, very friendly and attentive owner. Nice courtyard for breakfast. A big balcony, appartments nicely designed and newly furnished. Superb cook, almond cakes and freshly baked dolce daily. We had appartment with sea view which is more quiet.

We enjoyed our stay here - the hosts were more than accomodating and even helped me with free service because I needed to do some washing. Great spacious location and breakfast was delicious . We also enjoyed our dinner in house.

Nothing this place as great I hope others find it .

Breakfast was at bar of the facility. It is a typical Italian breakfast - good coffee or any other drink and some fresh pastries. The location was perfect for us as we did not want to be in a super touristic place. The hotel has also a lido, servicing nice food, drinks etc. Prices were reasonable considering we were there at the peak of the season. Staff was very friendly, welcoming and accommodating, and made us feel at home. We would go back.

Wi-Fi signal not very strong in the room.