Hotel Santa Lucia Le Sabbie D'Oro

Italy , Sicily
CEFALU, SS. 113 C/da Santa Lucia
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50 reviews shown

8/10

Excellent

10 Oct 2025

Guoxing

The chair cover is kind of dirty and I was reluctant to sit on it.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jul 2025

Clelia Maria

Excellent experience

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jul 2025

Robert

I enjoyed staying here. Beautiful view of the sea and Cefalu from the north-side rooms.

Restaurant/bar on site makes up for the distance away from Cefalu and other dining options.

I found the pool area to be exceptional, and the room was nicely appointed.

My only complaint is the small shower. As someone who is 6’3” scrubbing down was a little tight.

Otherwise great hotel, friendly staff, beautiful views.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jun 2025

Frank

Amazing view of the Aeolian Sea when you get the balcony room, totally worth it!!!

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

21 May 2025

Gary

Positive
Hotel is wonderful to with a great pool area good parking and good access to Cefalu providing you like a 30-40 walk (like we do)

Negative
The hotel is in much need of new management
Service was non existent. (Not that it was necessary for me)
Instructions on breakfast, pool use, time for gate locking at night (important if you are returning walking from cefalu) unclear
Pool furniture not well kept and covered in bird poo
The hotel location and amenities mean it could be so much better with proper management overhaul

That said it was superb for our requirements and I would stay here again as the price was very competitive

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

18 Sep 2023

A.J.

Stay was good

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

28 Apr 2023

Ian

Wedding Anniversary

Very disappointed with the hotel. On arrival looked very modern. Inside very old and worn and brown. Reception not very welcoming, room very old fashioned but very clean. A long way from the town and to walk along by the sea 102 steps to negotiate, walk of approximately 2 miles.
Bad experience as our son wanted to send up a bottle of bubbly for our Anniversary but was told no one of our name was staying there. We brought this up with the manager and he was most apologetic and offered us a free meal as compensation. Breakfast very boring the same every day and staff were moving tables for the next meal whilst we were still eating.
Overall very disappointing stay

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jul 2022

Valerie

Beautiful view from our room.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Jun 2022

arthur

The shower stall needed repair.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

10 Oct 2021

Verified traveler

Hotel itself a little tired but rooms were bright and clean

Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Aug 2020

Verified traveler

Great beach!

We stayed here for 1 night, as we attended a wedding, which was lovely. Our room had a fantastic view of Cefalu and the sea but the
accommodtion and hallway is looking little tired and could do with updating. On the plus side, the pool is a good size and bar area is very modern, with friendly and helpful staff, even with our very limited Italian. Our favourite spot overall though, was the quiet beach in front of the hotel, with beautifully cleàr wàter (few rocks and stones) which is another plus, as it is far busier further towards the town. Overall, it is great spot.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

13 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Pool was green! Quadruple room was actually a single room with four beds. Moved out within two hours and found a better hotel. I want a refund..

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

15 Oct 2016

Verified traveler

Good Base for seeing Island

Good hotel to use as a base, breakfast could have been better, hotel was a bit tired and in need of redecoration but very clean

6/10

Pleasant

30 Aug 2016

nycgirl

Decent hotel nice pool, needs rennovation

Decent hotel, friendly staff very helpful. No beach, beach erroded, but nice pool. Carpets extremely dirty and old, room Furniture sparse as from the 1950s, in dire need of renovation. Good breakfast with a lot of variety.

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jul 2016

maria

Great location by the beach. Friendly staff. Staff spoke some English.i would defenilily stay there on next visit.

2/10

Poor

25 May 2016

filippo

Could not stay there dirty and mold

The hotel that is being advertised is not complete they are using the old hotel that is a dirty smelly smoke infested . Also the amount of black mold is too much to describe . The management would not even come out to talk to us . We had no Choise but to find another hotel. Expedia needs to ck out their hotels better also I have spent over $200 in phone calls to expedia to get another hotel and it's been a nightmare especially when I have my family in another country .not happy at all with all of this.

10/10

Exceptional

15 Oct 2015

Colleen

Beautiful view and great pool

This hotel had, by far, the largest room, best views, and best breakfasts of our entire trip through Italy and Venice. The pool is fabulous. My only complaint is that it's quite noisy for sleeping. There is an outdoor disco, there was also a wedding reception held there while we were there (with competing music), and our room on the top floor was constantly disturbed by noise from the rooftop deck.

Partner

2/10

Poor

26 Sep 2015

John

Rude receptionist

Daniella the receptionist needs to get a different job. So rude

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

31 Aug 2015

Rachel

Nice, though don't go to bed before midnight!

OK hotel, though probably the worst we staid in on our trip. Didn't start too well as the receptionist had our booking but couldn't confirm that we had already paid (which we had). So, I had to walk through to the other side of the building to pick up the wifi and email him my booking confirmation - 10 mins of messing around as the wifi signal wasn't good. FYI - Wifi only available in the cafe and TV room next door - nowhere else unfortunately. Room was small but clean and had a sea view which was lovely. Also overlooked what turned out to be the dancefloor, so we were kept awake until midnight by the music (it was our first night so we were pretty tired - normally we would probably have been out!) Breakfast was OK and we could sit out by the pool. We did try to go down to the pool in the afternoon, but not having placed our towel out early we missed out on sunloungers - a shame as at least 50% of them were empty! We had lunch from the little cafe which was lovely though gets very busy. You have to try the Gelato - delicious!! Walk into town is a good 15 mins but its a lovely walk along the seafront.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

03 Aug 2015

Good location and cafe bar

This hotel is in need of refurbishment throughout the rooms and guest areas. The restaurant/dining area has been done and is terrific as is the new air conditioning in the rooms. However, decor in rooms and corridors looks tired and is in minor disrepair. The bathrooms are also in need of new facilities and tiling, despite the best efforts of staff to keep them clean. The 'Blue Bar' and pool are generally ok but also need refurbishment.

Family

8/10

Excellent

29 May 2015

Tracey

A Hotel of 2 halves!

This is a hotel of two halves. Easy to park but not clear where reception was as there are three buildings. Reception was dark and gloomy (luckily staff were not, lovely guy checked us in) as was the rest of this building which our room was in (516) halls and rooms very dated but clean. Fantastic view from room over sea and cefalu to the side.

Walk through the atrium I the pool and breakfast room and you were in a different hotel! Pool was immaculate and breakfast/ dinner hall was ultra modern and clean!

Train line runs beside the sea shore and therefore next to the hotel ( as it does inmost of sicily we found!) but not a problem to us. cefalu about a 25 minute walk along promenade.

4/10

Poor

24 Sep 2014

BabsS

Another Sicilian Disappointment!

Souless cold large hotel with absolutely no ambiance or courtesy from staff. Breakfast was the usual unimaginative and badly presented Italian style buffet with plastic cups and long queue for coffee machines. Downstairs bar within the hotel was closed for renovations and the only other bar was adjoining the hotel which was open to the general public as well as hotel guests. Once again, queues for drinks/snacks and another queue for paying. No table service, all self service. Wi fi seemed only to be available in a dark and dinghy adjoining bar area. Check out time was 10.30 am and when I asked at reception if there was any way that I could extend this time as my flight was not until 9 pm, I was asked to pay a further €50. Excessive ! as I had already paid €73 for the room for one night single occupancy, definitely not worth the money.

Swimming pool area and common parts scruffy and dirty, uncomfortable sun beds.

Do yourself a favour, don't stay there, you deserve better!

2/10

Poor

13 Sep 2014

simon

Avoid avoid avoid

Where can I start!! I am speech less! What a dump, I would not recommend to a animal, not happy !!

8/10

Excellent

08 Aug 2014

Diane

Just a bit too far from Cefalu

First room we were offered was poor, small, no balcony but we asked for another room and were moved the next day to a larger room with balcony no problem. Breakfast was ok and area pleasant. Pool area good. Our favourite part was the hotel bar/ excellent patisserie which faced the road. Very reasonable with good snacks and lots of atmosphere. The downside was the long although pleasant walk to Cefalu. Ok now and again but too much everyday. Also 102 steps down to beach/walk. Only one bus per hour and timing a bit unreliable. Free sun beds on hotel's attractive beach.

8/10

Excellent

07 Aug 2014

Verified traveler

Great view of beach and city against La Rocca. Pool and breakfast were great for family. They even returned my lost tablet that I lost. Lots of tour bus hotel guests stay at this hotel in the summer.

Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Jul 2012

JWK

Very comfortable and relaxing holiday

We stayed in the first week of July. Temperature quite hot 33 Degrees. Aircon in room was a necessity despite being a little noisey. Staff were very friendly. We only ate breakfast in the hotel - this was fine. Rooms were cleaned daily. All entertainment ended at 12:30 which make it very family friendly. A little competition for the poolside sunbeds. This may become a problem as occupancy increases later in the season. The hotel is located some distance from the town centre, however the walk along the sea road is lovely. I would definitely return.

4/10

Poor

03 Jun 2010

Verified traveler

Non recommended

The hotel is not well maintained, noisy and crowded. Staff is not professional (didn't know the internt code for example). But they tried to help. Breakfast was poor. It seems that the hotel is part of a bigger complex of appartments so the dining room is huge and not clean. At night the music from the bar downstairs was laude and lasted until midnight. Overall it was a bad experience for us.

6/10

Pleasant

25 Oct 2025

Palle

parkering ok rene værelser morgenmad det samme hver dag og ikke noget glutenfri mad

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Oct 2025

Guoxing

总体来说挺好！

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

06 Aug 2025

Aldo

Alles gut

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

25 Nov 2024

Anne

Nogenlunde billigt men ikke det værd

Vi boede tre nætter på dette hotel, som vi valgte primært pga. pool. Vi kommer dog ikke igen. Hotellet var slidt, sengen til de voksne var hård og puderne ukomfortable, og pga. en dør i væggen til værelset ved siden af, var det som at dele værelse med familien derinde, da vi kunne høre snak, hoste og skrigende børn. Personalet var dog lydhøre for mulighed for at bytte til andet værelse. Morgenmadsbuffeten var ikke noget særligt og for os lå hotellet for langt fra byen i forhold til at gå med to små børn (ikke hotellets skyld, vi kunne have undersøgt).

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

23 Jul 2024

alexandre

Vues spectaculaire côté mer. Puscine agréable et belle plage .hôtel à l'intérieur trop vieux et Petit-déjeuner très moyen

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

01 Jul 2024

bertrand

Belle piscine, chambre vieillotte mais grande, propre et confortable, belle plage privée.
Petit déjeuner buffet de très mauvaise qualité mais on trouve de quoi se nourrir…

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

16 Oct 2023

Francesco

La struttura è vecchia, almeno l'ala dove abbiamo soggiornato noi.
Il ristorante che dicono a buffet è tipo mensa aziendale di bassa qualità. Molto deludente. Un po' meglio la colazione. Personale gentile ed educato

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

04 Oct 2023

Eva

Val hotell var utifrån pris, what you pay is what you get. Men bra plats, bra frukost, bra strand att gå till, den som tillgör hotellet är stenig.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

09 Jul 2023

Steffan Andre Møhlum

Middels

29,5 grader på rommet ved ankomst. A/C fungerte etter hvert. Bassenget krever badehette og dette bør opplyses om i forkant. Lite utvalg på frokost.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

02 Jul 2023

Ernesto

Can not recommend if you want a 4 Star expirience

Sorry to say a very negative experience at Hotel Santa Lucia Le Sabbie d'Oro. Unfortunately, the hotel did not meet our 4 star expectations. The hotel lacks a modern ambiance, and the staff was not friendly or service-minded. Additionally, the rooms experienced issues with plumbing, which is definitely disappointing.
Even after requesting a room change, the second room had a distinct tobacco smell, which is unpleasant for non-smokers. Furthermore, our first night was disrupted by noise from neighboring rooms, which is unacceptable for a peaceful stay. It is regrettable that the hotel did not offer any compensation for these inconveniences.
Regarding the location, having a train passing outside your window makes it far from a quiet and serene environment. If you are seeking a 4-star experience, I would not recommend this hotel.

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

02 Oct 2022

Marilena

La struttura è grande con una bella piscina. Ma le camere meriterebbero una ristrutturata. Inoltre i prodotti della colazione erano scarsi in varierà e in qualità

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Sep 2022

LUIGI

la struttura

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

30 Jul 2022

patrick

déjeuné toujours le même.
diner souper idem.
pour les transat le weekend la miser avec les locaux qui débarque

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

29 Jul 2022

Jens

Noicy parties at night

We stayed four nights - two of the nights the hotel hosted big parties on the lawn below our room. One night was a bit noisy while the other (seemed like a 18 year birthday) had a DJ that was extremely noisy from 9 - midnight.

If you want to be a family hotel - that is just not the way to go....

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

21 Jun 2022

Giovanni

La struttura e posizionata bene a piedi 20 minuti da Cefalu che è spettacolare X il servizio di pulizia buono mentre X il servizio colazione cena e pranzo da rivedere orari assurdi X mangiare e non sono professionale uno si aspetterebbe anche del cibo del posto ma niente X me la cucina e sei ma sono buono X il resto 8

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Sep 2019

Gonzalo

Large swimming pool, access to beach, buffet breakfast, nice restaurant and cafeteria.
30min walk to downtown.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

29 Sep 2018

Christelle

Pas changer les draps 10jours pas de serviette éponge douche calcaire 10 cm de poussière haut de armoire

6/10

Pleasant

02 Oct 2017

mariëlle

leuke lokatie net buiten het centrum

mooi hotel van buiten van binnen wat verouderd, gehorig hotel, ontbijt was redelijk.

Family

8/10

Excellent

04 Oct 2016

Verified traveler

due giorni a cefalu'

splendida posizione..splendido vitto..
comfort ineguagliabile.

pecca...televisione Micro in camera.

pecca...ho chiesto alla reception di notte una bottiglia di acqua...non reperibile! grave..

8/10

Excellent

01 Oct 2016

Matthias

Hôtel agréable, proche de Cefalu et belle piscine

Établissement très bien placé, piscine superbe avec une vue sur la mer et Cefalu, un accès à pied à la mer.
La voie de chemin de fer n'est pas gênante du tout, un train par heure quand nous y étions fin septembre.
Le petit déjeuner est correct pour le standing de l'hôtel.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Aug 2016

Verified traveler

Secondo le aspettative

Di ottimo c'era la piscina e la posizione tranquilla, la colazione non è al top, pulizia della camera buona, sono rimasto deluso dalla mancanza della spiaggia sotto l'hotel, animazione scadente. Lo consiglio per pernottamenti di pochissimi giorni.

Family

2/10

Poor

17 Aug 2016

Arianna

assoluatmente da sconsigliare

struttura datata che necessità di molti lavori di restauro sia nelle parti comuni che nelle camere

direzione poco disponibile alla risoluzione dei problemi degli ospiti

colazione pessima e di scarsa qualità

sala ristorante interna ed esterna poco pulita e male odorante

Family

8/10

Excellent

07 Aug 2016

Fabio

Relax in famiglia

Hotel pulito ma un po' datato nell'arredamento. Servizi efficienti ma lavandino del bagno in camera che perdeva. Si sono messi subito a disposizione per sistemarlo. WiFi un po' lento nelle camere e televisore troppo vecchio (14 pollici a tubo catodico!). Piscina e servizio ristorante molto soddisfacenti.

Family