VILLA DEI PAPIRI FONTE CIANE, Syracuse

Villa dei Papiri Fonte Ciane features eight family suites and three annexes with 16 double rooms. All accommodations include original 19th-century furniture, such as four-poster beds. Rooms are air-conditioned and spacious. Twin rooms offer air conditioning, a tea and coffee maker, a shower, and a hairdryer, plus a wardrobe, heating, a TV, and garden views with 2 beds. Suites have a living room, a separate bedroom, a bathroom with a shower, a kitchen with a refrigerator and kitchenware, a tea and coffee maker, a dining area, a wardrobe, a patio, and garden views. Some rooms offer a furnished patio, air conditioning, and a fridge. Other rooms, overlooking the garden, feature an independent entrance and a furnished patio, air conditioning, and a fridge. Split-level suites include a kitchenette, an independent entrance, and a garden with parasol and deckchairs.

Villa dei Papiri offers a free continental breakfast. Breakfast is served every morning on a sideboard buffet in a convivial 500 square metre area. A selection of gluten-free food is available upon request.

Guests can relax on the sun terrace equipped with parasols and sun loungers. The hotel is situated in a 13 hectares area rich in organic farming of lemons and oranges and surrounded by papyrus plants, palms, olive, almond trees and carob trees, cypress, bonsais as well as other wonderful Mediterranean plants, near the Riserva Naturale Ciane & Saline, where boat trips are available. Other outdoor activities include skydiving and mountain biking.

Villa Dei Papiri Fonte Ciane is 8 km from Siracusa and 65 km from Catania-Fontanarossa. The hotel is located in the Ciane and Saline Nature Park. It is a few meters from the mythological spring source Fonte Ciane, praised in the Metamorphoses of Ovid. Landmarks nearby include Teatro Greco (5 km), Parco Marino del Plemmirio (4 km), Bellomo Palace Regional Gallery (6 km), Spiaggia di Arenella (5 km), Temple of Apollo (6 km), Agriturismo Limoneto (3 km), Archaeological Park of Neapolis (6 km), Ciane Spring (1 km), and Fiume Ciane (2 km). Guests can explore Latomia del Paradiso, Ear of Dionysius, Spiaggia dell'Arenella, and Spiaggia Punta del Pero.

Villa Dei Papiri provides a roundtrip airport shuttle. Hotel facilities include a lobby area, a bar, and a breakfast room. Safety features include a fire extinguisher, a security system, and a first aid kit. The hotel offers a garden. Technopark Archimedes and Archaeological Park of Neapolis are nearby.