Hotel Il Podere
4 star hotel Syracuse
C.da Torre Landolina, 11

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In the countryside of Syracuse, in an area on Unesco's World Heritage List, a splendid farm surrounded by citrus and olive groves has refund its hospitality vocation thanks to a careful renovation. This is Hotel Il Podere where typically Sicilian ambiance blends with modern comforts to create charming rooms ideal for a vacation to discover Syracuse and the Baroque cities around it.

Set in a 12,000 square meter estate of orange and olive tree groves which has maintained the characteristics of a farm with high walls forming an large courtyard which the public rooms overlook and the rooms in the back overlook the large garden which houses the wonderful pools. Guests who enjoy the seaside, can go down to Punta Milocca (5 km away) to the private beach equipped with umbrellas and chaise longues.
The original austere nineteenth century farm is now open for guests with inviting rooms with a typically Sicilian ambiance characterized by the tasteful elegance of the furniture and careful eye for all details. Enhanced since its recent renovation, the rooms have superior comforts and services that rank Il Podere among the best 4 star hotels in Syracuse.

Impeccable services are ensured by the Hotel's professional and courteous staff, which is always on hand to guarantee that guests have the best possible stay: visitor information, reservation of transfers to and from the airport, reservation of laundry service at participating cleaners etc. Guests are also provided with newspapers, an Internet point and free parking. Massages and beautician treatments are also available upon request.
An elegant room ideal for conferences, business meetings, press conferences and product and sample presentations, complete the services offered by Hotel Il Podere. It can seat up to 80 people and is equipped with the most modern technologies, catering from the hotel's elegant restaurant (coffee break, buffet and banquets) and the wonderful setting of the hills of Syracuse guarantee a successful outcome for any organized event.
The interior contains a series of rooms designed for guests' comfort, starting with the reception open 24h, continuing in the various halls decorated with Persian rugs and Sicilian style furniture and the very pleasant room where it is possible to taste one of the many blended selected by the bar which is reserved for guests and also open 24h.
The Aretusa room, which is even more comfortable after the renovation which highlights its old structure, welcomes guests for a breakfast buffet with a wide selection of foods, including continental and American with typical Sicilian fruit and sweets.
Guests can enjoy breakfast on the lovely sun terrace in warm months.

SERVICES
Reception 24h
Free packing
Newspapers
Internet point
Conference room

LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES
Pools
Private equipped beach
Stable
Runway for ultralight airplanes
Golf

Elegant, where every detail has been though of, with epoch furniture and terra cotta floors evoking an ambiance of times past, the 25 rooms of Hotel Il Podere possess the best comforts for a 4 star hotel in Syracuse.
Refined beds in hardwood are combined with tasteful lights and top quality fabrics knowingly placed in large bright spaces which make all the hotel's room inviting. Some have pleasant balconies, ideal for enjoying breakfast during warm months.
Rooms are available in standard and junior suite versions, in singles, twins and doubles, some are equipped for the disabled and available for non-smokers with anti-allergy mattresses and fabrics, all have a private bathroom with bathtub or shower, hairdryer and complimentary beauty kit, and for maximum comfort air conditioning, LCD TV, telephone, minibar and safe.

COMFORTS
- Rooms for the disabled
- Non-smoking rooms
- Anti-allergenic rooms
- LCD TV
- Telephone
- Minibar
- Safe
- Air conditioning

The hotel's splendid setting is perfect for enjoying traditional Sicilian cuisine with Mediterranean and international digressions, in the spaces of the refined restaurant characterized by an elegant ambiance enhanced by the carefully prepared table settings featuring top quality linens and porcelain.

HOW TO REACH US

By plane
Catania's Fontanarossa International Airport is 65 km from Hotel Il Podere (60 km from the center of Syracuse). Guests can reserve the transfer service from and to the airport in the hotel or take the Interbus bus for Syracuse (stops at Stazione Centrale) and then take a cab.

By train
Guests can reserve a transfer to and from the Syracuse station in the hotel, otherwise we recommend taking a taxi (the trip takes around 15 minutes).

By car
From Messina - Catania
From Messina take Autostrada A18 for Catania. Once in Catania follow the signs for SS114 for Syracuse. Once on SS114 continue for around 50 km. Near Syracuse, Contrada Dammusi, take SP14 for around 2 km and then SR3. Continue on for a couple of kilometers and follow the signs for Hotel Il Podere.

From Palermo
Take Autostrada A19 for Catania. Near Catania take SS114 for Syracuse and follow the directions above.