Arenella Resort 4 * (Sicily, Italy) - photo and description

Sometimes comes the desire to live in a hotel with a huge territory. But when the hotel is big, then the people in it are many ... But I want peace and quiet! But also that the animation is also present - especially children's. I want beaches, and a variety of sandy, pebbly, rocky. And also that there was a large territory, but everything could be quickly reached. And swimming pools? After all, if the hotel is large, then in an artificial reservoir, as a rule, a lot of people, all the pleasure of bathing is lost. And who would take care of children? After all, on vacation so want to once again feel the romance of your first date with your beloved, wander along the edge of the surf, dine by candlelight in the restaurant a la carte. But what if you are parents of one, or even a few fidgets? It was for such cases that the "Pak Land" family vacation program was invented. The Italian company RAS GROUP provided all the details and provided its customers with unforgettable days of vacation in three seaside hotels of the country: the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, as well as in the province of Tuscany. In this article we will consider the first hotel. It is called "Arenella Resort Park Land 4 *" (Italy, Syracuse). The Ras Lend program is beneficial for the family budget. By agreement with the company, hoteliers accept children under the age of twelve for absolutely free!

What is "Pak Land"

The Italian company is promoting the concept of family recreation. For several years, PAK Group has announced the Free Summer campaign. From June 1 to September 1, all children under the age of twelve can relax in one of the three hotels listed above (in Sicily, Sardinia and Tuscany) for free. But, except for this bonus, the program "Pak Land" provides for others. For example, you can come here with babies. For the kids there is a special kitchen where you can prepare mixtures for baby food, heat the bottle to the desired temperature, etc. Our tourist is no longer surprised by mini-clubs where you can record a child from the age of four. How about a hotel inn? "Arenella Resort PAK Land 4 *" provides for such a service. True, it is paid. But older children - from three years old - can freely visit various mini-clubs. There are three, according to age categories. Russian-speaking animators are engaged with kids and teenagers. And they do not just entertain children by painting faces or organizing team games. As evidenced by the reviews of tourists, animators conduct master classes, and for such unexpected activities as directing, pottery and the like.

Why the "Park Land" program was chosen hotel Arenella Resort 4 * (Sicily)

Already the talk of the Italians was awe of the Italians towards children. Russian tourists notice that on the Apennine peninsula they have a special affinity for the kids, and to everyone - both to their own and to others. Small guests are allowed a lot, they are spoiled and groomed. The same morals and in Sicily. The chain of hotels "Alpitur World Hotels", which belongs to the hotel "Arenella Resort", is guided by the motto "real Italian hospitality" ("faith is scooped by Italy", abbreviated - VOI). Arenella Resort 4 * created on its territory conditions where each child feels like a guest at a loving grandmother, who spoils neposeda and forgives him all sorts of pranks. Here there is everything that children usually like: a huge park, where a free train travels, lots of fun, four mini-clubs, a shallow pool, a sea with a smooth approach and a sandy beach. But Pak Land also took care of the rest of the parents. They also have an animation program, two restaurants, a spa, bars. This hotel complex was built in two thousand and fifth year. It is the largest hotel on the island of Sicily. Its territory is about seventy hectares. All of it is perfectly landscaped and equipped. In the middle of the magnificent park there is a large building - for those who like to live in a tusovka place. But for those who prefer silence and privacy, the hotel offers several two-storey villas. If the distances in the hotel seem excessive, you can always use the locomotive, which runs through the territory and takes tourists to the beach.

Hotel location and how to get there

Arenella Resort 4 * is located on the southern tip of Sicily, on the second line from the sea. His huge territory he owes to the fact that in the immediate vicinity there are no settlements. The city of Syracuse lies ten kilometers away. But the guests of the "Arenella Resort" will not feel completely isolated. After all, according to the schedule, a hotel bus runs to Siracusa (twice a day, the service is paid). Before this city, which in the ancient era was the main in Sicily, go for about ten minutes. But the road to the nearest airport (it is located in Catania) will take almost an hour. After all, the hotel and the air harbor of the southern part of the island are seventy-six kilometers apart. "Packet" tourists who come to Arenella Resort 4 * (Sicily) for a ticket, do not have to puzzle themselves how to get to the hotel - for them there is a transfer from the airport. For others, an explanation is needed. From the airport of Catania, buses leave for Syracuse. If you rent a car, you should drive on the motorway at number one hundred and fourteen. From the modern capital of the island of Palermo, bus companies "Interbas" and "AST" send their cars to Syracuse. From Messina, it is better to get to the city by train through Catania. The train station in Syracuse is a ten minute walk from the historic center of the city.

Hotel room categories

For all the vastness of the territory, which stretches four kilometers along the sea, in the Arenella Resort 4 * (Sicily) only four hundred and sixty rooms for guests. For the convenience of guests have two reception. The rooms are divided into categories. The simplest is "classic" or "standard". This category of rooms has an area of twenty-three square meters for two people, 28 for three and thirty-four for four. "Family" - with the same size of 34 squares - consist of two bedrooms. In one there is a matrimonial bed, and in the second - two single beds. The category "superior" is not only more spacious than the rest. These rooms have a living room, and in some - a kitchenette with the necessary set of utensils and utensils. In the bathrooms "superior" there are two washbasins. But that's not all. Inhabitants of "superior" rooms are provided as a bonus and some services. They can use the contents of the daily replenishing mini-bar free of charge, freely and unlimitedly visit the sauna, hammam, relax zone. They are given a discount on beauty treatments and massage. The barman "Vital Corner" will pour non-alcoholic drinks for such guests. And, among other things, there is a table reserved for dinner in the "a la carte" restaurant "Aretuza".

What you'll find in the rooms

But even in the simplest category of guest rooms in Arenella Resort 4 * (Sicily) are equipped with everything necessary for a comfortable stay. The reviews claim that all rooms without exception have balconies, and if they are located in the ground floor, then furnished terraces. The summer heat will reliably leave the air conditioner outside the window. Numerous satellite channels will make it possible to spend a quiet evening at the TV. The reviews state that there is an electronic safe in the closet, the use of which is free of charge. There is a "classic" and "family" rooms and a mini-bar. It, as the reviews say, can be used as a cooler, and if necessary, order drinks at the reception. The bathroom has a hair dryer and stylish hygiene items, which are daily replenished by maid. All rooms are beautifully and tastefully furnished, bright and spacious. The floors are finished with ceramic tiles, which is nice in the summer heat. Superior rooms have a furnished terrace that opens onto the garden. The apartments have a patio, as well as a small kitchenette. Reviews mention the daily cleaning of rooms, the thoroughness of which does not depend on tips.

What can you eat here?

Rest on the program Arenella Resort Pac Land 4 * (Italy, Syracuse) includes half board. This means that guests can have breakfast and dinner in the buffet format in the main restaurant. In general, food HB (half board) provides for paid drinks during the evening meal. But the "Arenella Resort" makes an exception for its guests, vacationers on the program "Pak Land". Mineral water, soft drinks and homemade table wine at dinner are also free. You can order (or buy on site) full board or "All inclusive". At the first option, meals are complemented by lunch. The reviews reveal the nuances of the All Inclusive program in Sicilian. This is the same full board, but with additional service in bars from 10am to midnight. And alcohol is free only if it is made in Italy. Also, "All inclusive" does not give you the right to spend all the vacation in a restaurant. Breakfast at Arenella Resort Pak Land 4 * runs from half-past eight to ten, lunch from half-past one to two, and dinner from nineteen thirty to nine. In the restaurant "Arethusa", where the service is on the menu, preliminary reservation of tables is required. Drinks there are paid. There are bars in both receptions. Also cool drinks can be refreshed by the pool and on the far beach.

What tourists say about nutrition

The Arenella Resort 4 * reviews are described as a place for an excellent gastronomic getaway. The cooks in both restaurants are just magicians. They often arrange a show, showing you their skills in cooking pasta, lasagna, grilling and a variety of Mediterranean dishes. And once a week there is an action called "Sicilian evening". Then the tables are solemnly exhibited dishes, which are traditional for the inhabitants of the island. But in ordinary meals, they assure, the tongue can be swallowed. Swordfish, dorada, several kinds of pasta, meat, vegetables, delicious Italian soups are always present at suppers. Tourists sing odes to desserts - they are beyond praise. Usually breakfast in hotels is monotonous. But the Arenella Resort 4 * (Sicily) pampers its guests. Tourists say that for the morning meals served a full hot meals - you could eat and be full until the evening. Mention the reviews and the bar in the middle of a huge swimming pool. Swim and order masterfully mixed cocktails.

Beaches and swimming pools of the hotel

Although Arenella Resort 4 * (Sicily) reviews call the hotel the second line, it has three own beaches. Two of them are rocky, located in coves, which, by the way, are in the territory of the national park. On the stones are lined wooden platforms, loungers and umbrellas. And in the sea you need to go down the ladder and pontoon. The reviews are strongly recommended to enter the sea in this way, as sea urchins are found on the shore. Of course, you can not buy with a small child, and for those who do not know how to swim, these beaches also do not fit. But there is an alternative: a little further, five hundred meters from the hotel "Arenella Resort Pak Land Syracuse" 4 * is located a wonderful sandy coast with a gradual approach to the depth. There goes a free "locomotive". This beach is more comfortable. There is a bar, a shower, a toilet, lifeguards are on duty. But the water is cleaner on stony beaches - assure the reviews, and there are fewer people there. There is a huge swimming pool on site. For children there is a designated area with shallow water. There is also an indoor swimming pool, heated. It can be used when the sea is cold - this also happens.

Conditions for younger guests

The holiday program at the Arenella Resort Pak Land hotel is called a paradise for children. You can come here even with newborns - the hotel has a kitchen with products for feeding kids. A child of up to two years old can be enrolled in a paid nursery "Mini Bimbo" (if you have a health certificate and vaccinations). For children who are already three years old, the club operates. In the "Bimbo Village", which is free of charge, three age groups work: "Baby" - for preschoolers, "Junior" - for boys and girls from seven to twelve years and "Young" - for teenagers. Especially a lot of laudatory reviews about this latest mini-club. If the animators are engaged with younger children from ten in the morning, spending active games with them, and at half past nine, after the disco, they are sent to sleep, then the teenage group gathers at 4.30. Members of the club "Young Village" are engaged in dancing, sports games, visit creative circles, including "Young Director" and entertainment. Reviews say that teenagers are eager to spend time with their animators.

Conditions and entertainment for adults

Do not consider the bonuses that the hotel offers its guests Arenella Resort 4 * (Sicily). Reviews 2016 mention that the bus to the center of Syracuse has become a free service. Many tourists inspected this ancient and beautiful city, which in the ancient world competed with Athens, independently. From the end of May to September 29 in the hotel you can buy a club card, which gives its owner a lot of advantages. You can use tennis courts, equipment for billiards, shooting range and archery absolutely free. Guests of the rooms "superior" can freely visit the sauna, Turkish bath, mini-pool with Jacuzzi, and for the massage and beauty salon they are discounted. In the summer, there is animation for adults. Discotheques, musical evenings, show programs are held in the amphitheater. Entertaining guests and in the piano bar, and on the beach guys from the team of animators organize sports in volleyball. The hotel has seven meeting rooms for business meetings and a business center with office equipment. Parking is free for hotel guests. This hotel accepts small pets.