Albatros Beach Hotel

All you would want in a hotel: large room, good bedding, nice bathroom with excellent shower, good proper bed for our teenage daughter (not a sofa bed), tea/coffee facilities (rare in Italy), good balcony. We had a room at the back with a view to the back street, probably because we bought a package with EasyJet. The breakfast is excellent but the food at the restaurant for dinner can be a hit and miss. Sometimes there was an awfully strong sewage smell from the bathroom. I reckon this is due to the heavy rain. We found that closing the bathroom door is enough to keep the bad smell from the room.

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Albatros Beach, booked through Jet2. Our room, 322, was bright, spacious, clean & comfortable & had a front seat view as opposed to a side view. Breakfast was good, my husband was able to have bacon, egg & sausage & I enjoyed yoghourt & muesli plus there were many delicious pastries to choose from. The staff at breakfast are pleasant & work tirelessly to keep everything topped up & clean. The hotel is extremely well located in the relaxed town of Letojanni. The beach is just across the road. There are many good restaurants, Victor's just left out of the hotel was our favourite. There is an excellent small bar the Manhattan tucked away in Via Francesco Durante which does great G&Ts plus snacks for just 9 euro. We used the local Interbus for trips to Taormina, Castelmola, Forza d'Agro & Savoca - all excellent excursions. We caught the train to Giarre Riposta to catch the Ferrovia Circumetnea around Etna. Small niggles with the hotel which stopped me giving it top marks are that the balconies are very narrow & you can just about sit in the chair without being squashed. Also they lack privacy, we weren't too bad but we could look down at the adjacent balcony & almost touch it. Fortunately, no-one used it during our stay. Secondly, while we were there a number of largish tour groups stayed for a few nights & some were quite noisy. Particularly, one group who insisted on shouting across the balconies to each other. That said I would still recommend this hotel & if we ever return to Letojanni I would stay there again.

Sensational newish hotel, right opposite the beach. Clean, neat, tidy with exceedingly good and helpful management. Dining room was lovely - as were the meals, the bar is very attractive and set away from through pedestrian movements and a reading room off the bar is a great idea! The hotel even has its own beach umbrellas and sun-beds at the beach across the road for no charge if you're in house...!

We have just returned from a 7 night stay at this hotel. (Oct 24) In arrival it appeared very nice & the wife even commented “wow baby, this is lovely “. We were greeted nicely & given our room cards. We went to our room & thought it was basic but pleasant & had a nice side view of the ocean. There were items in the fridge that we did not partake in many & the snacks on the side we only had a couple. Within minutes of being in our room we went into the bathroom to freshen up & the towel holder by the sink fell off - it looked like someone had tried to glue it on as you can see in the picture. We reported it to the staff but nothing happened! Being British we like our tea & coffee & the amount left for a couple was totally inadequate & ran out after 1 cup each! We did request some extra from the reception & were looked at like we had asked for the contents of the safe but 2 coffee pods & 2 creams were brought up to our room (still inadequate but better than nothing). It was replaced in the morning but we did ask for more on our return after going out in the evening. This time we asked for sugar too & when it came to the room we received 2 coffee pods, 1 cream & 2 toothpicks!! To be honest, when the lady came to clean our room we asked her for more & we had to take some sugar from the restaurant otherwise we wouldn’t have any. My wife said one of the waitresses saw me & for the remaining days of our stay, the staff kept looking at us like I’d stolen the Crown Jewels!! The food was “different ”! It may be an alacarte restaurant but sometimes there was absolutely NOTHING on the menu we liked so dined out - I did try most of the pastas which were very tasty & I even ate swordfish. I must admit, I loved the pastry with fruits. Breakfast was poor. Yoghurts, toast, cereals & fruits were ok but the “bacon” was always greasy & dry & the scrambled egg was like something out of the quatermass experiment & always soggy & wet. I got charged for eating a packet of peanuts but no reimbursement for not liking anything on the menu! I’m afraid that this hotel, to me, seems to be catering to the well off posher pensioners who like that sort of food & environment but we didn’t. Letojanni is a lovely quaint area where you have to search the backstreets to find shops for items you need & we didn’t meet one person we didn’t like & all were very pleasant & helpful We went on the hop on hop off bus with “Mario” the driver who was very nice & helpful & took us to the port of Naxos & to be honest if we went again we would probably stay there.

This is our second stay in the hotel the rooms are absolutely gorgeous and the service is first class. We must give a special mention to Dominica and Bernadette for their customer service skills, they really made us feel welcome! We will definitely be booking again next year. Tony and Jan

The Albatross beach hotel is excellent. We stayed in a spotless room with a fabulous sea view. Great shower in the bathroom to rinse off the suncream and salt water. The hotel staff were friendly and helpful during our stay. Beach access is right outside the hotel with beds and umbrella for €15 a day extra. Letojanni is a lovely location quieter when we stayed than Taormina but plenty of restaurants to choose to eat at and bars, cafes and other shops. The hotel have a shuttle bus to nearby Taormina for €5 each way per person. The trip takes about 15 minutes or you can catch the local bus for less than €2, reception happily and helpfully printed off bus times. We were breakfast only and decided not to eat dinner at the hotel. The breakfast was very good with a range of selections of sweet and savoury items. I particularly liked the freshly squeezed orange juice that squeezed on demand. We made day trips to Taormina, a wine and food tasting at the Gambio vineyard, a trip up Etna to the top and craters and the Alcantara gorge as well as an evening trip to Taormina. In summary a lovely stay in a great hotel in a super location.

The hotel met and exceeded all my expectations. A warm recommendation to everyone who comes to Letojanni. Excellent staff, high level of cleanliness, expected care of hotel guests. To simplify - Value for money! If something - I would suggest a slightly more varied savory breakfast

From the minute you enter the hotel reception you know straight away that you’re going to enjoy your stay at this hotel. The staff on reception are exceptional and will help you with any enquiry be it big or small. Reception , bar and lounge offer an excellent ambiance which sets the tone for the rest of the hotel. Breakfast brings an excellent selection and choice that will satisfy and suit most guests, the staff pull together to make it an enjoyable experience, nothing is too much trouble, although we never ate during the evening here they still offer an excellent selection for your choice. Bedroom was spotlessly clean with fresh towels provided every day and the bed linen changed at least twice during our week’s stay, all credit to the cleaners. If you the reader ever decides to holiday in lettojanni I can’t recommend this hotel highly enough, congratulations to all the management and staff for making our stay so highly enjoyable.