Description
It features a pretty courtyard, garden and swimming pool. This historic property just outside Zafferana Etnea has an impressive stone façade and lots of original features. Guests can enjoy drinks out in the courtyard and relax on the sun loungers scattered around the pool. Antico Borgo Petralia is 2km from Zafferana Etnea and 40 minutes by road from Catania Airport.
Rooms are cool and comfortable with tiled floors and air conditioning. Each room is different at Petralia Antico Borgo and some have sloped wood-beamed ceilings. In each room you will find a flat-screen TV and free Wi-Fi access. Some have a balcony, some views of the mountains or sea. Free parking is provided. A buffet breakfast is served each morning and snacks and drinks are available from the bar.
The hotel is the realisation of Sara’s father vision. A former supermarket food buyer descended from generations of farmers, Domenico Petralia dreamed of creating a business to provide his family with work, while also honouring their rural heritage. After acquiring a parcel of abandoned farmland that had long been consigned to wilderness, Domenico discovered within it the ruins of an ancient village.
Across nearly 10 years he rebuilt the stone structures that had originally been used to stable horses and press grapes, integrating them into a hotel complex that includes large indoor and outdoor dining areas, and numerous sunny terraces.With its gardens carved out of the mountainside, the hotel fits snugly into the contours of a landscape shaped over centuries by hard-working human hands.
The name of the property, Antico Borgo Petralia, salutes the antiquity of the site, the pride of the family who restored it, and the traditional concept of the borgo, or village meeting place.
Distances
Supermarket -> 2.00 km
Etna -> 20.00 km
Airport -> 26.00 km
Gole Alcantara -> 35.80 km