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093 146 11 29;
www.bebsicily.com
;
Via Roma 15; s €35-50, d €55-70,
tr €75-85, q €100)
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B&B Aretusa
APARTMENTS
€
( 093 148 34 84;
www.aretusavacanze.com
; Vicolo Zuccalà 1; d €59-90, tr €70-120, q €105-147;
)
This great budget option, elbowed into a tiny pedestrian street in a 17th-century
building, has large rooms and apartments with kitchenettes, computers, wi-fi, satellite TV
and small balconies from where you can shake hands with your neighbour across the way.
Palazzo del Sale
B&B
€
( 093 16 59 58;
www.palazzodelsale.com
;
Via Santa Teresa 25, Ortygia; s €75-95, d €90-115, d with ter-
race €100-125; )
The six rooms at this designer B&B are hot property in summer, so
book ahead. All are well sized, with high ceilings and good beds. Coffee and tea are al-
ways available in the comfortable communal lounge. The owners also operate a second
property right on the beach near Porto Piccolo (
www.giuggiulena.it
)
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HOTEL
€€
Hotel Gutkowski
( 0931 46 58 61;
www.guthotel.it
; Lungomare Vittorini 26; s €60-80, d €75-130; )
Book
ahead for one of the sea-view rooms at this calmly stylish hotel on the Ortygia water-
front, at the edge of the Giudecca neighbourhood. Rooms are divided between two build-
ings, both with pretty tiled floors and a minimalist mix of vintage and industrial details.
There's a nice sun terrace with sea views, and a cosy lounge area with fireplace.
Alla Giudecca
( 093 12 22 55;
www.allagiudecca.it
;
Via Alagona 52; s €60-100, d €80-120; )
Located in
the old Jewish quarter, this charming hotel boasts 23 suites with warm terracotta-tiled
floors, exposed wood beams and lashings of heavy white linen. The communal areas are a
warren of vaulted rooms full of museum-quality antiques and enormous tapestries, and
feature cosy sofas gathered around huge fireplaces.
HOTEL
€€
Villa dei Papiri
AGRITURISMO
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