The Hotel Airone is situated at Zafferana Etnea, a charming town at the feet of Etna which is known for its locally produced honey and Octoberfest (autumn festival). The hotel, recently restructured, is a cosy, elegant and hospitable place today, perfectly combined with the nature surrounding it. An inviting swimming pool in a green park faces the sea coast panorama from one side and a lava river of one of the latest eruptions from the other side. It is an ideal place to regain peace and harmony. The hotel has 62 guestrooms (of different types, in the main building and in the dependence) all of which have a private bathroom, direct telephone, satellite TV, terrace, mini bar, safe box and air conditioner. A large parking and lots of green make Hotel Arione an oasis of peace and hospitality.
SWIMMING POOL & PARK
A park of secular trees lies around Hotel Airone. midst of these trees there is a swimming pool with a panoramic view where you can enjoy the moments of serenity and relax.
A glass-walled Gazebo near the swimming pool offers delicious dishes.
An antique amphitheatre can be used for performances.
RESTAURANT
Hotel Airone cuisine uses genuine products, used to prepare antique Sicilian and international recepies.
The restaurant has 300 places and faces a wonderful view of the coast.
Zeffirelli room can hold up to 100 people
Gazebo up to 140 people
Michelangelo room up to 300 people
WELLNESS CENTRE
Hotel Airone has a well-furnished beauty centre, access to which is included into some special offers of the hotel.
The centre offers Jacuzzi, sauna, Turkish bath, relax shower, kneipp, fitness centre, solarium, massage, aromatherapy and cromotherapy to its clients.
MEETING
Hotel has large and small meeting rooms, from 16 to 300 places:
Brancati hall, up to 16 places
Carlotta hall, up to 40 places
Zeffirelli hall, up to 100 places
Gazebo, up to 140 places
Michelangelo hall, up to 300 places
Amphitheatre on open air, up to 300 places
BANQUETING
Splendid and panoramic Michelangelo hall, named after the founder of the hotel, is particularly suitable for weddings and other ceremonies where simplicity and style meet. Michelangelo hall can welcome about 300 people. Table settings are very elegant, porcelain dishes and crystal glasses attract an eye immediately. Delicious menů and attentive personnel make unforgettable banquets in the hotel.
You can have a rest in an elegant Gazebo near a swimming pool situated in the middle of a park. The Gazebo is made all of glass, so you can enjoy a splendid view and taste typical Sicilian and international cuisine. The Gazebo can welcome 140 people, all the tables have a round shape. Table settings maintain high standards of hotel Arione.
Hotel Position (Mountain)
The Hotel is situated in a wonderful panoramic place on the east coast of the isle, from where main sightseeing places, such as Naxos, beaches of Taormina, barocca of Acireale, the mythic Riviera dei Ciclopi and golden beach of la Playa di Catania, are easily reached.
By Car:
Highway A18 Ct-Me, follow direction Messina, exit Giarre, follow direction for Zafferana Etnea
By air :
International Airport Catania ''Fontanarossa', from here highway A18, or autobus services to Zafferana Etna.
By train:
Railway station from Catania to Messina, stop to 'Giarre', from here autobus service to Zafferana Etnea.
Parco dell' Etna, 5 Km
Taormina, 25 Km
Giardini Naxos, 22 Km
Gole Alcantara, Km 30
Isole Eolie-Milazzo, Km 90
Catania, 24 Km
Aeroporto, 35 Km
Acireale, 12 Km
Siracusa, 60 Km
Palermo, 240 Km
Giarre (A18) , 10 Km
Rifugio Sapienza , 16 Km
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Room Information (62 room)
The hotel has 62 guestrooms (Standard Rooms, Superior Rooms, Junior and Senior Suites). All rooms have a private bathroom, direct telephone, satellite TV, terrace, mini bar, safe box, air conditioner and tea facilities. Each room is different from the other and has its own exclusive furniture and colouring. All rooms have either a balcony or a terrace, from where one can enjoy a breathtaking view of the whole Ionic coast of the island. Some of the rooms are situated in a dependence, offering the same comfort and facilities of the main building rooms. Beautiful balconies of the dependence face a green field with a patio, all covered by glicine flowers. The dependence has been constructed using a traditional Sicilian building technique: lavic stones and hand-made ceramics.
AMENITIES AND EXCURSIONS
You can also practice summer and winter sports: mountain and cross-country skiing, trekking, golf (an 18-hole field near the Hotel, erected on volcanic rocks), horse ring (either on the ring or excursions to old eruption places), going up to the crater by cable way
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