Hotel Bel 3 - Palermo

Average rating:  8.5

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Apr 2008

Beautiful views of Palermo. Difficult to get to even with GPS if not familiar with area. No restaurants in immediate area but hotel restaurant was good and breakfast buffet was good to adequate. Free internet in lobby. Would stay again when in Palermo.

Guest name: Nathan Scanzillo, USA

Average rating:  8.7

Guest type: Family with young children

stayed in Mar 2008

Travelling with family, out of hi-season, accomodated in a quadruple room. Perfect. Beautiful view above Palermo. Good quality restaurant. Almost impossible to reach without a car and without being equipped with a GPS.

Guest name: Andrea Costantini, Italy

Average rating:  8.9

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Feb 2008

Palermo is a busy and difficult city to drive thru, the Hotel is located ourside the city center, so the indications posted on the light poles and trees are insufficient, also they should be posted also arriving from the east, not only from the airport.

Guest name: CR, Argentina

Average rating:  5.8

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Feb 2008

Rooms are spacious and clean and the view is excellent. During our stay the hotel bar was not open and there were no facilities to get any refreshmant other than the very limited mini bar.

Guest name: ES, United Kingdom

Average rating:  8.1

Guest type: Not Specified

stayed in Jan 2008

The hotel must soon invest in renovating the bathroom facilities. The view on Palermo is gorgeous! Generally I was quite content with my stay!

Guest name: MS, Sweden

Average rating:  9.6

Guest type: Not Specified

stayed in Nov 2007

A car is needed.

Guest name: OP, France

Average rating:  9.7

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in Oct 2007

The hotel is situated in the outer area of Palermo near the top of a moutain. The view over the hole city and the sea from our balcony was undescribable. Parking was for free in the front of the hotel. The breakfast was tasty and the dinner had a good price/quality -relationship. The staff had been very friendly. They spoke english and some waiters spoke german.

Guest name: Patrick Kahle, Germany

Average rating:  7.4

Guest type: Group

stayed in Oct 2007

I rented 3 rooms for our family traveling to Sicily. We had 3 double rooms, one of which was twin beds. This stay was only for one night as we were all coming into Palermo at different times and just needed a place to group up before traveling down to southern Sicily. The hotel has a beautiful view and friendly staff who spoke English adequately. There is a nice pool there taht we did not use and a terrace to enjoy the view. The restaurant was just OK, and the location of the hotel leaves you with few alternatives for dining.

Guest name: DH, USA

Average rating:  10.0

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Oct 2007

I write this during our second stay at the Bel3. The location is ideal if travelling by car. The view is beautiful from the room's balcony both day and night. There are a couple of mini-marts and restaurants nearby. One can drive 10 minutes to the Giotto free parking lot and walk or take a bus around the city center. When we first arrived at the airport we called to get directions, but ended up simply following the little yellow signs that say BEL3 in all main streets. We got it right from the very first time. They have the best quality/price ratio we found in all Sicily. Two computers with Internet access are available for free at the lobby, and they were always available. Parking is also included and so is a nice breakfast. They have a swimming pool, pool table and gym. The staff is very helpful. Our laundry was generally available on the same day at the lowest price we found anywhere else. My only suggestion would be to install shower curtains.

Guest name: HENRY STEC, Panama

Average rating:  7.3

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Sep 2007

Nice hotel but too far from Palermo center. Seemed closer on the website

Guest name: Pierre Ranieri, Monaco

Average rating:  8.7

Guest type: Family with young children

stayed in Sep 2007

good position near Palermo with swimming pool and good restourant

Guest name: LL, Italy

Average rating:  8.0

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Aug 2007

Fine for an overnight in Palermo but breakfast's a disappointment.

Guest name: Jack Strong, United Kingdom

Average rating:  4.2

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in Aug 2007

Das Bel3 liegt auf den Hügeln oberhalb von Palermo in Richtung Monreale. Damit ist es leider weder Fisch noch Fleisch. Sowohl die Innenstadt von Palermo als auch Monreale sind nur mit einem Leihwagen zu erreichen (ca. 15 min. Fahrt). Fährt man hingegen Taxi, dann wird es ziemlich teuer ! (10+ km) Unser Zimmer war geräumig, sauber und alles in allem absolut ok. Es hatte keine Dusche (auch keinen Duschvorhang). Also ein wenig Vorsicht beim Duschen. Die Klimaanlage hat einwandfrei und auch sehr leise funktioniert. Das Zimmer hatte einen Safe. Internet ist kostenfrei, die Rechner aber sehr langsam (P II). Parken ist kostenfrei und es war auch immer ein Parkplatz im abgeschlossenen Bereich des Hotels vorhanden. Das Hotel hat einen recht schönen Blick auf Palermo (ehrlich gesagt aber nur mit Fernglas aufgrund der erheblichen Entfernung). Der Pool ist insoweit nicht weiter erwähnenswert als dass sich dieser direkt unter den Balkons befindet und man damit zumindest abends recht öffentlich badet. Das Team spricht kein Deutsch und - je nach clerk - nur minimal Englisch. Trotzdem war die Hilfsbereitschaft maximal (uns wurde z.B. umgehend geholfen als wir den Leihwagen nicht starten konnten). Das Frühstück ist noch ok für 3 Sterne auf Sizilien. Alles war zwar abgepackt und das Brot war wohl bereits einen Tag alt. Hat aber trotzdem geschmeckt und einen guten Start in den Tag ermöglicht. Das Zimmer an sich war sehr ruhig, bis nachts um 1 eine ziemlich sehr sehr laute italienische Familie direkt im Zimmer über uns begann mit den Türen zu knallen, sich überaus lautstark zu unterhalten (schreien) und keinerlei Rücksicht auf andere Hotelgäste nahm. Wird aber eher ein dummer Zufall gewesen sein. Alles in allem ist das Bel3 ein gute und angemessen preiswerte Ausgangsbasis für Leute die Abends in Palermo landen und am nächsten Tag mit dem Leihwagen schon wieder on Tour sein wollen. Ohne Leihwagen besser nicht.

Guest name: JU, Germany

Average rating:  8.1

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in May 2007

This hotel is a long way out of Palermo overlooking the city - so quite difficult to find despite some signage (you keep in thinking you must have missed it). It's very quiet in a residential area - almost too quiet as when we were there in early summer many of the facilities were not functioning such as the bar - it felt slightly depressing. It has a small car park - when full we would imagine that car parking is a nightmare.

Guest name: JP, United Kingdom

Average rating:  8.1

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in Aug 2007

Hotel en las afueras, afueras de Palermo. Nos costó encontrarlo pero tiene unas vistas preciosas y es muy tranquilo. El restaurante está en una terraza y puedes cenar viendo toda la ciudad de Palermo. Habitaciones muy amplias y muy limpias con su terraza.

Guest name: Demelsa Lopez Pomares, Spain

Average rating:  8.7

Guest type: Family with older children

stayed in Aug 2007

magnific view of Palerma town rapport qualité prix du restaurant environnement négatif: incendie et éloignement du centre ville

Guest name: Michel MONTAGNE, France

Average rating:  8.2

Guest type: Family with older children

stayed in Jul 2007

Bel 3 was a lovely hotel and good quality for the price.

Guest name: JH, USA

Average rating:  8.2

Guest type: Family with older children

stayed in Jul 2007

Great view on Palermo and the sea. Very easy to find. Small swimming pool but nice sunbaths chairs. Good dinner at the restaurant for a good price/quality ratio. Very spacious room.

Guest name: Philippe BAS, France

Average rating:  10.0

Guest type: Group

stayed in Jul 2007

We had a lovely stay in your hotel. A triple room and a quadruple room. Both excellent. I would recommend this hotel highly to my friends.

Guest name: Eugene O'Dornan, United Kingdom

Average rating:  9.9

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Jul 2007

Amazing modern architecture, super view of Palermo. We did not leave the permisses for the eavening. Excelent meal at the hotel restaurant.

Guest name: Tamara Gottesman, Israel

Average rating:  8.9

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Jun 2007

The Hotel and its restaurant are excellent. The location is inconvenient due to the narrow and winding roads

Guest name: YK, Israel

Average rating:  9.4

Guest type: 

stayed in May 2007

The hotel was well worth the drive away from downtown. The view and quiet location were wonderful. However, the direction given on the website are terrible.

Guest name: JM, Italy

Average rating:  7.2

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in May 2007

The hotel is well outside Palermo and up on a hill in a residential area. You really will need a car and if so a really good map or set of directions as it is hard to find at first. Otherwise the hotel is fine, we only had an overnight stay, the decor and furnishings are a bit dated but the standards are good. We did eat in the restaurant which was fine if a little limited for choice, they seemed only to have a set menu despite a la carte being advertised at reception. The view over palermo is great.

Guest name: Stephen McSherry, United Kingdom

Average rating:  5.5

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in May 2007

The hotel does not have a good location. it is too far to visit the town. If you go to visit the town the location is not good. We had a lunch at the hotel and the meal was not good and the price was expensive. the relationship between price/quality is very low.The breakfast also bad. The cleanliness is a little low, the same as in all the sites we have been in Sicily.

Guest name: MS, Spain

Average rating:  7.7

Guest type: Family with young children

stayed in Apr 2007

You need a car, a good map and 25 min from the center of Palermo (assuming favorable traffic conditions) to reach this hotel, which is reasonably well announced from Viale Regione Siciliana onward. Once you get there, though, you'll be pleasantly impressed. The overview of Palermo from most rooms is breathtaking. Rooms are simply but adequately furnished; staff is generally efficient and friendly. Breakfast is disappointing, though.

Guest name: DAVID ANDREU, Spain

Average rating:  8.1

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Apr 2007

Stunning view over Palermo. Able to reach the hotel from tne Airport without getting snarled up in Palermo traffic. Our minibar was short of a wine bottle - this was rectified immediately and they didn't charge us for our two drinks :). Caution if you arrive late as we did - we were told we would need to go into Palermo to find a cafe. But having read the other posts here, we brought sandwiches and had a midnight feast on the balcony :)

Guest name: Peter Reynolds, United Kingdom

Average rating:  9.3

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Feb 2007

Very enjoyable stay, staff polite and helpful. Your own transport required as some 6km from city and a difficult to find from autostrade.Would recommend this hotel.

Guest name: RH, United Kingdom

Average rating:  7.9

Guest type: Group

stayed in Jan 2007

Great place with a great price. Little far from town center but great on site restraunt. The beds were a little uncomfortable and the room doesnt have an iron. For the most part great place to stay a few nights.

Guest name: John Arnett, USA

Average rating:  8.6

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in Nov 2006

Ein Tipp für Leute, die nicht mit dem Auto anreisen. Vom Camporeale mit dem Bus 462 nach Baida. Weiter zu Fuss stadtauswärts laufen. In der 2. Serpentine (biegt nach rechts) links die kleine Straße hoch gehen. Kurz vorm Ende sind rechts zwei Tore. Kligeln und einglassen werden. Erspart ca. 20 Minuten und ist nicht so schwer zum laufen.

Guest name: Romy Weisenseel, Germany

Average rating:  9.8

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Nov 2006

Bel 3 is very excellent, we were very glad to stay there for 2 nights. If we come back to Palermo we will stay in Bel 3.

Guest name: WJ, Germany

Average rating:  9.8

Guest type: Single traveller

stayed in Oct 2006

Hotel in zona molto quieta. Difficile da raggiungere causa strade molto strette (se uno sbaglia la strada!). Eccellente comfort!

Guest name: Bruno PRAVATO, Italy

Average rating:  8.2

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in Sep 2006

The staff was very welcoming and although do not speak a perfect English, they tried their best to help us with directions ect. The rooms were very clean and spacious. The bed was very comfortable and we slept like babies. The breakfast was the usual continental breakfast (bread, jam, coffee, cereal..). However, as we were headed off for big days and needed extra protein, they were kind enough to make us delicious omelettes. This hotel also has 2 computers hooked up to the internet in the lobby which are free to use any time. The only downside to this hotel is that it is far from Palermo (which is also nice in a way since Palermo is soo noisy and hectic) and you absolutely need a car to go to and from the hotel. Once you have done the route once, with the signs to help you, it is really easy to remember. This hotel is only 20 min away from Mondello beach by car which is a place you must visit when in Palermo! We woud definitively go back to this hotel now that we know were it is located and how to go from Palermo.

Guest name: Geraldine Schaack, Canada

Average rating:  8.3

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Sep 2006

Accès de l'hotel bien fléché mais difficile à se rappeler, il faut une voiture. La vue sur palerme est superbe, les levers de soleil magnifiques. Ma femme et moi avons été agréablement surpris par le prix des repas pris au restaurant. le personnel est très agréable et serviable.

Guest name: Denis Delamare, France

Average rating:  8.1

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Sep 2006

Room was "spartan" but spacious enough and everything needed was available. Prices in mini-bar are correct. A curtain over the bath tube to allow shower would have been appreciated. The restaurant offers excellent quality for price. The 2 free internet PC's at the reception hall offer an added value. For people travelling with a GPS (mine was TomTom Navigator 5.1) be warned that a good fix is difficult because of the location on a hill. My TomTom guided me to a road either uphill, either downhill.

Guest name: Paul Kemp, Belgium

Average rating:  7.9

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Aug 2006

Realmente quedé impresionado. Es un hotel apartado de la ciudad pero cercano a las carreteras necesarias para moverse de un lado a otro. Está en lo alto de una de las montañas que rodean la ciudad de Palermo y tiene unas vistas magnificas. Dentro me gustó que fuera espaciado y tranquilo. La atención de la recepcion muy buena. La cocina fenomenal, todo muy rico. Internet perfecto, piscina tenía buen pinta pero no la utilicé, sala de billar, bar. Para mi perfecto. Sólo voy a poner un pequeño defecto, no tenian sacacorchos. Lo recomiendo tanto a quien quiera descanso en el hotel como a quien lo utilice de base para visitar la parte Oeste de la isla de Sicilia. Tan solo un condicionante, hace falta el coche.

Guest name: IM, Spain

Average rating:  9.8

Guest type: Family with older children

stayed in Aug 2006

Hotel sur les hauteurs de Palerme (à 5 minutes de la ville en voiture), au calme, accès facile, vue magnifique. Chambre pour 3 très grande. Très propre. Le restaurant est également à recommander.

Guest name: Thierry LIONS, France

Average rating:  8.4

Guest type: Not Specified

stayed in Aug 2006

There was just a problem about the breakfast (too poor...)

Guest name: LP, Italy

Average rating:  6.3

Guest type: Group

stayed in Aug 2006

Es difícil de encontrar y muy lejos del centro. El baño es muy sencillo, aunque limpio. El desayuno es bastante pobre. Es un hotel muy limpio y tranquilo. Las fotos no reflejan las características del hotel ya que es un hotel bastante viejo y sencillo. Nuestra estancia fue agradable, sobretodo comparado con otros hoteles de sicilia en los que estuvimos.

Guest name: Sílvia Oliveras Bassols, Spain

Average rating:  8.8

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in Aug 2006

Excellent rapport qualité/prix. Seul le breakfast est vraiment moyen.

Guest name: Marie-Amelie Capoulade, France

Average rating:  8.9

Guest type: Family with young children

stayed in Jul 2006

Excellent place, great view of Palermo.

Guest name: PG, Switzerland

Average rating:  7.7

Guest type: Not Specified

stayed in May 2006

You can enjoy very nice view of town and see, while you need quite a long drive up. The dining facility and meal were at rather poor level. But hotel staff were very helpful.

Guest name: TK, Italy

Average rating:  9.1

Guest type: Family with older children

stayed in Jul 2006

Very nice and quiet place to visit Palermo and surroundings (about 7 km from the center of Palermo and very nice view on the bay). Very small swimming pool ( seems more important on the photographs ...).Can be recommended.The problem : very poor breakfast!!

Guest name: JW, Belgium

Average rating:  9.3

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in Jun 2006

E' un albergo che soddisfa a pieno le esigenze corrispondenti alla sua categoria, anzi offre anche servizi non sempre disponibili in alberghi di categoria superiore. Prima colazione e cena eccellenti. Personale molto cortese. Molto panoramico, fuori dall'impossibile traffico cittadino e punto strategico per i collegamenti con le zone limitrofe d'interesse artistico (vedi Monreale).

Guest name: Giuseppe Tempesta, Italy

Average rating:  8.6

Guest type: Single corporate traveller

stayed in May 2006

Exactly as advertised, and nicer than expected.

Guest name: Timothy Ayers, Austria

Average rating:  9.9

Guest type: Not Specified

stayed in May 2006

The views from this hotel are amazing! The only problem we found was that because the hotel is on the hill, it's away from the main sights of Palermo, and therefore not within walking distance. If you don't mind paying for a taxi - we would definitley recommend staying here.

Guest name: Rachelle Melton, USA

Average rating:  9.1

Guest type: Heterosexual Couple

stayed in May 2006

Very pleasant hotel, quiet in May, beautiful sight on Palermo.Reasonable prices (for Italy!). Difficulty: the bus communications to and from Palermo do exist, are convenient, but take a very long time.The restaurant is not at the same level. We will use again this hotel.

Guest name: Michel Astruc, France

Average rating:  8.5

Guest type: Single leisure traveller

stayed in Apr 2006

I agree with most of the comments - yes, there are dogs, but there are dogs everywhere! My only gripe would be the thin walls and echoy corridors. Overall, it's a pleasant place to stay and I would stay there again. Bus: 120 > John Lennon Plaza, then 534 to Baida. Get off where the bus ends and walk up the hill for 5 minutes. 1 euro - no need for a taxi!

Guest name: Jonathan Horniblow, United Kingdom

Average rating:  9.9

Guest type: Family Group

stayed in Apr 2006

Beautiful hotel with kind, friendly, and helpful staff. The view from the rooms is magnificent. The restaurant was tasty and welcoming when we arrived after a long flight and drive. Breakfast is fabulous! We only wished we could have stayed longer!

Guest name: Katharine Learned, USA

Average rating:  10.0

Guest type: Group of friends

stayed in Apr 2006

This was the most incredible place we stayed in our travels throughout Italy and Sicily. The staff was so nice and helpful. They spoke enough english and I, enough Italian to get answers to what we needed. Thank you for putting BEL 3 signs up on the road, or we would never, never have found the place. We are already talking about returning to Sicily to travel the country and WOULD make Bel 3 our base. It was an incredible, enjoyable experience. Thank You.

Guest name: T Fredrick Hill, USA

Average rating:  9.8

Guest type: Group of friends

stayed in Feb 2006

come sempre, benissime - grazie

Guest name: Kurt Weikert, Germany