Albergo Cavour

We had a great stay in this family-run hotel. The service is excellent and you get very helpful tips. Usually areas close to stations are neither the cleanest nor the safest, but it is different here. Ideally located at the central station, at the entrance to the historic centre and also close to the old harbour. Breakfast is brought to the room, coffee and various types of croissants were of good quality, as you would expect in Italy. I can only recommend this friendly place.

How lovely to be in a small, family-run business and not a chain. I really felt that I was in Sicily and getting glimpses of family life. It is so near to Palermo Centrale station that as a couple that don't fly but travel everywhere from England by train it was the perfect find. Although on the fifth floor there is an ancient lift that transports one to reception and a smiling Maria who, no matter what time of day or night, seems there to check one in. We'd asked for a quiet room and that's exactly what we got with a glimpse of the sea. It was huge with comfortable bed, desk, chairs and wardrobe. The bathroom was spacious too with large shower space and hot, hot water. The whole B&B is absolutely spotless and, if one pops back, at any time one sees the family working so hard to make ones stay perfect. Breakfast of cornetti and coffee was delivered to our room at a time we specified. If one turns left out of the front door and left again on the main street one can walk down to the Botanical Gardens and the sea. Turn right on the main road and right again a little further up than opposite the station and one is in a fantastic street market and then further on into the old town. We ate both nights at 'Trattoria Trapani' near the station and had very good meals. It only opens from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. and the owner is charming. I would thoroughly recommend staying at Albergo Cavour for a slice of Sicilian hospitality.