Gattopardo Park Hotel

This is a rather large hotel with a very good location. However, it need some renovation soon and a more customer oriented management. If you just want a place to sleep, it is good and prices are reasonable. Breakfast is poor if you like a healthy selection with fresh fruits etc. There is a very limited selection consisting of water melons and prunes. No fresh tomatoes, pineapple etc. There is a large can of Americano coffee, but this was not always hot. A counter is available if you want a cappuchino, espresso or other types of coffee. When we tried to order americano there, the guy got rather angry and said something about «paying extra» in Italian. There was no que for the coffee so we did not understand his attitude. When explaining that the large can had no hot coffe, he accepted to make us two americano. And the same story repeated itself for 5 days. In the reception one of the managers recommended a restaurant in the mountains close to Lipari and said she could call them and make a reservation and organize transport, since bookings could only be made per phone. We thanked her, and said we would think about it. The next day we asked the reception if they could make a call for us, but then another employee told that they dont make this kind of calls for their guests. We managed ourselves and had a nice dinner. A hotel stay consists of many details and in Hotel Gatopardo the details are not olways in favour of the guests. The next time we will try another place for our stay.