La Casa del Gelsomino

Superbly clean, modern rooms with exceptional amenities and helpful staff. Excellent location near Duomo and city center. Comfortable beds, varied breakfast, but mixed opinions on sheet and towel quality. Unique outdoor amenities.

We stayed in 10 hotels/b&b’s during our time in Sicily and many were lovely but La Casa Del Gelsomino stood out from the crowd. The room & bathroom were nice sizes and very comfortable. We had a little balcony with 2 chairs and a table overlooking the garden & pool and city view. Breakfast was delicious with many homemade and local made treats. Giovanna goes out of her way to be helpful. The garden is lovely & relaxing. The pool an absolute delight.  We didn’t have time to use the hot tub. Easy walking from the B&B to anywhere. Highly recommend.  (Our GPS did not properly direct us to the property so I’ll include here that you need to drive on what looks like a pedestrian street through the main town square under a tunnel and follow the street around a curve one block up. It is really easy but didn’t seem so the first time we did it. )

Family run 4 room b&b. Giovanna, our caretaker watched over us with the kindest of care. She is your "Mother" in Ragusa. Every day she prepares a breakfast beyond words. She focuses on local foods and special treats every day with a different menu that includes, sweets, fruit, cheeses, breads, fresh baked ricotta, to die for, and then just when you think she has gone overboard, she presents a very special dessert of the local area. Cannoli with fresh ricotta, waffles with Nutella and pistachio sauce, I could go on and on. She really makes this hotel shine. Rooms are very clean, basic, minimal and modern looking. The very small downside is that there is little to no sound proofing, but noise is minimal as guests are very polite. Sheets and towels could be a bit better, but bed was comfortable. The icing on the cake is the yard and gardens accompanied by a lovely shallow garden jetted pool to lounge in overlooking the hillside. Comfortable porch furniture and sun loungers are next to the breakfast area and hit tub for cool evenings. We enjoyed our stay here so much and highly recommend. Thanks so Giovanna for making it so special. She works so hard for each person with a smile on her face and great suggestions for what to see in Ragusa. Great little town with a ton of churches and magnificent vistas.