Relais Santa Anastasia

A fantastic location, wonderful reception, incredible restarant. A perfect getaway spot for romantics, foodies, wine lovers, and active adults. Do a wine tasting, hike to the incredible view and be sure to enjoy dinner. The rabbit pasta is amazing. This is one of my top destinations in Sicily.

It all seemed promising, an attractive hotel in the hills. They took our passports (more on this later) and we got ready for a swim. Pool was freezing despite the 80 degree heat but that's not unusual for Europe. The real trouble started at dinner. They gave us fixed price menus and left one a la carte on the table. In case the message wasn't clear, the maitre'd came over about 30 seconds later to take our order and again two minutes later. My pasta was inedibly salty; my husband's medium rare vension cooked to sawdust. The rest of the meal edible but not good. And, of course like the hotel not cheap. The next day in a hurry to get to the airport we neglected to notice they never returned our passports. Of course we should have remembered but I've stayed in quite a few hotels and the passports are always returned at check-in. How would you miss that when a guest checks out? Their response when we called from the airport? Complete denial of responsibility and a demand of 150 euros for the hour and a quarter drive to deliver them. I won't bore you with the expense of rerouted flights, pre-paid hotel no shows etc. I am not a complainer; I love to travel and 99 per cent of my travel experiences have been great. And when they haven't been, people usually go out of their way to help. You might get lucky here and have a good experience. But the Cefalu area is beautiful and I'm sure you would run less of a risk elsewhere. And for far less money.

Fantastic views, very friendly staff and an excellent restaurant.

What a start to our holiday! Driving into the grounds of Relais Santa Anastasia, set in the Madonie hills above Cefalu in a vineyard. It was quiet, calm, beautiful. The facilities were excellent, the staff could not have been more helpful and the food - superb.

This hotel is absolutely amazing and beautiful, manager ans workers are there to help and make you happy. Everything is so clean and in magnificent working condition, breakfast with an outstanding view every single place you go in this hotel is beautiful. Keep the good work we will come back very soon.

We booked this hotel as a stopover from Palermo to Modica for one night. We rather wished we had spent two nights here. We had a simple but delicious light meal, selecting a couple of dishes from the full menu. The organised wine trips could be interesting.

A beautiful retreat, only 1/2 hr from Cefalu. A great place to go to get away from the crowded tourist towns.

Delightful hotel with very pleasant service and very good cuisine

You climb the hills, studded with almond trees, and arrive at the most beautiful, elegant, and calming former monastery; the small chapel is still open from the courtyard.The rooms are splendid, large, beautiful bathrooms, though a comfy chair would have been appreciated at times.The staff are friendly, helpful, and cheery. The pool overlooking the stunning hills, is a delight, and even though the September wind made it a little chilly, it was warm enough to swim.I imagined the delight of sinking into the huge, deep red sofas in the hotel when logs crackled in the fireplace , and settling down to a good book. The hotel is elegant and secluded, the place to stay after a frenetic day or two sight seeing or visit to noise and chaos of Palermo. Without a car you are pretty much stuck and taxis are expensive, and most people returned for dinner rather than wind their way back through the hills the dark.Food here is fair to good, not by any means among the best in Sicily.Breakfasts are very disappointing.But it would be hard to leave without feeling life is very good indeed after a little stay at Saint Anastasia.....

Beautiful location in a vineyard. Be sure to take the tour and taste (and buy!) their wines. Food is outstanding.