Abali' Gran Sultanato

Vito is a wonderful host and very proud of his city Palermo. He created a map and helped us find some interesting places. You must remember while in Italy time is “elastic “ as Vito explained. The area has a lot going on and the buildings are hundreds of years old. Relax and enjoy

This is not your average hotel experience. It's not a hotel, really. It's part of a floor of a building converted into hotel rooms. Personally, I liked it. Yet, if you are the type of traveller that expects a hotel experience, this is not for you. That said, the owner is a quirky and interesting fellow who is extremely helpful. The rooms are unique, and you will not forget staying here. I recommend staying here. However, realize that the "breakfast" is across the street at a cafe. It's just a coffee and croissant, too. So, again, it's not your usual setup.

L’hotel est très bien situé en plein centre historique. De nombreux restaurants et boutiques tout autour et la gare de train à 15 minutes à pied. L’hôtelier est très sympathique et donne plein de bon conseil.

Excellent central location. Owner very informative and helpful. Clean rooms, bed hard. Unusual décor makes stay memorable.

No es un hotel, es un B&B. Está en un lugar bastante céntrico. El dueño fue amable y atento, el alojamiento estaba cerrado, hacía frío y la limpieza dejaba mucho que desear. Las fotos que aparecen son bastante engañosas, necesita urgentemente un mantenimiento. El coste no es precisamente económico.

Avec une déco " kitsch" le B&B Abali se distingue particulièrement. Le propriétaire est charmant et totalement bilingue (français). Il nous a très bien renseigné sur Palerme et ses alentours. Bonne literie et emplacement au cœur de la ville. Super séjour.

Me and my boyfriend stayed for 3 nights. First impression is super important - here unfortunately was the opposite to great. We arrived, nobody there, randomly got inside because someone was leaving. The person turned out to be a perm resident and reached out to the owner. He did arrive quickly but instead of offering apology for unnecessary stress at my birthday we were informed that it was pretty much our fault that we did not call him earlier. I wouldn't agree here as actually I did send an email even mentioning that we would be my birthday so hope everything goes well during our stay. That was a massive negative at the start. He rushed through some tips and informed the breakfast is actually a croissant and coffee voucher from the local café - would be a nice surprise and much appreciated if it hadn't been for the fact that we did pay for breakfast included and don't think by that expected a 2 euro worth ''meal''. I get that we were there at the end of season and probably he figured that from a business point of view it's not worth to arrange sth more but still... say sth about it when we make the reservation. On the positive-place located well centrally, close to buzz of the city which for us was a positive but for others can be negative as it's loud when you fall asleep. I did appreciate the creative side of that place - you won't find a place like that anywhere else as I assume everything there came from his own imagination. Room was cleaned every day which was nice.

We reisden met 2 stellen en werden in 2 kamers op de eerste verdieping ondergebracht in plaats van in het Albani Gran Sultanato zelf. De kamers waren ruim en schoon, maar er was hier veel geluidsoverlast van de straat (dit is waarschijnlijk in het Albani Gran Sultanato zelf niet het geval). Het ontbijt was in een apart tentje beneden langs de straat. We kregen ontbijtbonnen van €4,- p.p. (met koffie erbij was dat voor ons iets te weinig). Je kon alleen maar zoete dingen (pannenkoeken, taart, wafels enz) bestellen.

The owner of the B&B was friendly and welcoming with a good sense of humor. Via Maqueda is a busy street day and night and the B&B is located just slightly off the main street. Can sometimes be noisy in the night, lots of stray dogs which was sad to see but overall was an enjoyable stay with some great beaches nearby (20 minutes on the bus to Mondello and 1 hour train to Cefalu). Pretty buildings and plenty of churches to visit.

very interesting hotel, owner was very helpful, convienient to everything. Breakfast could have been better, but there was still enough to eat.