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Habitat

3 star rated hotel
9.2/10 Wonderful
(363 verified Hotels.com guest reviews)
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Overview

Habitat is a boutique hotel in Catania, Italy, praised for its spacious, luxurious rooms and excellent breakfast with a wide variety of options. Guests appreciate the helpful staff, who often assist with offsite parking arrangements. The hotel's location, while convenient for exploring Catania's best areas, is not easily accessible by car and may require a taxi from the bus/rail station or navigating to a nearby private car park. Some guests found the hotel entrance difficult to locate due to its signage. Noise from the surrounding area and the lack of a kettle are mentioned in some reviews, as is an Italian-only TV channel selection.

About the hotel

Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has self parking and coffee/tea in a common area. Free continental breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Other amenities include concierge services, express check-out, and tour/ticket assistance.

Nearby attractions

Habitat is located in Catania City Centre, a neighborhood in Catania, and is near a metro station. Marella Ferrera Museum and Ursino Castle are cultural highlights, and some of the area's activities can be experienced at Catania Port and Cantina Benanti. Butterfly House and Etnaland are also worth visiting.

Popular amenities

Parking

Limited onsite parking
Self parking on site (EUR 20 per night)

Wifi

Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Food and drink

1 restaurant
Coffee/tea in common area(s)
Free continental breakfast available daily 7:00 AM–10:00 AM

Guest services

Concierge services
Daily housekeeping
Front desk (limited hours)
Luggage storage
Multilingual staff
Tour/ticket assistance

Accessibility

If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
In-room accessibility (select rooms)
This property does not have elevators

Conveniences

Front-desk safe

More

Smoke-free property
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Hotel Reviews

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4 out of 5 stars

11 reviews

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Latest reviews (11)

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Gerard

8 Jun 2024 - 9 Jun 2024
reviewed on expedia

5 out of 5 stars

Habitat hotel is located in a quiet pedestrian street next to palazia vincenti bellini within walking distance of the best areas of Catania. The rooms are very large and luxurious with a minimalist decor , comfy bed and luxury bedding. The breakfast is excellent with a wide range of options. The best way to get to hotel from bus / rail stn. is by taxi ,do not rely on google maps to walk to hotel. The only problem I had was the hotel entrance is just a large closed door and the sign outside is very large but black metal which does not stand out against the wall ( I walked past it twice before noticing it)
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Katherine

23 Sept 2023 - 27 Sept 2023
reviewed on expedia

4 out of 5 stars

Overall a beautiful boutique hotel, very spacious, staff are super helpful, we had a car and there is offsite private parking and staff took us there, to park, all was great
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Eleanor

20 Oct 2022 - 21 Oct 2022
reviewed on orbitz

1 out of 5 stars

this place is a scam, the day we arrived to the airport there were last min airline strikes for Italy, we asked to re-book for the next wkend, we sent the flight cancel conf and they said "no, not out problem, your problem"...this is where the mafia in Catania operate, if you like your money then don't give it to them, them will asume it and you, there are many better places and many better people to spend your money with, not these theives and crooks.
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Robert

12 Oct 2022 - 13 Oct 2022
reviewed on hcom

2 out of 5 stars

The hotel and parking are really hard to find. The area is noisy and the hot water was almost nonexistent. We also had ants in our bathroom. The breakfast was good and the staff was not nice.
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Andrew

11 Aug 2022 - 14 Aug 2022
reviewed on orbitz

5 out of 5 stars

Excellently located although a subtle sign makes it not the easiest to find. Loved the modern room within an old building. Breakfast was excellent and also had an evening meal which was great. From a personal perspective didn't like bathroom set up of frosted glass and sink kind of in the bedroom. I was travelling with a female friend so made things slightly awkward! Would recommend as a good choice in central Catania
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Payal

25 Jun 2022 - 26 Jun 2022
reviewed on orbitz

4 out of 5 stars

Phenomenal breakfast! Rooms were clean and a good size. Staff helped arrange parking for us. It’s in a great part of town, good restaurants around. There’s a lot of noise and construction during the day so use the ear plugs they provide if you want to sleep in!
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David

6 Jun 2022 - 7 Jun 2022
reviewed on orbitz

5 out of 5 stars

Very chic, modernized interior of half a small palazzo in a very convenient place in Catania. Room was very comfortable, bathroom spacious, a/c great Staff VERY accommodating. Great outdoor lounge. We had to leave very early for airport and they arranged a big bag of breakfast foods for us! So generous
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Kristie

13 Sept 2018 - 14 Sept 2018
reviewed on expedia

4 out of 5 stars

Only stayed one night. Good location. Friendly staff who also helped with parking offsite. Had a bit of trouble finding it with google maps, but once that got sorted, it was fine. The room I had was right next to reception so was a bit noisy, but overall a cute place.
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Joseph

3 Jul 2018 - 5 Jul 2018
reviewed on orbitz

5 out of 5 stars

Great B&B hotel is located off a beautiful piazza near the opera house. The only problem is it is in an area not accessible by car. Our GPS could not lead us to the correct location so I asked a taxi to lead us to the hotel & we followed in our rented car. Once there, one of the staff came out & explained we were parked in a no car area in front of the B&B and accompanied us to a nearby private parking lot run by Habitat which is very close I safe. After checking in, the staff member took us to our room. It was on the top floor with a small balcony overlooking the piazza with postcard quality views or the opera house & walkway below. The big room had beautiful tile floors, king sized bed, modern bathroom & fixtures. The breakfast had a wide selection of fruit, pastries, cheeses & cold cuts. The coffee was made to order. The location was perfect for us to walk all over Catania to see the sites. I would highly recommend staying at Habitat, but if driving there, call when close by to go directly to the parking location which has a separate fee.
A

11 Apr 2023 - 18 Apr 2023
reviewed on hcom

4 out of 5 stars

Habitat was. Dry pleasant however, based on the price we would have expected a little more comfort items. A kettle with tea/coffee in the room would have been welcome. For a hotel hosting many international travellers the tv offered Italian channels only.
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