The B&B Porta Marina Ortigia has an excellent location, next to a lovely church in the Historical part of Siracusa (Ortigia), and close to both restaurants, cafes, shopping and the sea. We ordered the Double room - Executive, as I was traveling with my mother, and we needed a twin room. Usually that means two single beds, but here there was one big double bed in a large bedroom, and one double sofa-bed, made up in another large room, that also had a TV and a desk. As we had a stay of 9 days, and it was nice to have an option for a bit of privacy between my Mother and I (and the sofa-bed was of pretty good quality), this worked well for us, and we are happy about our stay. The Proprietors also helped us to get a shuttle from the airport and back, at a more advantageous price than we would have got just ordering a taxi ourselves, because the taxi agency has an agreement with the B&B. Gianni & Stefania were also super-helpful with regards to timetables and locations for things to see and do, and were generally lovely to us. There was no option for breakfast when we stayed (think this started during Covid), but as every amenity was on our doorstep, this wasn’t a problem for us. The only minus about this place (in our opinion), was that we had to carry our suitcases up two steep and long staircases when we arrived in the semi-late evening, because the taxi driver wasn’t allowed to stop long enough in the street to help carry them up for us. All in all we recommend this B&B :-)

Incredibly helpful staff, especially when our flight was cancelled at the last moment and we needed to stay another 3 nights. They couldn't have been more helpful, even washing some clothes for us!

Great location,clean,stuff is very nice

The hotel internet was not good. It is a Bed and Breakfast place, but did not offer breakfast. For this trip, we stayed five B&B places, only this one did not provide breakfast. It states with breakfast when we made booking. Please note hotel indicates having laundry place is not in hotel. It is public laundry on street.

Very clean, great location, lots of room. Only negative, no signage to find the B&B, not easy to find

What a little gem in central Ortigia, just a few minutes walk fro everything. Roof top terrace room with amazing views over Ortigia and on a clear day Mount Etna can be clearly seen...what a view. Amazing sunsets. Next door to San Filippo church, we were lucky to see two weddings take place. Friendly staff. Highly recommend

Great location, very clean but no lift

We loved the feeling of space and the size of our apartment was good. Everywhere was light plus we had a large terrace with charming view to the sea over the rooftops. The dining area, although small, was light and very attractively presented with a wide selection of breakfast goodies. The location also was excellent although somewhat difficult to find and parking in Ortigia is a nightmare (not their fault). Our only complaint was with the bathroom which needed some thought, the towels were not drying between use as there was no hanging rail and very little air circulating with the small upstairs windows - one suggestion is that they provide a clothes stand to go on the terrace which seemed to be in the sun all the time. Also the walls and tiles were badly marked and needed some overdue attention. One comment to make is that the room with sea view is at the top of the building, 3rd floor I think, and that is a lot of steps if you are not fit. We were very happy staying here and would recommend it without hesitation.