"Not every great hotel has to challenge everything you know about hospitality. Sometimes all it takes is a special place and a hotelier who knows how to handle the basics, and when to let the location do the heavy lifting. The setting, an hour’s drive to the west of Palermo, overlooking the Gulf of Castellammare, is stunning. And we do mean overlooking, as the hotel itself sits in an elevated position right above the water, with many of its rooms facing directly out to sea or down the coast." - Tablet Hotels