This is a good, basic, centrally located pension/hotel in a big city. Our room was quiet, but that was in part because it looked out on a somewhat decrepit side street and into someone else's apartment across the street. As other reviewers have noted, the hotel consists of two floors of a big building in a central area of Palermo. We stayed just one night, which was just right for exploring the markets and sites of Palermo.

Really friendly desk staff and the hotel is set back off the main thoroughfare so it's nice and quiet. The rooms were large and very clean and comfortable. At thirty euros a night, this was a total bargain. We woke too late for breakfast but great to have a nice late sleep after having a nightmare in our previous hotel. Wish we had stayed here for our entire stay in Palermo. It's in a great location too, very central.

I stayed at Elite for 3 nights from 22-24 Sept 2009 in room 505 as a solo traveller and paid EUR55 per night via Booking.com.

I found this accomm via Booking.com so no "real" photos to go by and nothing much on TA - it was somewhat of a pot-luck choice. The hotel is on level 4 & 5 of an old apartment block, there are several other B&B's within the building. The building has a small arcade with an excellent hairdresser that I used, a business service/tour booking centre and a kidswear shop. It is in a very handy location just off Via Roma, the main street that runs from the central train station through the city. It is approx 1.5km walk from train station to hotel - flat easy walk - the heat in summer is what will get to you. If you can cope with that, you can walk it easily if you have good wheels on your luggage. (The main bus station is just around the corner from the central train station, so only another 150m to add to your walk - You can identify Via Roma very easily by the big white wrought-iron style archway marking the entry to Via Roma).

Elite has beautiful frescos in each room and in public areas. The hallways are painted with flowers. Very cosy. Lovely lounge/sitting room area on L5 to sit and read. Breakfast room is attached to Reception on L5 and very cosy. Furnishings are very dated ie old bedspreads and dark wooden furniture but in good repair and all very clean. Bathroom is modern and completely refurbed. Housekeeping is efficient with replacing soap, fluffy towels etc. Air-con in room is GREAT and powerful. View was over rooftops only with hills in the distance. The lifts are slow and shabby. Breakfast was coffee made to order, lovely crunchy rolls, ham cheese, croissants, pastries, juice, yoghurt - simple but rolls were so nice I just had them with butter. Breakfast starts a bit late - at 8am - most travellers need to be on the road before that so 7am start would be better I think.

All in all, good accomm for dollars paid. Overall, Palermo is A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE than Taormina or other Italian cities. Great for clothes, shoes, handbag shopping - prices are well down. There are some great bargains to be had - especially in mens suits - I noticed they are very high quality for low $$ if you need some for work. Ladies shoes are very reasonably priced.

Critical 3 things for me (1) wakeup calls - you can program your own. YES! (2) SKY and Fox costs you EUR9 - no CNN or BBC so I was disappointed with that as a solo traveller I like background chatter. TV was hard to operate and kept dropping out . (3) Hairdryer is next to useless - the box style on the wall with a vacuum cleaner hose.

Yes, I would stay again if I was on the same tight budget.

Make sure you DEFINITELY go to Cefalu, approx 1 hour by train from Palermo. Fantastic jewel in Sicilian crown. You will love it.

We stayed with 4 friends at Hotel Elite during a week-end. Arrived at Palermo late Friday night, left Sunday morning.

As we arrived by rental car, it was great to have the possibility to keep it for a €12/day in the safety of the hotel´s underground parking.

The rooms were clean, well equipped, nicely and cosy decorated, the staff were friendly. All the three receptionists we came in contact with during our stay did their best to advise us on e.g. driving routes from/to Palermo (even with poor English and our non-existent Italian) and I´m sure they would have been helpful should we´ve had any other requests.

Hotel Elite is locted pretty much in the very centre of Palermo (just off via Roma), so it takes you 5-20min to stroll anywhere in the city centre you wanna go. Also restaurants and bars are literally just around the corner, as is Teatro Massimo. Still, the hotel is located on a quiet street (in a block consisting of several hotels) and there is little risk you will be bothered by street noises.

I agree with some earlier reviews on the fact that breakfast choice wasn´t very vast, e.g. some things (as ham) had finished when we came to breakfast on Sunday (30min before the breakfast time was over) - and the waiter wouldn´t bring more. Anyhow, its´not really a problem to find food in Italy...:) The nice atmosphere of the breakfast facilities compensated for the lack of ham :)

This hotel offers good value for the money, both in form of physical frames and service. Plus, it has a superb location.