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Casa Favonio: Traveller Reviews

Contrada Seppi Torrente 3, 91023 Sicily, Italy
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Casa Favonio
Ranked #7 of 14 Favignana B&B and Inns
4.0 of 5 stars 52 Reviews
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London, United Kingdom
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“pretentious and amateur”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 September 2011
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The owner of casa Favonio, Sonia, who was remarkebly absent during our stay, seems to have taste for nice things and flair to recruit dedicated, hard working though unskilled and most probably inexpensive staff. To run any business requires spending some money and it is obviously something that the owners have difficulty understanding, particularly in view of the rates that they charge.

the list is long and here below are only few examples of our 6 night stay in Casa Favonio:

it starts by being woken up every morning around 7.30/ 8 am by voices and phones constantly ringing in the reception, which is cleverly located right next to the guest rooms of the ground floor. there is no sound proofing in the house. Followed by the necessity of sleeping with closed windows and air conditionning on (again particularly if you sleep on the ground floor) as the place is infested by insects and rodents which have easy access to all rooms - this could easily be avoided by simply instauring net windows. After being told that nothing could be done about the mice visiting our room (they run out of poison and we should know that we are in the country...), it seems that they were also unable to clean the mice droppings and dead insects that layed on our terrace floor for the all duration of our stay. A difficult job particularly given the size of our terrace (less than 2sqm), our ashtray and glasses were never cleaned either.

Maximising the capacity of the place is the only concern of the owner and we witnessed the tetris rearrangement of the guests ( clients asked to move rooms in order to accomodate new guests) and we all seem to been given different messages about availability of rooms.

The icing on the cake is the utter lack of flexibility and professionalism of the owner who is clearly setting strict rules of management and reservation that only she knows. When we attempted to contact her in order to voice our reasonable concerns as a paying guest, we were told by her manager that she could not be reached because of a lack of reception on her mobile phone and still a week later have had no response to our wish to speak to her. In stark contrast when we needed to speak to her vis a vis pricing we were able to reach her very easily.

The experience left us with the feeling that we just payed for the luxury life style of the owners. Casa Favonio should remain a holiday house where the owner treats their friends rather than pretending to be a stylish expensive bed and breakfast and have guests paying high rates for no or very poor service.

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  • Stayed September 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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1 review
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“We felt like at home, quiet and ressourceful location.”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 September 2011 via mobile
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At first sight not the best location for young children, but in less than 24 hours we felt like at home, thanks to the heartful welcome of the owners and director. Very nice rooms, tasteful trendy decoration, wonderful view. A bit far from the village, but perfect location for whom looks to quiet down, retire and enjoy nature and farniente. Upscale bed and breakfast who only miss nice dinners on the wonderful terrace!

  • Stayed July 2011
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Mirano, Italy/ New York, USA
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6 reviews 6 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“they tried very hard but missed the mark”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 August 2011

they tried very hard and I have to say that the director was very kind and helpful how ever for the price that we paid was accepting much more. The place is a bit out of the way for no reason meaning that there is notting but to sleep there. The room was OK there were burned out light bulbs and the drain in the shower was plugged but the bed was clean and good. The breakfast was OK how ever I did not like the family table idea, I don't mind to be close but I don't like to share the same food with strangers. They are partners with another place on the island called Cas'almare (not that much more in price the only issue is that they require 7 day stay) which we like much better since it is on the water also was much cleaner and cooler as well as it was much better managed in fact we spend our days there at the beach club. At the end this is a B&B priced as a 5star resort and consider that you will just sleep there so interns of price I think not worth it. Would not go back again to Casa Favonio but would stay at Cas'almare for sure!

  • Stayed August 2011, travelled on business
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Grantown-on-Spey, United Kingdom
1 review
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“We really did love it, and we will definitely return.”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 June 2011
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My girlfriend and I had decided to go to Favignana for a long weekend, no pressure, but, first time away together, set dates and I hadn't got my act together, and the clock was ticking and I'm very particular about where I stay, I also predominately stay in boutique hotels.

Upon finally getting down to finding somewhere I quickly realised that there wasn't exactly a huge choice in terms of what I wanted, and what little there was either fully booked or very expensive!

It is fair to say that I looked at Casa Favonio early on in my search and was very attracted to it, but was put off as a result of some previous bad reviews, I was then attracted to the sister hotel and emailed the hotel for availability, I received a very polite reply advising me that there was no availability but that there was availability at Casa Favonio, there was a phone number with the email and I called, I spoke with a charming Lady called Sonya which it transpired is the owner, I explained my concerns about the reviews for Casa Favonio and Sonya explained in some considerable detail about the place and how the hotel is run, and also took the trouble to explain how the particular bad review had transpired, in short I know when I am being led up the garden path and I knew that what I was being told was straight.

I booked with Sonya over the phone and completed the booking and deposit by email - all very efficient. Sonya contacted me near to our arrival date and asked me to confirm our arrival time to the island from the hydrofoil so she could collect us, all of which went smoothly.

Casa Favonio was everything I expected and more, the location was wonderful in terms of what I like, peace and quiet with great views, it is contemporary and it's beautifully done, Sonya is a very well known interior designer in France and clearly knows her business. The staff were a joy and couldn't do enough to help, the food was excellent and we were happy to eat in and enjoyed discussing what we might have for each meal all of which was raw fresh each day, however I should mention that I'm a great lover of Italian food, the house white is Sicilian and hard tell from a rich Burgundy and very addictive if you like Burgundy! The kitchen had little regard for those of us trying to keep in shape and had a dangerous habit of producing wonderful home baked goodies and little snacks which either went with another cappuccino - expresso or another drink !!!
Casa favonio was immaculately kept and our room was equally well kept.

Our stay was blighted by bad weather and it was cold and wet for the majority of our stay, as a result of the weather we were somewhat inclined to stay in which in this instance was a pleasure, there is a large covered outdoor terrace with great views to the sea, and a very nice sitting room with a fire place.

I appreciate that everyone has their own tastes - likes and dislikes, but if your into Boutique Hotels Casa Favonio rates very highly in my book.

I also visited the sister hotel which is on the beach and is equally attractive and in a great location with it's own mini private beach, hence if you want to be ON the sea check out the website.

  • Stayed May 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Vancouver, Canada
1 review
“do not go there”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 October 2010

First, to get there is an adventure. No signs anywhere as if god in person should guide you then, once you finally enter the gate, the whole atmosphere is of an unkept property. No signs for parking, no sign for anything. You climb the poorly lit stairs that have not been cleaned in a while onto a terrace with no charm and the same for the interior. First a waitress with no manners who addresses you in a very unfriendly tone and then the lady of the house. Middle aged, crinkled linen dress that has seen better days, uncombed hair, not very friendly either. The impression is that the ones who should take care of this "high standard" (perhaps they have never seen one) b&b really do not want to be there. Not to talk about the aperitif, boy, not even a bar of a provincial town would serve you such a sloppy affair.
The only HIGH POINT comes at dinner. A young venitian chef who has oganized a dinner based on snapper. Superb. So is breakfast with freshly baked product alway from the chef. Unfortunately, we understand he is not going to return. Do not blame him

  • Stayed September 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Contrada Seppi Torrente 3, 91023 Sicily, Italy
Price range (per night):* 206 AUD - 360 AUD

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