Domina Zagarella Sicily

Hotels
8 (1134 reviews)
Via Nazionale 77 , Santa Flavia , it

Children allowed
Pets allowed

Facilities

Fitness facilities
WiFi available
Free WiFi
Parking
Non-smoking rooms
Air conditioning
Fitness center
Swimming pool
24-hour front desk
Restaurant
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Review Highlights

Pros:
Cleanliness
Beautiful views
Multiple pools
Helpful staff
Cons:
Location difficulties
Staff unfriendly at times
Average food quality

Categories

Cleanliness
8.08
Reviews noted that the hotel was beautiful and clean, indicating good cleanliness.
Service
8.55
Federica was highlighted positively, but some staff were noted as unfriendly.
Location
7.59
Location criticized for being far from local attractions and difficult to access.
Room Quality
8.04
Rooms are in good condition, matching the hotel’s rating.
Amenities
8.07
Multiple pools and a beautiful setting were appreciated.
Value for Money
8.03
General satisfaction with the stay justifies the cost.
Food and Beverage
7.58
Breakfast options were average, with some food quality mentioned as below expectations.
Overall Experience
8.05
Overall positive feedback with emphasis on the hotel's beauty.
* This sentiment is summarized by AI based on user reviews.
Updated at: 2026-01-09 23:01

Property Description

Mediterranean Oasis:
Surrounded by a lush Mediterranean garden, Domina Zagarella Sicily offers a picturesque setting with sea-view terrace pools and vintage-style rooms with modern amenities.

Diverse Dining Options:
Indulge in Sicilian and international cuisine at the hotel's two restaurants, or savor drinks at the elegant wine bar while enjoying panoramic views from the stylish terrace.

Leisure and Relaxation:
With a 24-hour gym, diving courses, and friendly staff ready to assist, guests can enjoy a seamless blend of relaxation and activities during their stay at Domina Zagarella Sicily.

Experience a perfect blend of luxury and comfort at Domina Zagarella Sicily - book now for an unforgettable Mediterranean getaway!

Important information:

Please note that parking is subject to availability.
A deposit may be required at the property.

Check-in and check-out hours:
Check-out: 10:00 AM
Airport code: PMO

Property Policies

  • Groups

    When booking more than 5 rooms, different policies and additional supplements may apply.

  • Internet

    WiFi is available in all areas and is free of charge.

  • Children and extra bed policy

    Children of any age are allowed.
    Children up to and including 2 years old stay for € 20 per person per night when using an available cot.
    You haven't added any extra beds.
    Any type of extra bed or child's cot/crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by management.
    Supplements are not calculated automatically in the total costs and will have to be paid for separately during your stay.

  • Pets

    Pets are allowed. Charges may be applicable.

  • Parking

    Private parking is possible on site (reservation is needed) and costs EUR 12 per day.

Location

Guest Reviews

8
Based on 1134 reviews
Cleanliness: 8.08
Service: 8.55
Location: 7.59
Room Quality: 8.04
Amenities: 8.07
Value for Money: 8.03
Food and Beverage: 7.58
Overall Experience: 8.05
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Stefano couple it
4
The sea is nice but the the hotel isn't worth the price and absolutely not elegant for a 4 star hotel
Pros:

Fortunately we booked an independent beach house near the sea and not one of the rooms of the horrible big hotel structure.

Cons:

The hotel is horrible for the price you pay. You get a welcome drink card but you can only drink a smoothie and can't get even a beer which gives you immediately a bad impression. In the morning the breakfast room looks like a school canteen and the quality of the meal is very very low, considering that Sicily has one of the best food of all Italy: no typical products and only self service (also espresso is from the machine). Just basic one star hotel breakfast. You can't have nothing for free even asking for a mask for snorkeling one hour isn't possible. You have to rent it for the hole day, pay 5 Euro and you get a piece of plastic were you won't see nothing. Avoid trips with the boat, we heard one of the concierge calling the boat rental and saying:"add 20Euro more for me because I called you and not another one".
Some zones of the hotel are reserved to a private club and you are not allowed to stay there including the parking. Therefore you need to park outside the hotel in a earth parking with a door with a code access, which they can change at any day without telling you and you risk to be stack in the parking without getting out (happened to me).

2026-07-18 via Nuitee
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Lucie family_with_children ch
5
Très mauvaise nuit sans climatisation à 37 degrés
Pros:

L’emplacement

Cons:

Climatisation en panne 🥵et aucune possibilité de joindre quelqu’un malgré un numéro d’urgence mis à disposition, personne ne nous à jamais répondu !!! 😡Nous avons demandé un geste commercial qui nous a été refusé, très déçu de leur pratique !!! 😤

2026-07-18 via Nuitee
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Dariusz couple pl
8
Cons:

Fatalna i bardzo głośna muzyka do 1-2 w nocy

2026-07-17 via Nuitee
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patricia extended_group pt
9
2026-07-17 via Nuitee
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patricia couple pt
9
2026-07-17 via Nuitee
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Biljana family_with_children hr
7
Outdoor great and worth of price inside not so much
Pros:

Great outdoor activities wonderful swimming pool

Cons:

Inside older, breakfast very bad, not clean in the breakfast area

2026-07-16 via Nuitee
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Alejandra family_with_children il
9
We had a great vacation - thank you
Pros:

The hotel is lovely and has a beautiful beach, breakfast is nice, 2 pools - one is salt water
The rooms are comfortable

Cons:

The hotel has no shuttles

2026-07-16 via Nuitee
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Bernadette couple ch
1
Cons:

Misleading advertising: this is a timeshare, not a normal hotel. Ruined holiday.My stay (planned for July 6–12) ended the exact same day it started. This structure is operated as a timeshare (Domina Club/multiproprietà), a crucial detail that was completely omitted during booking. As regular paying guests, we were treated like second-class citizens.Upon arrival, staff insisted on booking a mandatory appointment for Thursday at 5:00 PM. They claimed it was to explain the hotel activities, which made no sense since we arrived on Monday. Later, other guests and staff confirmed the truth: it was a aggressive sales pitch to buy timeshare shares.The room was a disaster: the air conditioning unit was ancient and yellowed, the Wi-Fi did not work, the safe was broken, and our explicit request for twin beds was completely ignored.Furthermore, the property is heavily segregated. "Domina Club" members have exclusive access to the best areas, private zones, and discounts on drinks. Regular guests are restricted and constantly turned away, even from pool seating. When I messaged our hotel contact about these issues, the shocking reply was: "If you wait until your Thursday appointment, you will get your answers."Refusing to spend our vacation being discriminated against and ignored, we checked out immediately on day one. Domina Zagarella refused any refund, and Booking.com support unhelpfully demanded "proof" of our experience, despite numerous identical complaints from other furious guests on TripAdvisor.This is a misleading and deeply unprofessional establishment. Avoid at all costs if you expect a real 4-star hotel experience.

2026-07-15 via Nuitee
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Arnab1811 solo_traveller de
8
Pros:

Bed, shower, pools, cleanliness, family friendly

Cons:

Wifi and breakfast sucked big time.

2026-07-15 via Nuitee
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Ewa family_with_children pl
10
prawdziwe rajskie wakacje❤️
Pros:

Uroczy hotel z przepięknym widokiem❤️ jesteśmy tu 3 raz i napewno będziemy wracać. Kochamy Sycylię i ten hotel. Okoliczne miasteczka urocze , blisko do stacji kolejowej i do przepięknego Palermo.

Cons:

Przemiły i pomocny personel . Bardzo fajne baseny. Wieczorne show na najwyższym poziomie. Jedzenie pyszne:)

2026-07-15 via Nuitee
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De Vecchis solo_traveller it
6
Peccato.
Pros:

Ho messo 6 stelle per la vista come sempre mozzafiato, le stanze sono sempre pulitissime e dotate di ogni comfort. Il ristorante della spiaggia superbo e ottima qualità prezzo, e la vista impagabile. Bella musica, spettacoli molto carini, ballerini molto bravi. Gelato buonissimo, staff del bar e dei ristoranti sorridenti e cortesi.
Le ragazze della reception sempre disponibili sia per trovarci una farmacia notturna sia per poter liberare più tardi la stanza vista la neonata

Cons:

Da dove parto? Mando un messaggio una settimana prima per sapere quanto sarebbe costato avere una culla, mai risposto. Chiedo quindi se fosse possibile avere il check in anticipato in quanto ho una bambina di 6 mesi, mai risposto. Mi ritrovo quindi fino alle 15, al caldo con una bambina piccola perché le camere non erano ancora pronte.
Rispetto a due anni fa, mi rammarico di poter mangiare solo pizza nel ristorante della piscina perché il pane e il pesce erano stati magnifici, se li sognavamo con mio marito. Un aperitivo 16€, un caffè e una lattina di estate 6 euro, ok essere in una struttura a 4 stelle però mi sembra un tantino esagerato.
Decidiamo di mangiare al ristorante dell'albergo, nessuno ci dice che è serata siciliana, arriviamo e la ragazza alla reception ci spara 105€ di scontrino. Morale? Mio marito non ha mangiato nulla, io e mia figlia grande un trancio di pizza rossa e un mini panino con una mini Panella, non abbiamo toccato il vino e abbiamo bevuto una bottiglia di acqua in 3, 70€.
Concludo con il dire che pagando per il check out finalmente scopro quanto costava un LETTINO DA CAMPEGGIO, dove mia figlia ha solamente dormito, 60€! 20€ a notte, UN LETTINO DA CAMPEGGIO.
Peccato perché ci eravamo innamorati del Domina, ma non credo faccia più per noi

2026-07-15 via Nuitee
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Wim family_with_children be
8
Relax en plezierig
Pros:

Ruime zwembaden en genoeg ligplaatsen aan zwembaden. Animatie 's avonds. Vriendelijk personeel. Aanbod van restaurants in het hotel.

Cons:

Nogal beperkt en eentonig ontbijt. Luidruchtige ontbijtruimte. Niet eenvoudig om een taxi of Uber te vinden voor een verplaatsing.

2026-07-15 via Nuitee
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NeillRLeeds Couples
2
Avoid Booking at this Hotel
Pros:

Before you think about booking here, please read my truthful review about our experience. From the first minute we arrived, we recieved really really bad customer service, the staff here are very rude and unfriendly with an unwillingness to be helpful in any way. They don't explain anything about the hotel that you would usually expect on arrival. On the first morning when we arrived for breakfast, we were shouted at by staff in the dining room for sitting at the wrong table yet no other tables were set up. Tables were still cluttered with used plates and cutlery. Every morning was the same, we had to ask numerous times for clean utensils. The staff in the dining room are miserable, rude and quite nasty. The breakfast is the same every morning with very limited choice and what is on offer is disgusting, definitely not a 4* breakfast. The dining room is more like a staff canteen and very noisy with children running around. We booked a prestige double room with sea view, however, I fail to see what was prestige about it, the room compared only to a UK Premier Inn room. You have no chance of sleep as they have awful live entertainment until midnight right under the rooms.

It appears a good friendly service here is reserved only for the hotels Italian guests or members of the Dclub. The DClub members are prioritised over all other guests, (these are timeshare guests) if you are not a member, you are treated like a 2nd class citizen. If you are first at the bar but a DClub member comes along and wants a drink, they serve them first and ignore you standing there. It was the same throughout every other department of the hotel. The opinion of the staff and management is that DClub members are better than you and as normal guests you are just an inconvenience. There is no chance of getting a sunbed throughout the day as there are not enough for the number of guests staying. The DClub members get priority over you once their member areas are full. This is basically a timeshare hotel and all other guests are treated with contempt. This is in no way a 4* hotel, it has no 4* services unless you are with the DClub. The 2 restaurants are very expensive with limited choice, we found it better to eat out, but as the hotel is in the middle of nowhere, there is not much choice as Its a very long walk to anywhere else.
I would never stay here again and I would definitely not recommend this hotel. I have travelled and stayed in many 4 & 5* hotels throughout the world where the service has been excellent but in comparison, this hotel is a disgrace.

2026-07-14 via Tripadvisor
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T4229UZdarrenr Couples
2
Appalling Service, do not try to accommodate guests reasonable requests
Pros:

Appalling Service from Staff!
The hotel itself looks nice, however looks can be deceiving. We arrived here at 1am due to a delayed flight. We asked if there was anyway we could get some food or drink, to abruptly be told "No" restaurants closed, no room service not even offered a bottle of water.
We then discovered there is a "D club" which is basically timeshare. Unless you are in this club you are treated as a 2nd class guest (cattle class). Areas are reserved and cordoned off for these guests in restaurants, around pools and Bars, and all service is focused on them.
The first morning when we went for Breakfast, half the restaurant is reserved for D Club, in cattle class no tables were set, so we sat at one that was (6 people table) and even though plenty of other tables free albeit not set, a lady came to us and shouted at us to move, as its not a table for 2 people. Every day no tables were ready, and when you ask for cutlery you are given a dirty look and attitude. Never a good morning or smile.
They advertise you can pay €70 to extend for a late check out, when we asked if we could do this, we were told this is not possible as there are guests due to check in to the room we were in even though there was availability on there website, when we said we are more than happy to change to another room and pay the €70 (previous hotels we have stayed at accommodate such a request) we were told no. We can use the pool showers during our final day (7 hours, until leave for airport) if we wanted to use sunbeds.
The staff have no time for you and do not even try to accommodate any requests, unless your D Club.
We stopped in a prestige room, nothing really special about the room, decor nice however not 4* standard, no tea or coffee making facilities, iron or iron board. Basic cheap toiletries, so I struggle to see how they class these as 4* prestige rooms. Amenities are basic.
We asked to speak to manager, no surprise not available.
Other poor reviews of hotel you will see the manager or hotel dont even respond to them, they appear not bothered about guest experience.
I would NEVER stay at a Domina resort again. We have stayed in many 4 * or higher star resorts/hotels and never experienced such poor service . priorityClearly the paying customers are not a , unless of course D Club.

2026-07-14 via Tripadvisor
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ANDRZEJ family_with_children pl
9
Wyjątkowo mile spędzony czas z rodziną
Pros:

Strefa basenów i piękna zieleń na terenie obiektu

Cons:

Kolory pokoi są specyficzne, nie każdemu mogą się podobać

2026-07-14 via Nuitee
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Iwona family_with_children pl
9
2026-07-14 via Nuitee
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Ghegghi couple it
10
Stupendo
Cons:

Da migliorare il sistema di aria condizionata ..il fatto che in camera non si può controllare autonomamente è un problema ...per il resto meraviglioso !!!!

2026-07-13 via Nuitee
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EWA family_with_children pl
3
Na pewno nie wróciłabym do tego hotelu
Pros:

Tylko że hotel był położony nad morzem

Cons:

Jedzenie fatalne , dużo słodkości mały wybór wędlin , mało owoców praktycznie w ogóle . Goście podzieleni na dclub kto należał był traktowany wyjątkowo . Nie można było dopłacić nigdzie nie było informacji . Pierwszy raz spotkałam się z takim podziałem . Były wydzielone strefy dla gości należących do dclub o wiele wyższym standardzie . Ceny dla gości dclub w barach niższe niż dla pozostałych . Głośno pokój mieliśmy przy samych animacjach . Jeżeli ktoś chce ciszy i wypocząć nie polecam . Cena nie adekwatna do jakości . Sycylia słynie z dobrego jedzenia a w tym hotelu było naprawdę fatalne .

2026-07-13 via Nuitee
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Cecilia family_with_children it
8
Ideale per famiglie con bambini
Pros:

Posizione, accesso privato al mare, 3 piscine di cui 1 di acqua salata

Cons:

Alcuni addetti alla reception non preparati e clientela migliorabile

2026-07-13 via Nuitee
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Leonardo solo_traveller pt
7
Pros:

As instalações eram boas, os funcionários muito simpáticos, uma paisagem incrível e os espectáculos muito bons

Cons:

Pouca variedade de comida

2026-07-13 via Nuitee