If you are looking to visit Catania and hoping to meet the friendly, vibrant people too, then this is definitely the hotel for you.
The hotel is exceptionally clean (daily room cleans and change of linens and towels), it has some fantastic views and all the ameniities that you can ask for. Comfortable beds, good size bathroom etc. What really made the hotel for us though were the people. All of the staff are very friendly and helpful. They could not do enough for us fir breakfast, travel arrangements, excursions etc.
I would happily recommend Hotel La Palma to anyone travelling to Catania. To get to Catania Central, it takes around 35 minutes to walk or they will call a taxi for you. It's around a 10 inute walk to get to the seaside, and this is with my pregnant partner.
The top of the road is host to a lovely market as well and there is a sar nearby for any drinks or fruit that you would like in the room, where there is a large fridge.
All in all for me it was a 9 out of 10 for the hotel, if only they had a pool it would have been a 10.
Brilliant holiday and great hotel