When we arrived at I Cugi, we were met by Raffaella's mother who offered us a double downstairs. We found it adequate and clean, and thought that this is what I Cugi had to offer. We enjoyed being able to sit outside in the garden/patio though it's not a very green spot. The next morning we were invited upstairs to breakfast, and suddenly realised that the majority of the B&B is a very modern, stylishly-designed place with large rooms full of furniture, much newer and nicer than our room. Raffaella did ask us if we'd like to move upstairs, but we felt that we'd already settled in, and actually assumed that our older less spacious room would certainly be cheaper than the 50 euros we were quoted for the new ones. However, when I asked about it the next morning, that turned out not to be true and I find that a bit shocking and not at all fair. In addition, the breakfast pastries were micro-waved several times before we ate them, we kept having meat piled on the cheese though we emphasized that we are vegetarians (and therefore did not eat the cheese) and the tea was also heated in the micro-wave and was neither hot nor brewed. I realise from my research here that reasonably-priced accommodation is hard to find amongst the western Etna villages, but I was still disappointed and feel we were overcharged for what we...When we arrived at I Cugi, we were met by Raffaella's mother who offered us a double downstairs. We found it adequate and clean, and thought that this is what I Cugi had to offer. We enjoyed being able to sit outside in the garden/patio though it's not a very green spot. The next morning we were invited upstairs to breakfast, and suddenly realised that the majority of the B&B is a very modern, stylishly-designed place with large rooms full of furniture, much newer and nicer than our room. Raffaella did ask us if we'd like to move upstairs, but we felt that we'd already settled in, and actually assumed that our older less spacious room would certainly be cheaper than the 50 euros we were quoted for the new ones. However, when I asked about it the next morning, that turned out not to be true and I find that a bit shocking and not at all fair. In addition, the breakfast pastries were micro-waved several times before we ate them, we kept having meat piled on the cheese though we emphasized that we are vegetarians (and therefore did not eat the cheese) and the tea was also heated in the micro-wave and was neither hot nor brewed. I realise from my research here that reasonably-priced accommodation is hard to find amongst the western Etna villages, but I was still disappointed and feel we were overcharged for what we got (breakfast was 10 euros in addition to the price of the room).More
Show less