Hotel Tempo di Mare in Favignana

The hotel felt a bit old, but overall, we were happy with the service. Just a heads-up if you’re thinking about using the bike rental service arranged through the hotel.

We rented electric bikes through an outside company arranged through the hotel. The guy from the rental place said he couldn’t take card payments and asked us to pay €30 in cash, which we did right there. He gave us a rental agreement with the amount written on it.

Later on, with help from the hotel staff, we found out that the contract (which was in Italian) actually said payment was due when we returned the bikes.

The next day, when we brought the bikes back, the same guy claimed we hadn’t paid and charged us again. Since the contract didn’t say anything about us paying upfront, we had no way to prove it—and ended up having to pay another €30.

So if you’re renting bikes through the hotel, make sure you only pay after the rental, and definitely don’t give them cash in advance.

Hopefully, this helps someone avoid the frustrating experience we had.

Calling this hotel a 4 star is a stretch. Very good shuttle service from the port. They say they have shuttle service to the beach, but it’s only one beach and the least beautiful. Our room was dated and the bathroom had lots of long black hair and the shower was disgusting. The worst was that we were kept up by the very loud banging noise from above us which was the breakfast room. Who knows what was happening there all night. Stay elsewhere.