Best Family Hotels in Sicily with Tennis Courts
5 family-friendly hotels with tennis in Sicily . Handpicked for families who want the best.
Booking a Sicilian holiday where one parent wants to play tennis and the other wants the kids occupied? Most island resorts try to do everything, but only a handful actually run real courts with rackets, balls, and a coach who shows up. The five hotels below all have working tennis courts, plus the kids-club and pool setup that lets you steal a one-hour singles match before lunch. Mangia's Brucoli and Torre Del Barone go furthest on coaching; the others have courts free for guest use. Prices in July run €360 to €1040 per night, three or four-star, all with families in mind.
Sicily is a noisy, generous, slightly chaotic island that families either love at first lunch or never warm to. The food rules: pasta alla norma at €12 a plate, granita and brioche for breakfast, fresh fish on the south coast. Driving inland feels like a road trip with eight kingdoms in two hours. Pace is slower than mainland Italy, which suits kids.
🎾Why Sicily Works for Tennis Family Holidays
Sicilian tennis resorts split into two camps. The five-star Mangia's properties (Torre Del Barone in Sciacca, Brucoli in the east) treat tennis as a real programme: coaches available, courts kept resurfaced, sometimes round-robin tournaments at sunset. These are the spots if you actually train at home and want to keep playing.
The four-star options at Serenusa, Caesar Palace and Le Ville della Contea give you free court access without the coaching layer. Bring your own rackets and you'll find the courts mostly empty mid-morning. Surfaces are hard court except Torre Del Barone which has a clay option. Lighting for evening play is hit-and-miss, so plan around early or late sessions when the sun drops.
Parent's take
What parents actually want from this combo: a kids club that runs the same hours your court is free, a pool steps from the court so the rest of the family can wait, and someone to lend you a racket if yours got lost in the cargo hold. All five hotels deliver at least the first two.
Our Top 5 Picks
Hotels in Sicily with tennis, sorted by guest rating.
Wonderful
530 reviews
Mangia's Torre Del Barone Resort & SPA is a 5-star on the cliff in Sciacca, the thermal spa town of south-west Sicily. Pools use the local thermal water, the kids club runs 4 to 12 with a separate creche from age 2, and the beach shuttle runs hourly to Sciacca beach.
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€389/night
Why families love Mangia's Torre Del Barone Resort & SPA
Torre Del Barone was the luxury pick of the list and it delivered. Thermal water pools at 32 and 35 degrees for adults plus the 30-degree indoor pool for kids: we used all three. Kids club genuinely full service with the staff-to-kid ratio you would expect at a Mediterranean club resort. Beach shuttle is the one minor friction point: runs hourly, cliff top to beach, our kids found it fun but some parents prefer direct access. Breakfast buffet is the best on the list, by some distance.
Mangia's Brucoli, Sicily, Autograph Collection
Brucoli (East Coast)
Excellent
1,293 reviews
This Marriott Autograph Collection resort near Syracuse has 7 restaurants, a kids club with kid-friendly buffet, a kids pool, and a private beach. The Mangia's all-inclusive formula covers meals, drinks, beach service, and entertainment. The property is large enough that it takes 10 minutes to walk end to end, with gardens, a spa area, and multiple pools.
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€270/night
Why families love Mangia's Brucoli, Sicily, Autograph Collection
Brucoli felt like a small village rather than a hotel. Seven restaurants meant we never ate the same food twice. The kids club kept our 8-year-old busy with outdoor games and mini shows while the toddler splashed in the dedicated kids pool. The beach is rocky in places but the main swimming area has sand and a gentle slope. At 270 EUR/night for a family of four with all meals and drinks included, the value is strong for a 5-star Marriott property.
Le Ville della Contea Vacation Rentals
Mascali, east coast
Excellent
182 reviews
A small cluster of self-catering villas a five-minute walk from Mascali's pebble beach, between Taormina and Catania. Each apartment has its own terrace with Etna views, a kitchen, and access to a shared outdoor pool plus a tennis court that sits empty most mornings.
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€440/night
Why families love Le Ville della Contea Vacation Rentals
The villa-style setup beats a standard hotel room when you've got two kids who fight over the TV. Three apartments we saw had separate bedrooms for parents and a sofa-bed living room. Tennis court is full-size hard surface, free for guests, no booking system - just turn up. The pool is small but clean, and the kitchen lets you skip restaurant prices when the kids are exhausted. Mascali is unglamorous, but Catania and Taormina are 30 minutes either side.
Serenusa Resort
Licata (South Coast)
Very Good
500 reviews
Bluserena's Serenusa overlooks a private sandy beach near Licata, with age-segmented clubs: Serenino (1-3), SereninoPiù (4-7), SerenUp (8-12), SerenHappy (13-17). The soft-inclusive formula covers meals, beach, pool, and entertainment. Lunch is a light poolside buffet. Sailing, windsurfing, and paddleboard are included.
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€281/night
Why families love Serenusa Resort
Serenusa is the kind of place where you unpack once and don't leave for a week. The beach is wide, sandy, and shallow for a good 30 metres out, so our 5-year-old could wade without us hovering. The kids club split by four age groups meant both our children had age-appropriate activities. The soft-inclusive formula covered most drinks but cocktails were 5 EUR extra. The food was proper Sicilian: pasta alla Norma, grilled swordfish, and a gelato station the kids discovered on day one.
Hotel Caesar Palace
Giardini Naxos (East Coast)
Very Good
1,277 reviews
Caesar Palace sits on Via Consolare Valeria in Giardini Naxos, a 10-minute drive from Taormina. The outdoor playground has swings and climbing equipment near the pool terrace. There is also a **billiards room and table tennis** indoors for rainy days or the midday heat. The kids' pool is separate from the main pool, with shallow water.
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€227/night
Why families love Hotel Caesar Palace
The playground kept our 6-year-old busy every evening after dinner while we had coffee on the terrace. The game room with billiards and table tennis was a lifesaver during the 2pm heat. Rooms face either the garden or the sea. We picked garden-view and it was quieter at night. At 227 EUR/night for a family of four, it is the most affordable option on this list without feeling cheap.
💡Tips for Booking Tennis Resorts in Sicily
- 1Book a tennis-program room at Mangia's Brucoli or Torre Del Barone if you want coaching included; the resort packages add roughly €40 per session and include ball machine time and racket rental.
- 2Court bookings open 24 hours ahead at most resorts. Reserve your slot at check-in and aim for 8am or after 6pm in July and August when daytime temperatures hit 35°C plus.
- 3Bring two rackets per player, fresh strings, and three tubes of balls. Resort pro shops mark up rackets 60% and rarely stock children's sizes below 23 inches.
- 4Combine tennis mornings with kids-club afternoons. Most clubs run 9am to 12pm and 3pm to 5pm, leaving you a comfortable two-hour singles slot before lunch.
- 5Drive time matters. Sciacca and Brucoli sit two hours from the nearest airport (Catania or Palermo); a 9am tennis session means leaving at 6am if you fly in same day.
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