Best Family Hotels in Sicily with Tennis Courts
7 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.
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🎾Why Sicily Works for Tennis Family Holidays
Sicily delivers what southern Spain and the Greek islands struggle with: tennis courts that aren't melting in 38°C concrete heat. The big resorts here sit either on grassy north-coast terraces or in Etna's lower foothills where mornings stay cool. Combine that with reliable kids clubs running until 5pm and you get the rare combo where parents play and children have actual fun, not babysitting.
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 7 Picks
Hotels in Sicily with tennis, sorted by guest rating.
MClub Alicudi
Sciacca, South Coast
Wonderful
740 reviews
A 4-star resort set in 30 hectares of olive groves and parkland, 600m from a private sandy beach. Verdura championship golf is 15 minutes by car, and the on-site mini-golf, archery and tennis keep non-golfers busy.
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€345/night
Why families love MClub Alicudi
This is the resort that sold our reluctant teen on coming. Mini-golf, archery, tennis, sailing, windsurfing and a kids club running until 10pm all included. The animation team is genuinely good — not just a forced disco at 9pm. Pasta with butter is always available. Verdura tee times bookable through reception.
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.
Hotel Kalura
Caldura Bay, Cefalù
Excellent
1,884 reviews
Family-run 4-star above Caldura Bay with private beach, a tennis court, scuba school, and an indoor games room with table tennis and arcade machines. Walking distance to Cefalù old town along the coast path.
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€390/night
Why families love Hotel Kalura
Hotel Kalura punches well above its weight for a 4-star — the location is genuinely panoramic, the private beach is a real cove rather than a strip of public sand, and the games room is one of the better ones we've seen at this price tier. Kids' club is informal but the family really gets it. Cefalù old town is a 25-minute walk along the coast path, manageable for kids 6+. Tennis court and dive school add options for active families. The catch: rooms are mid-size and the hotel is 1980s structurally, not glamorous.
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.
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
Mangia's Brucoli, part of Marriott's Autograph Collection near Syracuse, is the all-inclusive I recommend to families who like plenty of choice. It has seven restaurants with themed dinners, a kids' club, a kid-friendly buffet, a children's pool and a private beach. The Mangia's formula covers meals, drinks, beach service and entertainment. The grounds take about ten minutes to cross on foot, with gardens, a spa area and several pools.
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 Resort is the south-coast Sicilian resort I recommend to families who want to unpack once and stay put. Run by Bluserena near Licata, it overlooks a wide private sandy beach and splits its kids' clubs into four age groups, from 1 to 17. The soft-inclusive formula covers meals, beach, pool and entertainment, and sailing, windsurfing and paddleboarding are included. The Valley of the Temples is a forty-minute drive away.
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
Hotel Caesar Palace is the Giardini Naxos hotel I recommend to families who want simple play options close at hand. It stands on Via Consolare Valeria, a ten-minute drive from Taormina, with an outdoor playground of swings and climbing equipment near the pool terrace. Indoors, a billiards and table tennis room covers rainy days or the midday heat, and the shallow kids' pool is separate from the main pool.
💡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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