The Seattle Times
"Owners Salvatore and Marisin Tranchina don't have a farm, but they need go no farther than their own neighborhood to gather all the ingredients for their nightly five-course dinners."
Brigitte
"Einfache Zimmer mit Bad, teils mit Balkon und Meerblick. Zum Frühstück Feigen-marmalade und Käse, abends sizilianische Hausmannskost.."
The guardian
"Why we would eat the breakfast of a million international hotels when we could enjoy the real Sicilian experience? Local breakfast in .. Scopello, is bread still warm from the bakery, dipped in olive"
Ryanair
"Marisin and Salvatore run this small welcoming hotel in the center of fishing hamlet Scopello ..it's a great base to return to after a day spent exploring the nearby natural reserve."
Aspen Times Weekly
"This is a wonderful, simple, friendly and blessedly inexpensive place to stay, run by the husband-and-wife team of Marisin and Salvatore Tranchina."
Australian Gourmet Traveller
"at the pensione La Tranchina [...] we feasted that night on delicious fresh prawns, homemade pasta, whole fish baked in a thick salt crust..."