Artemisia Palace Hotel

DO NOT STAY!! MY ROOM WAS ROBBED HERE Worst experience on my life.. AND HOTEL WAS IN ON IT!! I was at Mondello beach I received a phone call from the hotel around noon, saying I needed to come back because some stuff may have been stolen from my room because a woman was caught on the surveillance in the lobby. I arrive to the Hotel around 3:30pm. I was asked to sit in the lobby and not go to the room yet (for what reason, I don’t know…) and after 30 minutes of waiting, I told them to take me to the room. For reference, my suitcase has been completely packed and ready for my flight back to New York the next morning at 4am… I first noticed that my laptop and Gucci purse were stolen, which is terrible but I figured that would be the case. What was to come was worse.. I come to find this woman stole all go my bathing suits ($200 each), workout clothes (all Lululemon), expensive dresses, vintage gold jewelry from grandmother, Gucci Purse, Laptop, shoes, all my loungewear, Vintage scarves and bandanas, and a 3 piece Italian swim suit set I got as my 25th birthday gift in capri (800 euro.) She stole my razor and tampons too! I was hysterical. My mom immediately asked to see the video footage. We saw this woman walked into the hotel around 10:45 am.. She looked identical to me - petite, brown long hair, tan. She walked directly to the back and went up the elevator without anyone stopping her. 25 minutes after, she is seen on tape leaving the hotel wearing ALL OF MY CLOTHES, holding a tote bag I got from my cousins wedding with their names on it! It was the most disturbing. 1st - How did this woman walk out with all of the items…. She certainly was NOT holding everything she had stolen from me. Someone must have helped. 2nd - Who robs someones room at 10:45 in the morning? And stays in there for 20 minutes? She knew I had left and she knew I wasn’t coming back for awhile. 3rd - 3rd - How did the hotel know she robbed MY room when they made that phone call?

The robbery wasn't the worst part... How the hotel handled this TERRIBLY. My mother, being a lawyer, made them come with us to the police station to file a report. They said in their report I had left the door open, which was not true. The door clicks automatically and you need a keycard to access. We got the police report, went back to hotel and they filed an insurance claim. Once we got back to the states, they went pretty much radio silent. They refused to refund us for my room (FYI - I stayed in my parents room that last night… because I was so scared.) and they still had us pay!! It has now been over 4 weeks and we have received nothing back but a confirmation that they filed the claim. We have emailed them countless times, probably over 15 total, to receive one worded responses. They have done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to try and make up for this. It was very clear and obvious someone at this hotel tipped off a gypsy woman and had a part of this robbery. I am a 25 year old woman who lives and supports herself in New York City. It has been financially and emotionally draining to start over and repair the damage of what I had stolen... If you read all of this, PLEASE do not stay here!! I am trying to help.. I don't wish this on anyone!!