This hotel has a lovely location, right beside the coast. The views of the bay from the bar terrace are stunning - absolutely breathtaking.

The rooms are large and clean - our rooms (35 and 36) had restricted views which was not ideal.

The reception staff are excellent, helping us with several things that went wrong - without a fuss. The lady who does breakfast cover and lunch cover in the bar is also excellent, works hard and is very pleasant. The young man who "works" in the bar is useless and at times obnoxious - mostly AWOL.

What food we had at the hotel was good - no complaints there.

As you can guess Sicily in July is very hot. The hotel does supply a small deck beside the sea for sunbathing where you can go down a wooden walkway to the sea - its difficult to get into the sea as it is very rocky. My big gripe is that this place needs a swimming pool- big style. Somewhere allowing people to enjoy the facilties within the hotel boundries. If patrons want to have a cool drink it means a 150 metre walk up a to the hotel buidling using a tunnel that runs under the railway line.

Overall hit and miss for my family

The hotel is quite hidden from the road, so upon our arrival, it took a bit to find. However, we were repaid with the beautiful calmness of the gardens, which are kept very well. The reception staff were expecting us and greeted us by name, which was nice. The room was very very clean, and was kept that way all throughout our stay. The train does pass very close, but after a couple of hours you get used to it. It stops during the night, so it won't disturb your sleep, and during the day, we were out on trips and walks, so it didn't really bother us. I tried the food there one night because my husband was sick and couldn't go out, and it was very good. The staff are all extremely nice and go out of their way to help you. I'm sure that should we ever visit taormina again, this is where we'll choose to stay.

Unfortunately this hotel did not have to many "plus"...yes the staff is very nice,pleasant,speaks very good English....and yes, the view from the terrace were we had our breakfast was fantastic,but....that was it!
The so called beach,is not really a beach,but mostly a collection of rocks and because of rough seas,the week we arrived a good amount of trash had collected on this rocks! Not very good sight!
The hotel is at the bottom of a very steep inclined drive,a real problem if another car comes the opposite way.Also very difficult to access from the main road.
The hotel is on a very busy and narrow road ....walking on this road it is not reccomended at any time of the day or night if you value your safety!
There is a cable car that takes you to the top of Taormina the ride is very nice,but it is not as close as they say...you need a car for just about anything you want to do because Taormina by the sea has really nothing to offer but the sea!
The old Taormina has a restaurant on every corner and an abbundance of shops for the tourist!
The view from the top is magnificent! If you want to visit Taormina stay in town .

This was my first visit to Scicily although I have travelled through Italia before. The hotel Sirene was the most welcoming place I think I have stayed in my travels throughout Italy (and thats saying something). Staff could not have been more helpfull and the accommodation, food & surounds were fantastic.

Some reveiws for this hotel complain of the early morning trains but as a positive it gives you an early start to wonderous days in the surounding countyside or just more time to hang about and enjoy the senery. This hotel is definitely a repeat destination on my travels.

Staff, you were all so wonderful, helpfull & welcoming. Your attention to detail and willingness to assist will not be forgotten.

Jules