Beautiful hotel, which everyone in our group of 33 liked. The musicians in our group appreciated early evening use of the breakfast area to play music together on two evenings. Excellent breakfast buffet. We appreciated the breakfast bags on departure day.

We did not take meals in the hotel, as we spent most of our days in the center of the town of Taormina. We would be happy to return there.

The hotel website makes this hotel look like a four star establishment; however, this hotel treated us with no welcome or accommodation. The room we ordered over the phone with the desk assistant was COMPLETELY different than the one we were placed into. After asking about moving rooms, we were treated rudely and given no change in rooms. Being that the room was not going to work for the three of us, we were forced to ask for the room we asked for or leave. They told us to leave and then despite all reasoning with them, they charged us for ALL 8 DAYS OF STAY when we left after the first night! Only after disputing the credit card were we able to only pay the one night we stayed (in the smaller, wrong room). No customer service, rude staff, bad room management, and an online description of completely different atmosphere makes me rate this hotel worse than any other we stayed in on our five week trip through europe.

This hotel has the worst possible location. It is practically in the railroad station. Therefore, if you need to catch an early train, this hotel is fine, otherwise do yourself a favor & look elsewhere.
Also, they are loaded with tour buses full of groups. And those are the only customers the hotel's staff are concerned about.
Taormina is gorgeous, so stay up in the town, or even at the beach, but DO NOT stay here.

View from our room with a balcony was fair. Hotel was clean, rooms were small but adequate. The strangest thing about the hotel is the shower. It is a hardwall enclosure with two sliding doors that meet in the corner. When you open the doors the opening is only 12.5". I am not a small person and I had difficulty getting in and out of the shower. The bathroom itself is small, very little counter space. I would choose a different hotel just because of the shower.