GRAND HOTEL TIMEO – TAORMINA, SICILY The first hotel to be built in Taormina, in the rocky hills of Sicily’s east coast, this glamorous Orient Express Hotel is all that an enchanting retreat should be. The 70 rooms and suites are full of Italian style and flair, from Sicilian baroque to country charm, and offer balconies, terraces and bay or garden views. All are beautifully appointed, packed with amenities and feature toiletries by Bulgari, Penhaligons and Molton Brown. Restaurant dining features carefully chosen local specialities and superb terrace views of Mount Etna and Cape Taormina, the poolside bar is perfect for lazy lunches while the wellness centre specialises in treatments using local flowers and fruit essences. When de Maupassant wrote that Taormina is “a landscape in which you can find all that seems to be created on earth to seduce the eyes, mind and fantasy,” he knew of what he wrote. Accommodation: 70 rooms and suites Dining: 2 restaurant and 2 bars Facilities: Fitness centre, Spa, Pool, Use of nearby the private beach Children: Welcome 4 Nights: From £795pp including British Airways flights and transfers Meal Plan: Breakfast included Special Offers: Free night
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VILLA SANT’ ANDREA – TAORMINA, SICILY On a private beach on one of Italy’s most beautiful coastlines and just a short cable car ride from the heart of stunning Taormina, Villa Sant’ Andrea offers all the sophisticated luxury you might expect from an Orient-Express hotel. The 60 rooms and suites have views over the private bay and are elegant and supremely comfortable, many boast either lovely ‘Juliet’ balconies or terraces for al fresco living while the bathrooms are a wealth of marble. Restaurant Oliviero is justifiably famed for its superb Mediterranean cuisine with innovative twists which uses only the very freshest of local produce and seafood and there can be fewer better sea views than that from it’s tree-shaded panoramic terrace. Twin this beach retreat with the glamourous hill-top Grand Hotel Timeo, also from Orient-Express, for a Sicilian match made in heaven. Accommodation: 37 rooms and 23 suites Dining: 1 restaurant and 1 bar Facilities: Spa, Fitness centre, Beach, Pool Children: Welcome Meal Plan: Breakfast included 4 Nights: From £725pp including British Airways flights and transfers Special Offers: Free night
THE ASHBEE HOTEL – TAORMINA, SICILY This beautiful boutique hotel, the former home of British Colonel and designed by the Arts and Crafts architect C.R. Ashbee, is a true Sicilian treasure of grace, style and supreme comfort. Set on a cliff overlooking the Ionian Sea, its 25 rooms and suites offer a wide range of accommodation choices, each featuring gorgeous décor, antique furniture, well chosen art and all the modern amenities you would expect. The crisp cool interior of marble, granite and whitewashed walls gives on to glorious terrace gardens of citrus trees with a super swimming pool and a cliff top infinity pool that offers views that truly go on forever. No surprise then that The Ashbee Hotel features in “Cool Hotel” lists, it certainly deserves to. Accommodation: 25 rooms and suites Dining: Ashbee Bar, Roof Garden and Lounge Terrace Facilities: Pool Children:Welcome 4 Nights: From £555pp including British Airways flights and transfers Meal Plan: Breakfast included
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