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Taormina Holidays
Go to hotels in Sicily Taormina is the best resort in Sicily with spectacular views to the sea below. You'll find little boutiques, craft shops, pavement cafes, and excellent restaurants, while a cable car takes you down to the beach. Evening is an atmospheric time to find a quiet bar or a good restaurant, while Taormina has its own theatre in a dramatic location, plus a cathedral and public gardens.
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Villa Carlotta (4*)
Taormina, Sicily
Villa Carlotta
This is a small luxury boutique hotel and winner of the 2009 Best Luxury hotel in Sicily on Trip Advisor. With only 23 rooms, and a high level of personal service and outstanding feedback, it is just 5 minutes walk into Taormina.
Hotel Images
Lounge area
Lounge area
Bedroom
Terrace
Features
- Small swimming pool open between April and October
- Pool bar
- Solarium
- Complimentary room service
- DVD and book library
- Laundry and dry cleaning
- Complimentary shuttle service to the beach
- Tailor made trips and tours organised
Rooms
The rooms have large bay windows that open onto a French balcony with outstanding sea views of Taormina, plus designer toiletries, bathrobe and slippers, DVD player, air-conditioning, hairdryer, TV, safe, tea/coffee making, Wi-Fi and minibar. Junior suites are also available which are slightly larger but not all have a sea view.
Restaurants
Food is served on the terrace that overlooks the sea and Mount Etna.
The Resort
- Taormina is the best resort in Sicily with spectacular views to the sea below. You'll find little boutiques, craft shops, pavement cafes, and excellent restaurants, while a cable car takes you down to the beach. Evening is an atmospheric time to find a quiet bar or a good restaurant, while Taormina has its own theatre in a dramatic location, plus a cathedral and public gardens.
Trips and Excursions
- Visit the famous Mount Etna volcano which is still active - most of the year it is snow capped and smoke billows from the crater - you can either drive from Taormina or take one of the many tours. When you get there, buses take you up to 2000m and from there you can walk up to the hot lava or take a jeep.
- Enjoy eating out in local restaurants and the wonderful food and ambience - there is plenty of choice in both Taormina and Castelmola (easy to get to if staying at Villa Sonia) - some hotels (for example Villa Sonia) . have a semi-half board where you eat in the hotel for a few nights, and are free to eat out the other nights
- Take the cable car down to the beach near Taormina
- Enjoy a mini-cruise to the Aeolian Islands - there are nine volcanic islands to the North of Sicily including Lipari which has an impressive Spanish castle, Stromboli where volcanic eruptions occur daily, and Volcano where you can have a therapeutic soak in the active thermal springs
- Visit the preserved roman city of Syracuse which has a rock carved theatre and was the venue for gladiator fights
- Visit the Valley of the Temples at Agrigento including the mosaics of the Roman Villa of Casale
- Explore the streets and alleyways of Taormina, including the amphitheatre, pavement cafes, interesting shops and restaurants
- Hire a car and explore the delightful inland villages of Sicily as well as driving towards Mount Etna
Other Information | Board Basis | Bed & Breakfast | | Transfer time | 50 minutes | | Distance to the town | 5 minutes walk to the town | | Number of rooms | 23 |
The Weather
| All year round Desrtination? | Yes |
| Temperatures | The warmest months are July and August when the temperatures reach 85F (28c), and even in Spring there is a very mild climate for example in April you will enjoy temperatures in the 60s (16c). |
| Rainfall | Relatively dry throughout the year with very little rain between April and September. |
| Best Months | Any time is good because it never gets too hot in the peak summer months |
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