Hotel Villa Carlotta Taormina

The magic of Hotel Villa Carlotta has truly ancient origins. A gorgeous 4 star establishment in the heart of the Sicilian seaside city of Taormina, Villa Carlotta occupies a meticulously restored 19th century residence, built in the Moorish style favored by Sicily's 15th century aristocrats, on the cliffs overlooking the sea and the smoking slopes of Mount Etna.

In the hotel's luxurious bedrooms and suites, typical Sicilian furnishings, in cherry wood and wrought iron, combine with the latest in modern Italian interior design to produce the most stylish of Mediterranean living environments. Villa Carlotta's signature room, the two-storey "Tower Suite" features a spacious living room and a huge master bedroom complete with floor-to-ceiling windows and spectacular views of the sea.

At Villa Carlotta, breakfast is a sumptuous affair, to be enjoyed at leisure on the hotel's panoramic roof top. In the evening, the roof top restaurant fills with the exquisite aromas of the finest Sicilian and Italian cuisine, prepared using the island's fabulous fish and seafood and wonderfully sweet, sun-ripened fruit and vegetables.

Abundant in brightly colored Mediterranean and subtropical flora, Villa Carlotta's fragrant garden provides the idyllic setting for the hotel's swimming pool. When not lazing by the pool, guests might easily be found relaxing in the lounge or browsing through the books and DVD collection in the library.

Right in the center of Taormina, Villa Carlotta is a pleasant, five minute stroll away from the historic center and all of the city's most important tourist attractions. Likewise, the sea and Taormina's beaches are within easy walking distance. The hotel's concierge will be pleased to arrange boat trips with or without crew, organize scuba diving expeditions, and help customers to create their very own tailor-made excursion of eastern Sicily.

Three good reasons

1. 4 star elegance between the beaches of Taormina and Mount Etna.
2. A night to remember in the Tower Suite, the epitome of Mediterranean romance.
3. The delicious Sicilian cuisine, served in the panoramic roof top restaurant.