This is the first Hotel in Taormina, in front of the Roman-Greek
Theatre, it dates back to 1873 and represents the major expression of Framon
style.
In a park of 25.000m², populated by numerous typical floral species, the
historical Hotel contains the famous "literary terrace". Surrounded by
a spectacular panorama, the terrace represents the ideal meeting place for
well-known guests.
HistoryIn 1873, the Grand Hotel Timeo, Taormina's first hotel, is born and a
myth begins... Today, after expert restoration which has wisely conserved its
elegant style whilst at the same time introducing the latest technology, it has
become one of the most resplendent realities of the Italian hotel industry.
Completely unique, with its position amidst the most unforgettable sceneries
that pass one after the other, one glance can encompasse the sunlit Bay of
Naxos, the majestic volcano mount Etna and the Greek-Roman Amphitheatre.
It is plunged in a centuries old park of cypresses and magnolias.
At the end of the 19° century, it becomes the favourite destination of
reigning monarchs, aristocrats, politicians, illustrious scholars and famous
artists: William II Kaiser of Germany, Umberto II, Marconi, Gide, Guy de
Maupassant, Liz Taylor, Richard Burton.
Its hospitality has its roots in the noble tradition of Sicily.
Guy de Maupassant said: Taormina is only a landscape, but a landscape, where
you seem to find everything created on the earth to seduce the eyes, the spirit
and the imagination.
Taormina, so called jewel of Sicily, is the ideal centre to do some
excursion, in order to admire the artistic and natural beauties of Eastern
Sicily: in the same area there are: Castelmola, Naxos and the Alcantara's
Gorges, more distant are Messina and the Eolian Islands, while nearby Catania
there are: Etna Mountain, the baroque Acireale with the beautiful Timpa, and of
course Catania and Siracusa.
Airport of Catania - Fontanarossa - Taormina 56 km (40 km motorway).
Framed by the most beautiful and evocative terrace in Taormina, which seems
to be suspended between the sea and the sky, the hotel's restaurant Il Dito
e la Luna offers all that is refined and genuine in Sicilian and
Mediterranean cuisine. Its magic atmosphere and the oblivious view, wrapped in
an ancient silence where time seems to have stood still, make it an exclusive
oasis of serenity.
The characteristic Bar La Zagara, work of the ancient wisdom of the
Sicilian teachers of the gypsum, creates the magic and pleasant atmosphere of
the gardens in the winter, like in the real abodes in baroque style, here it's
pleasant to converse with friends or to participate to informal meetings of job.
The saloons, that appear with ample glass door on the balcony, represent the
ideal place for the reading and listen to a pleasant music of piano bar in an
intimate and elegant context.
For those people that appreciates the sea there is a shuttle-service from and
for the splendid beach of the Hotel Villa Sant'Andrea, belonging to the same
Framon company, where they will be able to have use of free bathing-huts,
sunshades, showers and bath-sheets.
Animals: allowed only small sizes, inside the hotel, not admitted at
the restaurant; to notify at the booking office.
Hotel Facilities and Services:
- 24 hour room service
- Car parking
- Gymnasium
- Laundry facilities
- Coach parking
- Health Club
- Internet Access
- Concierge
- Indoor Pool
- Audio/Visual Equipment
- Dry Cleaning Service
- Poolside bar
- Restaurant
- Babysitting or Child care
- Conference Room
- Meeting Room
Close to the hotel a cableway connects Taormina with the Mazzaro bay, where
there is the beach.
Sports: tennis and golf - 30 minutes by car, in Castiglione Sicily, between Etna
and Taormina, there is Picciolo Golf Club, a course of 18 holes, par 72.
Earliest check-in at 14 :00
All rooms, with precious furniture, have got panoramic terraces or balconies.
The suites recall the magnificence of the Sicilian Baroque.
Among them there is the Kaiser Zimmer, with its polished and fascinating
atmosphere and with a terrace of 220 m², to live the whole magnificence of the
aristocratic Sicily at the beginning of the century.
In every room and suite there is a gift for every guest, usually a basket of
fruit and a bottle of excellent dessert-wine.
All the rooms are lit and comfortable, furnished with a typical and unique style
and equipped with balconies with a wonderful view, either the etna Mountain or
the sea.
Furthermore the rooms are equipped with the most modern technology:
- Color TV with reception by satellite
- Safe
- Telephone
- Hairdryer
- Air conditioning
