Taormina

  • OPENING DATE:

    July 2021
  • GENERAL MANAGER:

    Lorenzo Maraviglia
Property Features

Total Number of Rooms: 111

  • Rooms: 68
  • Suites: 43

Design Aesthetic:

  • One of the world’s most famous hotels, composed of the Ancient Convent Wing built on the site of a 14th-century convent, and the Grand Hotel Wing, a Liberty-style structure added in 1896
  • Chic contemporary style, balanced with historical architecture, frescoes, and original relics from the convent

Lead architects: Valentina Pisani

Art Curator: James Robertson

Landscape Architect : Marco Bay

Chief Restorer: Rosaria Catania

Location:

  • On Sicily’s east coast in the charming seaside town of Taormina
  • Just off the main street – an easy walk to shops and restaurants
  • Ideal for exploring eastern Sicily, including the historic cities of Modica, Noto and Siracusa, and the tiny island of Ortigia
  • 60 minutes from Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)
Pool
  • 21-metre (69-foot) infinity pool, blending with the Ionian Sea
Dining

Executive Chef: Massimo Mantarro

Restaurant: Principe Cerami

  • Cuisine: Michelin-starred restaurant, for quintessential Sicilian cuisine by Chef Massimo Mantarro, with sweeping vistas of Mount Etna and Taormina Bay

Restaurant: Anciovi

  • Cuisine: Mediterranean cuisine and innovative cocktails, al fresco on the pool terrace

Lounge: Bar & Chiostro

  • Cuisine: Sophisticated drinks and all day dining, serving Sicilian specialties and classic international dishes at the bar or in the Grand Cloister
Meetings and Events

Total Event Space: More than 1,700 sq.m. (18,299 sq. ft.) of indoor-outdoor event space, including a ballroom, cloistered courtyards, gardens and terraces

Spa and Fitness

Botanica Pop-Up Spa

  • 3 treatment rooms

Gym

  • State-of-the-art fitness centre
Special Features
  • Lush Italian gardens for romantic strolls and quiet contemplation
  • La Sala della Grande Madia, displaying artefacts dating from the 16th to the 18th century, following the Sicilian and Neapolitan school, which belonged to the San Domenico Monastery

PRESS CONTACTS
Ilaria Alber-Glanstaetten
Senior Director of Communications
Via Gesu, 6/8
Milan, 20121
Italy
Sonia Bonamassa
Public Relations Coordinator, Sales & Marketing
Piazza San Domenico, 5
Taormina, 98039
Italy