"The Belmond Grand Hotel Timeo in Taormina is a classic, with elegant rooms, gardens, and views of Mt. Etna and the sea."

"Modern luxuries include a spa and heated pool, plus a shuttle service to the beach at sister hotel the Sant’Andrea. Dinner while looking across the moonlit bay to the volcano is not to be missed."

"Arguably the top luxury hotel in Sicily (undoubtedly its most famous and opulent). Its 71 rooms and villas are categorically upscale, with Baroque Sicilian decor, minibars, and 24-hour room service. " Full review

"High on a hillside above Taormina, just below the Greek Theatre, stands the Belmond Grand Hotel Timeo, an opulent neoclassical symbol of the Sicilian aristocracy since 1873, playing host to the likes of Oscar Wilde, DH Lawrence, Guy de Maupassant and the Kaiser Wilhelm II — all, no doubt, taken in by the sublime views of Mount Etna and the sea, as well as the Sicilian Baroque trimmings of the Timeo’s magnificent interiors" Full review