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GIARDINI NAXOS: Hotel PANAREA: Raya €€€ Stromboli’s largest sandy beach
Palladio €€€ Boutique Road Map E1 has a flower-filled courtyard, a
Boutique Road Map F3 Loc. San Pietro, Panarea 98050 sea water pool, a restaurant and
Corso Umberto I 470, 98035 Tel 090 983013 a lido on the beach.
Tel 0942 52267 ∑ hotelraya.it
∑ hotelpalladiogiardini.com The most exclusive, expensive TAORMINA: Grand Hotel Timeo
This friendly family-run hotel in hotel in Sicily. The rooms here are Et Villa Flora €€€
a 19th-century palazzo has a built into the hill above the village, Luxury Road Map F2
fabulous location on the seafront. with sea views over groves of Via Teatro Greco 59, 98039
Breakfasts are superb, with olives, hibiscus and bougainvillea. Tel 0942 6270200
produce sourced from farms ∑ belmond.com/luxury-hotels
supporting the Slow Food and PATTI: Casa Rubes €€ Taormina’s oldest hotel exudes
anti-Mafia movements. B&B Road Map E2 old-world elegance: sumptuous
Via Magretti 127 reception rooms with huge
LINGUAGLOSSA: Tel 0941 21648 windows, a “Literary Terrace” over-
Rifugio Ragabó € ∑ casarubes.it looking gardens and a beautiful
Hostels and The hosts are cordial at this pool. Most rooms have a terrace.
Refuges Road Map F3 relaxed, atmospheric B&B in
Pineta Bosco Ragabo, 95015 a beautifully converted town DK Choice
Tel 095 647 841 house in the heart of the old
∑ ragabo.it town. Breakfast is served at a long TAORMINA: Villa
This cosy wooden hotel and table on the flower-filled terrace. Carlotta €€€
restaurant (with an open fire) Boutique Road Map F2
high on Etna is a perfect base for SALINA: La Salina Borgo Via Pirandello 81, 98039
an active mountain holiday in Di Mare €€ Tel 0942 626058
winter or summer. The two four- Boutique Road Map E1 ∑ hotelvillacarlottataormina.com
bed rooms are ideal for families. Via Manzoni, Lingua 98050 This is an intimate hotel in an
Tel 090 9843441 early 20th-century villa with a
LIPARI: Diana Brown €€ ∑ lasalinahotel.com lush garden and fabulous views
B&B Road Map E1 This lovely hotel occupies a stretching from Etna across
Vico Himera 3, 98055 cluster of restored buildings by the Ionian sea to the coast of
Tel 090-981 25 84 Lingua’s lagoon. Most rooms Calabria. Staff make guests feel
∑ dianabrown.it have sea views and a terrace, and special without being intrusive;
Located in a tiny lane parallel to there is also a small lido. rooms are very comfortable
the main Corso, this B&B is friendly and individually designed and
and well-organized. The rooms are SALINA: Capo Faro €€€ decorated. The gardens include
spic and span, with fridges and Boutique Road Map E1 a small, pretty pool overlooking
kettles; some have kitchenettes. Località Capo Faro, 98050 a ruined chapel.
There’s a great roof terrace, too. Tel 090 9844330
∑ capofaro.it
LIPARI: Hotel Tritone €€€ These stunning rooms occupy ZAFFERANA ETNEA:
Luxury Road Map E1 Aeolian-style houses and look Sotto I Pini €
Via Mendolita, 98055 down to the sea across clifftop B&B Road Map G3
Tel 090 9811595 vineyards. Facilities, including Via A. Diaz 208, 95019
∑ hoteltritonelipari.it pool and restaurant, are top-notch. Tel 095-956 696 or 340-673 89 26
A luxurious, small resort-style ∑ sottoipini.it
hotel set away from the town STROMBOLI: Sirenetta In the shadow of Etna, with terrific
bustle amid quiet gardens. Park Hotel €€€ views of the volcano and the sea,
There’s a good pool, a lovely spa, Resort Road Map F1 this beautifully furnished villa is
a superb restaurant, and rooms Località Ficogrande, 98050 managed ecologically. Wherever
all have a balcony or terrace. Tel 090 986025 possible, the food made available
∑ lasirenetta.it to the customers is local, seasonal
MESSINA: Town House Messina € This whitewashed hotel right and organic. Children under two
B&B Road Map F2 across the little road from stay for free.
Via Giordano Bruno 66, 98123
Tel 090 2936097
∑ townhousemessina.it
Town House Messina, just off
Piazza Cairoli, has minimalist
decor in soft neutral tones and
fabulous designer bathrooms.
Breakfast is at a nearby café, Billé.
MILAZZO: Locanda
Del Bagatto €€
Boutique Road Map F2
Via Massimiliano Regis 7, 98057
Tel 090 9224212
∑ locandadelbagatto.com
These minimalist designer rooms,
adjoining a fabulous bar and
restaurant, are just a few minutes’
walk from the port. The entrance to the Frederico Secondo, located in Castiglione di Sicilia (see p204)
For more information on types of hotels see pp198–201
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