Grand Hotel Timeo, A Belmond Hotel, Taormina
Belmond · Taormina, Centro Storico · Sicily · Taormina & the east coast
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because Taormina's original grand hotel, open since 1873 beside the ancient theater, gives every one of its rooms a balcony or a terrace over the sea and Etna, and keeps the MICHELIN-starred Otto Geleng on its terrace – and Belmond holds it to four-star standing.
- Taormina's first grand hotel, open since 1873 on Via Teatro Greco, at the gate of the ancient theater; a Belmond house.
- 40 rooms and suites, every one with its own balcony or terrace over the Ionian Sea and Etna; the Literary Terrace and the gardens below the theater.
- Otto Geleng, the MICHELIN-starred restaurant on the terrace, and the bar of the terrace at sunset; Two MICHELIN Keys in the 2025 selection.
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star 2026 for the hotel; holds four-star standing.
The neighborhood
San Domenico Palace, Taormina, A Four Seasons Hotel · Taormina, Centro Storico — Holger Uwe Schmitt · CC BY-SA 4.0Taormina, Centro Storico
The town on the terraces of Monte Tauro sits two hundred meters above the sea and holds two of the three hotels. It takes in Corso Umberto from Porta Messina to Porta Catania, the ancient theater with Etna and the bay in its frame, Piazza IX Aprile and its belvedere, the Villa Comunale gardens and the convent on Piazza San Domenico at the western end.
- The ancient theater, next door.
- Corso Umberto and Piazza IX Aprile, a few minutes' walk.
- The cable car to Mazzarò, down Via Pirandello.
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