Villa Sant'Andrea, A Belmond Hotel, Taormina Mare
Belmond · Taormina Mare & Isola Bella · Sicily · Taormina & the east coast
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because a villa built in 1919 by the Cornish Trewhella family stands on the bay of Mazzarò with its own beach club at the water and the cable car up to Taormina a few minutes away – the only house on the water in the destination distinguished by the Guide – and Belmond holds it to four-star standing.
- A seaside villa of 1919, built by the Cornish Trewhella family on the bay of Mazzarò on Via Nazionale, at the foot of Taormina; a Belmond house.
- 66 rooms and suites in the villa and its gardens, a beach club reserved for guests on the pebbles of the bay, and the restaurant on the terrace over the water.
- The cable car from Mazzarò up to the old town in a few minutes; Isola Bella around the point. Two MICHELIN Keys in the 2025 selection.
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star 2026 for the hotel; holds four-star standing.
The neighborhood
Taormina Mare & Isola Bella
The coast at the foot of the town holds one of the three hotels, with the bay of Mazzarò and the islet of Isola Bella. The bay of Mazzarò has its pebble beaches and the cable car up to Taormina. Isola Bella is tied to the shore by a strip of sand and kept as a nature reserve. The beaches of Spisone and Letojanni lie to the north and the long strand of Giardini Naxos to the south.
- The bay of Mazzarò and its beach, at the door.
- Isola Bella and its nature reserve, around the point.
- The cable car to Taormina's old town, a few minutes' walk.
“Belmond's seaside villa of 1919 on the bay of Mazzarò, at the foot of Taormina, with its own beach club on the water.”
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