Hotel Villa Esperia

The property is lauded for its prime location near attractions, spacious and clean rooms, and friendly, helpful staff. Guests appreciate the cozy beds and amenities. However, there are no disadvantages mentioned in the reviews.

We have just returned from a lovely relaxing holiday here in Sicily. In all my years of travel I have never encountered a hotel where the staff offered such exceptional service. Nothing was too much trouble for them. As a family owned establishment, the atmosphere was relaxed and informal. Unfortunately I cant remember everyone's names, but Laura and Elisabeth in reception were particularly helpful. Elisabeth went out of her way to encourage us to practise our Italian. Her sunny personality was infectious! In terms of location, Taormina is just a short cable car ride away. The views from there were spectacular.

3.5 is the score that I really wanted to give, and this is why: The hotel is pleasant and functional as a base to explore the Taormina area and beyond being close to all amenities required. The cable car is 5 minutes away, the beach and sea the same. A quick note on the Cable Car, it is not the only method of travel to the main centre of Taormina, it is however quite easy and convenient and at €10 return not overly expensive, be warned that it can get very busy with each car well filled with hot sweating bodies...... 🥵 Would recommend on occasion the walk down from Taormina than the walk up! Back to the hotel: The staff are exceptionally friendly and helpful, always there to help and guide. The rooms are functional, air conditioned, clean with house keeping in each day to make the beds and replenish towels. The hot water supply can be intermittent at busy times, tip is to grab a shower early or embrace a wakening cooler shower 🚿. Breakfast is fine, there is something for everyone, be it sometimes unusual with the cooked breakfast serving up a selection of hot vegetables, my advice to the hotel is stick to the peppers, onions and zucchini rather than the broccoli and green beans. Scrambled eggs, sausage & bacon along with boiled eggs are available along with a wide variety of pasties, cakes and cheesecake! Cereals, yogurts,, cheese, ham, salad and fruit (would like some more choice of fruit) as well as plenty of different bread to toast or how you like it. Drinks are okay, unfortunately there is no fresh fruit juice, the diluted concentrate is not brilliant. Tea and coffee is fine. We didn't eat at the restaurant for anything else as there were plenty of lovely restaurants to choose in Taormina. The hotel pool is good. However, there is little shade as no parasols are available, could really do with some as it was very hot. So generally, the hotel makes a good base for which to set out and enjoy the beautiful surroundings of Isola Bella and Taormina.