Villa Schuler Hotel Taormina

History and Tradition, Comfort and Elegance in Taormina in probably one of the finest and most panoramic 3 star hotels of Sicily.

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Hotel open from February 27 to November 16, 2008

Family owned Villa Schuler was converted from a Sicilian villa into a hotel in 1905. In recent years the hotel has been extensively refurbished emphasizing its original elegance, charm and atmosphere. Superbly situated high above the Ionian Sea, its unique position offers stupendous views of snow-capped Mount Etna and the Bay of Naxos. Centrally located next to the delightful Botanical Gardens and just 2 minutes from Taormina’s famous traffic free "Corso Umberto". The ancient Greek-Roman theatre and the cable car to the beaches are just a 10 minutes’ walk away. The hotel is surrounded by its own extensive, subtropical, shady terraced gardens, where the fragrance of jasmine and bougainvillea flowers blend into a heaven for guests seeking comfortable, romantic surroundings.

21 spacious rooms, 5 Junior Suites and 1 Garden Villa Suite, all with individually controlled A/C, full bathroom, hairdryer, orthopaedic beds, telephone, Wi-Fi, satellite TV, radio, alarm clock, electronic safe, sound-proofed doors and double-glazing, most of them with sea view, furnished balcony, terrace or loggia. Junior Suites on our elevated ground floor or on the top (3rd) floor, all with veranda/sitting area and terrace.

Other amenities include a lobby, a panoramic lift, a winter garden, the sun-roof, the palm-terrace pavilion, TV room, bar, breakfast room, small library, piano, Wi-Fi and laptop service, internet point, 24-hour bar and room service, laundry service, parking, garages and central heating. You have the choice of having expanded breakfast served “à la carte” in the breakfast room, on the panoramic terrace overlooking the whole coastline, in the palm-terrace pavilion or in your room. Courtesy mountain bikes on the premises. Tennis courts nearby. Shuttle-service to the hotel-beach.

PLANE: nearest airports are Catania (CTA) 34 miles or Palermo (PMO) 160 miles.
From Catania airport the bus operator "Etna Trasporti" connects nearly each hour to Taorminas bus terminal (70 minutes drive) between 7 a.m. and 9.45 pm. On request we can arrange a 50 minutes taxi-transfer to our hotel.

TRAIN: all major trains from northern Italy, starting in Milan or Roma with destination Syracuse or Agrigento, all stop at TAORMINA-GIARDINI. From here you will find taxis to the town centre and directly to our hotel (2,5 miles).

CAR: driving instructions
shortest way:
Coming from motorway A 18, Catania-Messina, exit at TAORMINA.
After having paid the toll follow the sign "Taormina" uphill for about 2 miles. Immediately after the multi-storey parking “Lumbi” turn semi-right entering the tunnel “Monte Tauro/Porta Catania”(1.093 meters/3.586 ft). Exiting at Taormina’s south end, drive uphill around the multi-storey parking “Porta Catania” till you reach a little square, Piazza Sant’Antonio. In front of you stands the medieval city-portal "Porta Catania" and, before it, the post-office to its right. Just before the post-office you find white hotel signs. Follow them taking the narrow one-way road downhill to the right from the post office and follow it for about 1/4 mile till the road opens on to a kind of place lined with trees. Continue downhill to the right entering the one-way "Via Roma" (again white hotel signs). From there it's just another 1/4 mile on the panoramic "Via Roma" till you find the Hotel Villa Schuler on the left side.
In front of the hotel there is a small public parking (on your right) and our private parking (yellow lines on your left). If you have booked a garage place we will park the car for you, as soon as you have checked in.

through the city:
Coming from motorway A 18, Catania-Messina, exit at TAORMINA.
After having paid the toll follow the sign "Taormina" uphill for about 2 miles. Follow the direction “Taormina Centro”. At the multi-storey parking "Lumbi" (on the right side), turn left and drive further uphill direction “Centro”. Once in front of the city-portal "Porta Messina" (beginning of the pedestrian Main Street "Corso Umberto"), turn right uphill direction Castelmola and follow the "Via Circonvallazione", the circular road around the historic center of Taormina. After about 1/2 mile you will see on your left side the castellated medieval Palazzo “Badia Vecchia”, directly behind it take the narrow road down to your left. After about another 1/2 mile you will reach a little square, Piazza Sant’Antonio. Straight on you will see the small church “Chiesa S. Francesco di Paola”, before which please turn left and then immediately to the right (see white hotel signs), taking the one-way road downhill and follow it for about 1/4 mile till the road opens on to a kind of place lined with trees. Continue downhill to the right entering the one-way "Via Roma" (again white hotel signs). From there it's just another 1/4 mile on the panoramic "Via Roma" till you find the Hotel Villa Schuler on the left side.
In front of the hotel there is a small public parking (on your right) and our private parking (yellow lines on your left). If you have booked a garage place we will park the car for you, as soon as you have checked in.

check in from 12.00 a.m.

In front of the hotel there is a small public parking (on your right) and our private parking (yellow lines on your left). If you have booked a garage place we will park the car for you, as soon as you have checked in.

Cancellation policy: cancellation or a successive reduction of the period reserved is possible until 14 days prior to arrival without charges, afterwards a 1 day cancellation fee will be charged.

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Taormina is a small town on the island of Sicily in Italy. In ancient times was a Greek colony (Greek Ταυρομένιον Tauromenion), dating from about 400 BC, which submitted to Roman authority in 212 BC during the Second Punic War.
Taormina is in the Province of Messina, together with the beautiful Aeolian Islands and the ancient city of Milazzo. It can be reached via highways (autostrada) from Messina from the North and Catania from the South. Taormina has been a very popular tourist destination since the 19th century. It has beautiful beaches (accessible via a cable-car) on the Ionian sea, which is remarkably warm and has a high salt content.
Just south of Taormina is the Isola Bella, a stunning nature reserve. Tours of the Capo Sant' Andrea grottos are also available. Taormina is built on an extremely hilly coast, and is approximately a forty-five minute drive away from Europe's largest active volcano, Mount Etna.
The remains of the teatro greco, the "Greek theatre", are not actually Greek, as the theatre was rebuilt by the Romans in the 2nd century BC on the site of the original theatre. With a diameter of 109 metres (after an expansion in the 2nd century), this theatre is the second largest of its kind in Sicily; it is frequently used for operatic and theatrical performances and for concerts.
In the late 19th century Taormina gained some prominence as the place where Wilhelm von Gloeden worked most of his life as a photographer of predominantly male nudes.
During the early 20th century the town became a colony of expatriate artists, writers, and intellectuals. D. H. Lawrence stayed here at the Fontana Vecchia from 1920 to 1922, and wrote a number of his poems, novels, short stories, and essays, and a travel book, Sea and Sardinia. The Taormina Film Festival has been held for over fifty years, with international film stars viewing films on a screen erected in the Greek theatre.

History and Tradition, Comfort and Elegance in Taormina in probably one of the finest and most panoramic 3 star hotels of Sicily.

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