タオルミーナとその近郊のイベント - 詳細
2008年 1月 01 - 2008年 11月 22日
WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT US
STYLE AND COMFORT
Filled with the fragrance of bougainvillea and jasmine, this hotel offers style and comfort at a good price. Family-owned and -run, it sits high above the Ionian Sea, with views of Mount Etna and the Bay of Naxos. It's only a 2-minute stroll from Corso Umberto I and about a 15-minute walk from the cable car to the beach below. Guest rooms are comfortably furnished, with bathrooms with tub/shower combinations; many have a small balcony or terrace. Breakfast can be served in your room or taken on a lovely terrace with a panoramic sea view. Service is impeccable. The most luxurious way to stay here is to book the Garden Villa Suite with its own private access..." (FROMMER'S SICILY 2007).
================================
THE VILLA SCHULER MAKES IT AFFORDABLE
Taormina is on what could be referred to as the Amalfi coast of Sicily and, although the town is lovely and rich with history, it is very touristy. This of course means that rates are on the high side but, happily, the Villa Schuler makes it affordable. The villa was converted from a private residence to a hotel by the Schuler family over a century ago and now grandson Gerardo is at the helm. The pink façade faces out to the Via Roma and has a large raised terrace with potted flowers, palms, and cypresses, where a large suite with two bathrooms, Jacuzzi, kitchenette, and garden area has been added. A continental or full breakfast is served either here or in the gazebo where you can enjoy open views encompassing the coastline and the peak of the Etna volcano. Behind the hotel is a botanical garden filled with a profusion of jasmine, bougainvillea, and geraniums with quiet places to sit in the shade. Here you find a secluded two bathroom suite. The garden gives directly onto the pedestrian main street of town and it is just a short walk to the cable car that takes you down to the beaches or you may take the shuttle services (Euro 7 - Euro 10 including beach admission). Inside are the luminous bedrooms, most with sea views, and five mansard junior suites that have everything, including air conditioning, satellite TVs, safes, and terraces with sea views. High praise for efficient service, ideal location, and good value.
(from KAREN BROWN'S ITALY B&B Guide, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries 2007).
================================
OLD, ELEGANT CHARM
Now the southern country counsins (of Italy) are catching up. The press ist toasting Puglia and Sicily as the new "in" places to go...Sicily is known for its simplicity, exuberance and generosity. Late in the 19th century, Signor Schuler's great-grandfather travelled by coach from Germany and built his house here, high above the Ionian Sea. He chose the site well - the views of the Bay of Naxos and Mount Etna are spellbinding - and he built on a grand scale. When he died in 1905, Great Grandma decided to let out some rooms and the villa has been a hotel ever since. Though restored and brought up to date, it still has an old, elegant charm and a cool, quiet atmosphere. Lavish breakfasts are served on an antique buffet with Sicilian lace in the chandeliered breakfast room or out on the lovely terrace. Individual bedrooms vary: older rooms have beatifully tiled floors, antique furniture and stone balconies, more modern ones at the top have new bathrooms and large terraces. All look out to sea or over the garden, which is a delight - vast, sub- tropical and scented with jasmine, and magical when lit up at night. Hidden away behind a stone arch is a delightful, very private little apartment. A path leads through the gardens and out into Taormina's famous traffic-free Corso Umberto" (Alastair Sawday's SPECIAL PLACES TO STAY - ITALY 2006).
================================
LUXURIOUS OASIS
"With scintillating bay views from the tranquil, palm-shaded terrace, and an extensive garden at the back, this makes a luxurious oasis at quite reasonable prices" (THE ROUGH GUIDE TO SICILY, 6th edition, 2005).
================================
FANTASTIC VALUE
Surrounded by shady terraced gardens with views out over Mt Etna and the Ionian Sea, the rose-pink Villa Schuler represents fantastic value. The villa is family owned and offers a huge range ot facilities from its gardens and su terrace to access to the Tennis Club Taormina opposite. It also provides a shuttle service down to the beach. (LONELY PLANET - ITALY, 2004)
===============================
19C ATMOSPHERE
Converted into a hotel in 1905, this old house in the historical centre is surrounded by a Mediterranean garten full of tropical flowers and plants. The hotel retains some of its late 19C atmosphere and has old-fashioned, comfortable rooms.
(The Green Guide, Sicily, Michelin travel Publications 2004)
前のページに戻る