A
reconverted monastery dating back to 1430. The original structures are
still used. It lies surrounded by a garden set against a background of
rare beauty.
he
view that can be enjoyed from the terrace and the pool is extraordinary: a
panorama which embraces the ancient Greek Theatre and Etna’s misty
peak.
The parchment and golden decorated book, jealously kept in the hotel safe,
is a clear example of Taormina history of tourism. The book begins with
the Kaiser photograph and a date, 1905. Personalities of the nobility,
politics, culture, science, art, cinema and entertainment, known in all
the world, have inserted their signature on the book. We remember: King
Edward of Britain, Grand Duke Paul of Russia with the countess of
Hoenfelsen, Anatocle France, King Umberto, Guglielmo Marconi, Elena,
Amedeo, Mafalda and Giovanna of Savoy, Richard Strauss, Segio Voronoff,
King Alphonse XIII of Spain, Luigi Pirandello, Fulton Sheen, Vittorio
Emanuele Orlando, King Farouk, Thomas Mann, John Steinbeck, Marlen
Dietrich, Susan Hayward, Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn,
Sophia Loren, Ava Gardner, Adlai Stevenson, Romy Schneider, Michelangelo
Antonioni.