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Reviews of Hotel Villa Belvedere

4 out of 5
Hotel Villa Belvedere
Via Bagnoli Croce 79, Taormina, ME

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 511 out of 658 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 120 out of 658 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 23 out of 658 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 658 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 658 reviews" "

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Stuart

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Evika

Traveled with partner
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Highly recommend! Beautiful place with an amazing view ❤️ Very convenient location , close to restaurants and shopping area . Beautiful garden right next to hotel , you can walk and admire the beauty of nature 🌹 Friendly hospitality, very warming 😊
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Atish

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

SCOTT

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed in the more modern rooms just to the north of the main hotel. The views of the sea and Etna from the balcony were just incredible. Very friendly and helpful staff at this family-run hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Natalie

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Deborah

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful Belvedere!
Amazing hotel! We had a beautiful room which they upgraded without adding charges. Breakfast was divine. The place is full of art, ceramics, flowers and nice people. Christian, manager, is so kind. He makes the best aperol spritzer ever! Thank you!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gail A

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful!!
Beautiful hotel and convenient location! Nice to have the valet parking!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Katherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel Villa Belvedere is perfectly located for your Taormina stay. Immediately adjacent to a beautiful garden, it is also within walking distance to wonderful restaurants, shopping and sightseeing. To work off your breakfast and earn your dinner, there is a great walking trail up to Castelmola and another down to Isola Bella. Also tempting, to enjoy an afternoon at their pool and relax. The staff will help you with anything you need. This was a very memorable visit!
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Penny

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel
Lovely location in Taormina. Can see the sea, Etna etc. Pool area is lovely too.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Sami

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel was wonderful. Really nice breakfast. Staff was incredibly helpful. Ask them to make your dinner reservations when you arrive or make before you arrive because they do not serve dinner. Also if you are driving just know when you arrive to run in and ask them to park the car- it’s not for the basic driver. We loved our stay- great location and beautiful property.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I can't say enough great things about this hotel! From the moment we arrived, we were treated like family in this family-owned jewel of Taormina. We were immediately offered a glass of Prosecco, as our reception host sat with us and went over all of the hotel's services and amenities. After that, we were personally escorted to our room, and a dinner reservation was immediately confirmed for us at a nearby restaurant. Our room was gorgeous, clean and beautifully appointed, with a terrace that overlooked both the pool and the sea. Breathtaking view! The breakfast buffet, with terrace seating, was the highlight of each morning, and the poolside restaurant (open only for lunch) served some of the finest food we ate in all of Taormina. In a world where the small details of hospitality are slowly going by the wayside, it is encouraging to see them so beautifully preserved within the walls of this hotel. We will definitely be recommending this experience (for that is what it was) to everyone, and hope to visit this lovely, magical hotel in the future!

8/10 Good

Vittorio

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Small things could be done to make the hotel even nicer such as replacing all the outdates sun beds and umbrellas
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Aphra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful property. Lovely staff. We’ll be back!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

carman

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The apartment is very spacious and modern. The main building is charming. Very nice breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Roxana

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful staff (very helpful concierge), clean and comfortable room, varied and tasty breakfast buffet, and central location within walking distance of the centre. Beautiful grounds and views.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mercedes

Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Liked: Amenities
Preciosa villa y muy limpia.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

ron

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay all around
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Julia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Gemma

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Erin

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very kind staff. Very attentive. Beautiful property
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lavina

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful property , gorgeous grounds with an amazing view of Taormina and beyond Unbelievable staff and service was 5 stars!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jeremy

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The location was great - five minutes walk from everything in town. Our room ( a junior suite was superb with a fabulous terrace. The staff were very friendly and helpful
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

María

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was very nice , we were 9 including my grand child 1 year . Beautiful, the staff very helpful, the breakfast very very good ( not included ) .
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

David, Salt Lake City

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful find in a beautiful location.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marcia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The view was fabulous. The staff was very friendly and accommodating.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marcia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fabulous view. Comfortable room. Couldn’t ask for more.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Yitzhak

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A lovely place. Great modern comfy and vast room with a breathtaking view from the balcony. The stuff was great. Thank you guys for a wonderful experience.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

6/10 Okay

Shoaib

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
I know that they mentioned the main property was closed for renovations, but I didn't realise it was a completely different apartment for us.

10/10 Excellent

Marian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A stunning setting with the best breakfast for miles!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Violetta

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Amazing view of the see! Beautiful setting with terrace, trees, pool. Great staff, excellent breakfast. Fife star villa in a great location, close to the Garden, Theater Antico, bus station and Course Umberto!

10/10 Excellent

Frances

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My husband and I loved everything about this property. The friendly welcoming environment. The room and location. The breakfast and lunches served. The only thing I wish they served was dinner there because breakfast and lunch was so perfect!! Can’t wait to go back! 💕

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property and hotel are beautifully landscaped and maintained. It is ideally located with gorgeous views of the sea and Mt. Etna.

10/10 Excellent

ALBERT

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

lynne e

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay in comfortable room with beautiful vie
Friendly hotel with stunning views and good position for exploring Taormina. Excellent breakfast
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

kellie

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent view. Bedding and balconies are fabulous.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Incredible
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

angela

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was lovely. Our room was a little small and furniture slightly outdated.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

LAura

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was just wonderful and so helpful. We drove and their driveway and courtyard are harrowing. Fortunately, the valet parked the car.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Edward

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved: Very attentive and responsive service. Great views around the property. Nice comfortable common areas. Could be improved: Maybe the speed of check-in.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Dianna

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We were up up graded to an AMAZING room - in room bathtub, outdoor shower, INCREDIBLE view!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Diana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We loved the hotel, the view, the lunches next to the pool and the wonderful and friendly service. We would love to come again.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

2/10 Terrible

ISMAIL EKINCI

Traveled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
We did not stay the room that we had reservation ! we have been told they upgraded us , but we had broken bed and very old fashioned room , be careful about the restaurants recommendation of the hotel they are in business with them and terrible food even the restaurant was full and at the enterance of the hotel so small , not enough staff to check in and check out also info about the city !
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from Cristian Pécaut on Aug 28, 2022
Dear Mr. Ekinci,I find it difficult to understand the complaints you make, in the very negative and damaging revue you have published  after your second visit to Villa Belvedere.1) You requested a sea-facing room and you had, in fact a sea-facing mini-suite, which is superior, with a personal small terrace and a view of the sea.2)The bed was not broken when you took possession of the room and neither was it broken when you left. It has been carefully checked and, as is all our equipment, it is of excellent quality, a very comfortable bed and in perfect condition.  (As confirmed by the guests who occupied the suite after you  had left.  3) If you found it “broken”, which it was not, - why did you  not complain immediately, instead of waiting to write your review ??4) Regarding “old-fashioned” – as you had already stayed at Villa Belvedere, only four days earlier, you must be aware that Villa Belvedere is a  pleasantly comfortable,  traditional-type hotel, not a super modern edifice.5) The restaurants we recommend are those spoken well about by our guests. We are definitely not “in business” of any type with any restaurant or similar. Your accusation is slanderous!!6) August is the most popular time of the year and naturally at certain times of the day,  we have several guests arriving and departing and looking for information.  Our very efficient reception staff are normally greatly praised by our guests.As all your complaints are contrary to all reasonable comprehension, I can only imagine that for some reason better known to yourself,  you were  very much in other than an amicable humor at the time of your second visit in a few days.  I totally refuse to accept any of the false accusations you have made in your review and indeed, perhaps an apology on your part and the removal of your text would be the least to be expected.Kindest regards,Cristian Pècaut,Manager.

10/10 Excellent

Yifang

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A lovely stay in heart of Taormina
It was a very pleasant stay. We stayed in the junior suite which has the big terrace and fantastic view of the sea. The best part is the poolside bar. We ended up have all our lunches there for 3 days. Surprisingly tasty food and friendly staff. The transport from / to airport and nearby village were arranged by the hotel, so hassle free. One day we suddenly wanted to have some watermelon as evening snack, couldn’t find any in local mini market and then hotel bar man offered to make 2 assorted fruit plates for us, that was very delicious. Overall I’d recommend staying at Hotel Villa Belvedere (and if you can, get a seaview junior suite!)
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We adore Hotel Belvédère!!! Who doesn’t like to be warmly greeted with a drink of your choice as your senses soak up the unpretentious luxury enveloping you. The staff are the real stars here. Need a mani, pedi? Book an excursion? Fancy a beautiful day boat with the best (and safest) captain of the Ionian Sea via Blue Diamond tours? Enjoy one of the best hôtel breakfast across all continents or an Aperol Spritz (Etna) 24/7 in a bar Hemmingway and modern day designers envy. Their poolside menu even pleased our vegan friends. How good was it? We extended/doubled our stay, Absolutely amazing. Grazzi Mille for the best honeymoon ever. We appreciate you all! Love, Dan and Cyn — the *yellow ribbon 🎀 keychain newlyweds. 
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Dianne

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was a 5 star hotel. It had amazing views and beautiful rooms. The staff was very friendly and helpful. Good location with walking distance to many things.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Judith

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing hotel! Gorgeous poolside overlooking ocean, like Amalfi. Old school hotel feeling with excellent service, charming design, and relaxing. A lovely respite from driving and seeing ruins. Rooms updated with a pre-war feel and lovely views.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022