Hotel Villa Esperia

“Perfectly functional hotel ”

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 o... more

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.

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“Very nice hotel”

This is a Lovely Family Run Hotel the breakfast is a lovely selection of cakes fruits cereals and teas coffee and fruit juices the Dinner menu varies each night if you have booked dinner. Lovely and Clean the Pool is lovely but no life guard on duty or any real marking to say depth and very worn... more

This is a Lovely Family Run Hotel the breakfast is a lovely selection of cakes fruits cereals and teas coffee and fruit juices the Dinner menu varies each night if you have booked dinner. Lovely and Clean the Pool is lovely but no life guard on duty or any real marking to say depth and very worn 1 Meter Marker then the pool is very deep with no indication of the depth.

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“Quiet, friendly, plain.”

Really nice staff, very friendly and happy to help. Looks to be very clean, although some areas could do with tlc eg. the walls could do with being repainted and some of the mirrors have stains on and the bathtub is yellowed and leaks when you shower for too long. Great views and location. A real... more

Really nice staff, very friendly and happy to help. Looks to be very clean, although some areas could do with tlc eg. the walls could do with being repainted and some of the mirrors have stains on and the bathtub is yellowed and leaks when you shower for too long. Great views and location. A really calm and quiet atmosphere. The pool could do with parasols, there were none and it is very easy to get burnt or overheated. The breakfast was nice and simple and had everything you needed. Only negative about the breakfast was the hot vegetable options - they only had peas and broccoli and carrots? I am unsure if this is normal in Italy though.

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“Good position”

Hotel have a good position, 5 min walk to cable car and same to the beach. Rooms are like 3 stars. They sell 4 type of rooms but.. I booked a superior room and at reception they gave us a classic room, when I asked for room I booked they said the rooms are the same.. so.. don’t bother to pay for... more

Hotel have a good position, 5 min walk to cable car and same to the beach. Rooms are like 3 stars. They sell 4 type of rooms but.. I booked a superior room and at reception they gave us a classic room, when I asked for room I booked they said the rooms are the same.. so.. don’t bother to pay for a superior bcs you get a clasic one.. pay clasic room and maybe you get a superior one.. rooms were clean.breakfast it’s Italian style.. some pasticeria, eggs, yoghurt,ham and cheese .. juice and coffe..nothing changes in our 4 days.

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“Disappointing”

2 week stay end of August/beginning of September. Firstly we had to request change of rooms due to broken showerhead and very small size of room so not a great first impression. Also requested a kettle for our room but informed charge would be 10 euros per day - for 14 days! No thank you! 2 young... more

2 week stay end of August/beginning of September. Firstly we had to request change of rooms due to broken showerhead and very small size of room so not a great first impression. Also requested a kettle for our room but informed charge would be 10 euros per day - for 14 days! No thank you! 2 young women tried to provide a good customer experience but the hotel management could not/uninterested get the basics right. Breakfast experience was dreadful - same scrambled eggs and bacon every day but sometimes there was no bacon. Some days tinned hot dog sausages other days nothing. Pool water turned brown and out of action for most of second week. We will not return.

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