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Address: Piazzetta Bastione / Via Roma I - 98039

Category: 3 Star

Rooms: 27

General Description: History and Tradition, Comfort and Romance 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 Taorminas 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 AC, full bathroom, hairdryer, orthopaedic beds, radio, satellite TV, alarm clock, direct-dial telephone, Wi-Fi, electronic safe, sound-proofed doors, and double-glazing, most of them with sea view, furnished balcony, terrace or loggia. Junior Suites on our ground floor or on the top (3rd) floor, all with unstocked refrigerator, verandasitting 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 Hot Spot with free broadband internet access, rent a laptop, 24-hour bar and room service, laundry service, parking, garages and central heating. You have the choice of having breakfast expanded and a la carte served in the non smoking 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. HOTEL VILLA SCHULER, TAORMINA - SICILY HOW TO GET THERE Taormina can be reached by road, train or airplane. PLANE: nearest airports are Catania (CTA) 34 miles or Palermo (PMO) 160 miles.From Catania airport the bus operator Etna Trasporti connects each hour to Taorminas bus terminal (70 minutes drive) between 7 a.m. and 9.45 pm. Or 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 right entering the tunnel Monte TauroPorta Catania (1.093 meters3.586 ft). Exiting at Taormina 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. Take the one-way road down to the right from the post office and follow it for about 14 mile till you will reach the panoramic Via Roma. From there its just one more quarter mile to the Villa Schuler. In front of the hotel there is a small public parking and also our private parking (yellow lines) and our garages. CAR, driving instructions (through the historic centre): Coming from motorway A 18, Catania-Messina, exit at TAORMINA. After having paid the toll follow the sign Taormina uphill for about 2 miles. After having in on the right siede the multi-storey parking Lumbi and in front the tunnel Monte TauroPorta Catania, turn left and drive further uphill watching for the first of the white hotel-signs. Once in front of the city-portal Porta Messina (beginning of the pedestrian Main Street Corso Umberto), turn right uphill and follow the Via Circonvallazione, the circular road around Taormina. After about 12 mile, once in front of the Hotel Mediterann, take the road down to your left. After about another 12 mile you will reach a little square, Piazza Sant Antonio. On your left you will see the other city-portal Porta Catania and, before it, the post-office to the right. Just before the post-office you have again the white hotel signs. Take the one-way road down to the right from the post office and follow it for about 14 mile till you will reach the panoramic Via Roma. From there its just one more quarter mile to the Villa Schuler. In front of the hotel there is a small public parking and also our private parking (yellow lines) and our garages.Distances from Taormina Messina 40 Km 25 miles Eolian Islands (Milazzo)80 Km 50 miles Catania airport60 Km 37 milesCatania 50 Km 31 milesAetna 25 Km 15 milesSiracusa 120 Km 74 milesAgrigento 220 Km 137 milesCaltagirone 140 Km 87 milesPalermo 250 Km 156 milesParking in TaorminaParking can be a problem. The limited number of outdoor parking areas are of 2 types:White lines: for residents only and hotel guests with having a parking permit.Blue lines: for all cars (no parking permit needed) costing approx. 1,00 Euro per hour (parking meter).Parking in the town center:1 ) HOTEL GARAGE: if you prefer guaranteed parking you can reserve a parking space in our hotel garage, open from 06.00 to 22.00 with valet parking, for a charge of 14,00 Euro per day. Vans need 2 spaces. Garage reservations can be cancelled free of charge until one day before.2 ) PARKING FOR HOTEL-GUESTS: two special parking spaces for our hotel-guests (yellow lines). Free of charge but cannot be reserved: first come first served. Car keys will need to be left at reception. No hotel-liability on this 2 parkings on rented public soil.If these 2 spaces are taken you can use the following alternatives:3 ) PUBLIC PARKING: 8 spaces in front of our hotel (white lines for residents) and8 spaces along the one way Via Roma, immediately after our parkings (white lines for residents). Parking is free on both this areas, as well as on all other white line parking areas in town, but you need a parking permit PASS. Our hotel has been assigned two parking permits that we lend our guests according to availability, first come first served. No hotel-liability on public parkings.Other alternatives are:4 ) GARAGE CALIFORNIA: authorised garage and rent a car 200 mts220 yards from our hotel for a charge of 12,00-16,00 Euro per day, depending on the size of the car. If you rent a car through them parking there is free.5 ) PARKING AREAS in the Bus Terminal and at the beginning of Via Roma: 400 mtone quater mile before reaching our hotel on the one way Via Roma, (blue lines) for all cars, no parking permit needed, costing approx.1,00 Euro per hour (parking meter).Then there are 2 municipal multi-storey car parks:6 ) LUMBI CAR PARK: just before the town entrance (north side). Coming from the motorway A18 Catania-Messina. Exit at Taormina and drive uphill 3 Km2 miles. Parking costs 14,00 Euro per day. The rate includes the shuttle-service Linea Porta Messina (orange buses) from the parking lot to the town entrance Porta Messina city archway and vice versa. A second bus line, the Linea circolare (orange buses) makes the whole circular trip around the town, stopping directly in front of our Hotel for 0,50 Euro cents.7) PORTA CATANIA CAR PARK: just before the town entrance, south side, arriving from 2 directions: - Coming from the A18 (Catania-Messina) motorway, exit at Taormina and drive uphill 3 Km1,9 miles to reach the Lumbi car park and take the tunnel from there which connects the two multi-storey car parks. -Alternatively, arriving from Giardini-Naxos follow the signs for the Sirina Hospital, then continue uphill for 1,6 Km1 mile. Parking costs 14,00 Euro per day. Our own garage rates are guaranteed for the whole year of 2005. Please understand that we cannot guarantee for all the other rates and services listed here that are run by other companiesoperators. Taormina, last update July 6, 2006 Subject to change.

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