Villa Esperia, Taormina

Villa esperia is situated in the Mazzaro part of Toarmina, that is near the sea. the city is accessible via via cable-car (lovely view on the bay...) Staying at Villa Esperia has unfortunately spoilt our holiday a great deal. Even though it was nice to have a stunning view from the pool, we found that the hotel did not deserve its four stars. the staff was not very polite, you had to be very patient because they did not seem to realise that the ...
...to check in / check out/ get our keys from reception, betweeen the courses in the evening, etc...) But the worst thing was the food. We made the terrible mistake of booking half board and had to eat all of our dinners at the hotel. The food was extremely poor, even though I am not fussy. It was often cold and tasteless, certainly not cooked from fresh and just dreadful. As the week went, less and less people ate at the hotel. we were extremely disappointed ...

annetortue 04.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Villa Esperia, Taormina

We returned to this hotel after staying here a couple of years ago. Unfortunately the standards have dropped dramatically. The rooms are adequate but some balconies are only the french type, and are not large enough for a chair. The staff are polite but distant, and the restaurant manager is constantly aggresive and extremely rude. Food quality is very poor, the salad bar consisted of a couple of lettuce and some tomatoes put onto the bar for customers ...

Mardymadam 28.04.2008 · Read full review
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We are a Belgian group. We stayed with 44 people in this hotel. Breakfast is verry good and people at the reception are friendly. And the rest ... it's not even a 2 star hotel, verry poor quality/price. The food in the restaurant is verry, verry bad (I've never had this food, not even in a 1 star hotel), the waiters (except Rosie) are rude and unpolite (only beautifull woman can get supplements). It gives you the feeling being in hotel Fawlty Towers, ...

belgiangroup 14.11.2009 · Read full review
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