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Room opened up to the ocean. Pool was perfect with lots of seating. Pool bar with food. Everyone was sooo nice.

Hotel Villa Paradiso was an excellent accommodation. Amazing location, friendly and helpful staff, clean rooms and really great brunch on the beautiful rooftop. Highly recommend this to anyone travelling to Taormina!

Everyone who I interacted with was very kind and friendly. They put up with my primitive Italian and then in English helped us book a dinner reservation. The room was clean and modern and lights for all times of the day. The hotel is up from the Corso Umberto, so the terrace looks over pretty much all of Taormina and the view is outstanding. My only tip is to pronounce it "Continen-TALL-e" when you tell the cab driver where you are going.

Staff super helpful and very nice, very easy to walk to principal streets and all main in taormina. Good parking logistics. Room in good condition.

This was an incredible stay. The views are phenomenal everywhere on the property. Breakfast was also one of the best I’ve had in Italy with a ton of options. The pool view is incredible and the staff does everything to make the stay perfect.

Really great property and enjoyed our visit at the Mazzarò Sea Palace. Big shout out to Carmen from housekeeping that took extra good care of us and Salvatore on the beach who made things perfect! Loved the place so much! One thing I think people should know about when you travel to nice hotels in Sicily and this one in particular. They now add 15% gratuity and mention it as optional if you eat at the restaurants. Additionally, upon check out, they sum up a tip of 5 percent of total bill for a tip for all the staff. In essence you tip on top of tips. You can opt out of that or select another amount but it would be great if it was advised upfront as I’ve grown accustomed to tipping staff directly or house keeping directly. One then finds themself tipping at lunch/dinner then again having an amount pegged at end of stay by the property. They then tell you it’s optional. Not sure if the staff receives or if it goes to the top of the chain. Overall great stay but people should know about gratuity being baked in or proposed in final bill.