Five-star Two MICHELIN Keys Taormina Mare, Taormina
Villa Sant'Andrea, A Belmond Hotel
A villa of 1919 at the water's edge on Mazzarò Bay, below Taormina, with a beach club for guests and a table set in the shallows.
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- MICHELIN
- Two Keys, 2026
- Rooms
- 66 rooms and suites
- Built
- 1919, a hotel since the 1950s
- From the airport
- About an hour from Catania
The hotel
An English family's house by the sea.
Robert Trewhella, an English civil engineer, built the villa in 1919 as a summer house for his family, right on the shore of Mazzarò Bay. The Trewhellas came from Cornwall. In the 1950s his son Alfred turned it into a hotel. Orient-Express Hotels bought it in 2010, and the company, renamed Belmond, still runs it alongside the Grand Hotel Timeo up in town.
The house sits in a sub-tropical garden that runs down to its own pebble beach. Inside, the lobby, bar and restaurant are painted in greens and blues, with pictures by the local artist Alessandro Florio drawn from the old Sicilian painted carts. Most rooms face the beach and the bay, many with balconies full of flowers. The centre of Taormina is a short shuttle or cable car ride above.
- The beach club Lido Villeggiatura on Mazzarò Bay, kept for hotel guests, with loungers on the pebbles and boat trips along the coast.
- Brizza Dinner with your feet in the water, at tables set on the shore. The hotel advises booking ahead.
- Up to town A free shuttle runs to the Grand Hotel Timeo, and the cable car to Taormina leaves close by.
Rooms & suites
Balconies over the bay.
Sixty-six rooms and suites, most looking over the beach and the bay, many with balconies full of flowers.
- Rooms Rooms From 20 to 28 square metres, for two.
- Suites Junior Suites and Suites From 31 to 50 square metres, with space for a third guest.
- Signature Signature Suites Three of them, each about 110 square metres, for up to four guests.
Dining
Seafood by the water.
Restaurants and bars as listed by the hotel. Shown for information.
- Ristorante Sant'Andrea Sicilian seafood On the terrace, a good place for a sunset aperitivo
- Brizza Seafood Tables at the water's edge, booking advised
- Brace Coastal grill In the hotel
- Bar Sant'Andrea Cocktails In the hotel
- Gwendoline's Bar Indoor bar In the hotel
Recognition
Awards and listings.
- Two MICHELIN Keys 2026; first included in the Key selection in 2025
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by noon.
- Children Welcome. The Smile Club looks after children aged four to twelve.
- Pets Accepted, for a charge.
Getting there
Flying to Taormina.
Catania Fontanarossa is about 60 kilometres south, an hour or so by car along the coast. Private jets use Catania as well, so the drive is the same.
- Rome 1 h 00
- Milan 1 h 40
- Geneva 1 h 55
- Paris 2 h 30
- London 2 h 55
Questions
What guests ask first.
- How many MICHELIN Keys does Villa Sant'Andrea have?
- Two, in the 2026 Italy selection.
- Does Villa Sant'Andrea have a beach?
- Yes. The hotel stands on Mazzarò Bay, and its beach club, Lido Villeggiatura, is for hotel guests.
- How do we get up to Taormina from the hotel?
- A free shuttle runs to the Grand Hotel Timeo in the centre, and the cable car leaves from close by.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Taormina?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Taormina, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Taormina
Other hotels worth the trip.
- San Domenico Palace, A Four Seasons Hotel A fourteenth-century Dominican convent, where some rooms are the monks' former cells and the gardens hold an infinity pool.
- Grand Hotel Timeo, A Belmond Hotel Opened in 1873 against the walls of the Greek theatre, and a stop for Oscar Wilde and D.H. Lawrence.
- The Ashbee Hotel Twenty-four rooms in a villa drawn in 1907 by the Arts and Crafts architect C.R. Ashbee, a few steps from the theatre.
Staying at Villa Sant'Andrea, A Belmond Hotel?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Taormina, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.