Grand Hotel San Pietro

This place did not fail to make our return trip to Sicily as fun as the first. The rooms are very nice, clean and comfortable with views hard to beat!! The breakfast which is included is unbelievable and everyone is friendly and so helpful!!

Stayed here for 6 nights and thoroughly enjoyed our stay. We arrived very late to a warm welcome and were given an upgrade to a junior suite with a beautiful terrace overlooking the sea. The room was comfortable, spacious with great storage and a full Italian marble bathroom. The time we travelled (Sept), the hotel was relatively quiet, which we liked. The pool area had great sunbeds and was well serviced by the life guard present. The bar and the restaurant were also excellent. The hotel shuttle minibus service to Taormina town was extremely useful, especially in the evening to access the many restaurants the town offers. Staff were all pleasant and very helpful at all times. The only downside was the breakfast. A little boring and the same selection everyday with unexciting choices. On one day the hot food hadn't been kept warm and was stone cold! But this is a minor complaint and i would be very happy to return here again one day.

First I am of Italian decent NYC born and raised and can???t speak s word of Italian. We stayed here for 6 nights. This hotel was amazing don???t believe all the nonsense you hear about European hotels not meeting USA expectations because this one certainly did and exceeded them. The employees at the front desk especially Micaela were amazing, and I apologize for not remembering the others ladies who worked with her as they were all amazing. And no problem communicating as I said I do not speak any Italian. First I booked this hotel through their website a series of emails and it went smoother than working with a travel agent. I also booked my airport transfer through them via email and it went without a hiccup. I can honestly say that this is one on the most friendly and professional group of people I have dealt with in my 40 years of travel. I also want to say whatever they recommended was above my expectations. We had two rooms 516 ocean view with balcony and 518 which also had a side view of the ocean but a smaller balcony. Rooms were immaculately kept each day cleaned thoroughly as you could eat off the floor and each night they would replace any towels again if needed and turn frown the bed. Both rooms had a refrigerator, safe, iron, hair dryer, robes and slippers plenty of closet and storage space and flat screen TVs. Breakfast was a choice of buffet included with the room or ala cart. Buffet had lettuce and tomatoes, meats and cheeses numerous breads, scrambled eggs, bacon, second meat and a vegetable, hard boiled eggs and Hans and jellies. In addition fresh fruit, cereals , granola, yogurt, assorted juices, and a multitude of sweets different every day. You can get coffee anyway you like it and Prosecco and bottled water both still and sparkling served at breakfast. Unless you get a meal plan, which we didn???t except for breakfast, lunch and dinner was served either inside or outside and ala Carte unless you get a meal plan. We ate lunch once and dinner there twice. Service better than most ny restaurants and never rushed through a meal and the food was exceptional. They also have late night room service which we never used. The pool was spotless, towels provided at no charge, plenty of lounge chairs and a pool bar with a snack menu beers wine and mixed drinks. Free shuttle service is provided during the day from and to the hotel and town, but not at night, you either had to walk or taxi since I have bad knees we chose taxi which wax 10 Euros including tip as tips are included in Neal???s and beverage purchases. Anything at the hotel, food drinks can be charged to your room as well as excursions. I am not a scheduled type of person, so we would decide the day before or day of and the hotel accommodated us. We took an excursion to one of the beach clubs that they are affiliated with. The one we chose was 20 euros each.0, which included shuttle to and back, beach chairs , towels, use of pool and complementary drink or bottle of water. We also booked a wine tasting with lunch to mount Etna that was just as good as Napa or Tuscany. The tour we elected did not include transportation as I did not want that. Bottom line would go back there in a heartbeat