San Domenico Palace, Taormina, A Four Seasons Hotel

I have never been as sad as I was today when I left Taormina and my stay at San Domenico Palace ended. It is undoubtedly my favourite hotel in the whole wide world at this point. Firstly, the hotel itself is a masterpiece. The art, the plantations, the architecture. Secondly, our room was LOVELY, overlooking the Ionian Sea with a personal pool. Shout out to the housekeeping team for leaving us lovely gifts and for their terrific attention to detail - the rooms were impeccable thanks to them. For example, everyday we came back to our room to find our hastily left spectacles neatly put on a personalised San Domenico Chamois. Or our cable wires would be nearly wound up with a leather holder. It really is the small and big stuff, isn’t it, that makes the experience great? The food - oh my god - the food! The beef fillet! The Ragu pasta! The breakfast spread! The cannolis! Gorgeous green olive oil! Just the pure quality of food and the mastery of cooking will promise you no bad meals at San Domenico. Also - Panoramic views of the Ionian Sea during meal times! San Domenico Palace is a food lovers paradise. The biggest shout out to Mr. Dario Amoroso who is the restaurant supervisor who hosted us during all our meals at San Domenico - he is so good at what he does. A huge thanks to him for making sure we had the best meals, for making us feel like truly special guests…we will remember our time with him very very fondly. A true gentleman! And a shout out to Giulia Torrisi (part of the concierge team) for helping us navigate through Taormina with the best reccos and 24x7 help. Your energy is contagious, signora!! San Domenico Palace is an expensive stay. But it is so worth it. Worth every penny. So so so very happy with the service, the stay, the experience. Came because of White Lotus, stayed because it was truly perfect. Thanks team San Domenico Palace for everything. 11/10 recommend as I am sure you can tell.

The hotel is gorgeous. The view from the back rooms is insane. The pool area is incredible but small for the hotel so hard to get a chair. Phenomenal breakfast and view off the balcony. Every single person gave excellent service. We loved the night bartender. She was hilarious. The gym was the best we saw in all of Italy. The first room we had was amazing view but weird in that no hanging clothes for my wife's dresses and no tub. They kindly moved us to a bigger room but not as good a view. We enjoyed hiking up to the mountain town behind Taormina. But overall the hotel and town are over run by the White Lotus impact. It is gorgeous and a cool spot. But we regret not branching out in Sicily since we not fans of big crowds and big groups at the hotel looking to take pics from the show. But the employees and hotel are great.