The apartments are on the ground floor of the Gardenhouse, a one-floor villa surrounded by a large Sicilian garden and located in front of the largest beaches of Taormina. The Gardenhouse, with its privileged location and the privacy of its flourishing fenced garden, is the ideal place to enjoy the sea and the walks around the magnificent views, to make boat trips and to practice water sports. It is in a point very easy to reach: it’s less than a kilometre from Taormina highway exit, 60 km from Catania airport, 45 km from Messina harbour and 6 km from the train station. The garden, with citrus and olive trees, exotic plants and wisteria pergola, is furnished with tables, chairs, loungers and outdoor shower, and is surrounded by an ancient wall covered with bougainvillea and closed by a gate. In front there are a large public beach and several private beaches. The sand here is medium to thin, with some small pebbles near the shore and the water is incredibly clear. The Gardenhouse is located close to bars, restaurants, pizzerias, and all kinds of shops, and is 300 mt. from the bus stop and 10 minutes (by bus or car) far from the historical centre of Taormina, located on a hill.

I am a ceramist. I love painting, going on excursions and spending time taking care of the garden and its plants.

The Gardenhouse has a strategic position for excursions to the whole Eastern Sicily (and so for Etna and its park, the Aeolian Islands, Syracuse, the Alcantara Valley, with its gorges and waterfalls, the Agrò Valley with its medieval towns, Norman castles, Byzantine churches, etc.). In this territory, maybe more than anywhere else, the Greek Sicily, the Arab-Norman and the baroque one cohabit, and then again the touristic Sicily coexists with folk Sicily from ancient times, surrounded by still untouched nature. Of course there is Taormina and its magnificent Greek theatre, the small Castelmola with its small streets and alleys and the wonderful panorama, the majestic Etna surrounded by luxuriant woods and the wild Alcantara Gorges with their scenographic waterfalls and basalt prism. And then fortified Medieval citadels, villages that with their traditions and the ancient rhythm of their life will take you back in time, sea towns with their small harbours, coloured fisherman boats and noisy fish markets. There are churches and palaces of the opulent Sicilian Baroque, paths in the Etna park and walks on the coast marked by the prehistoric lava flow and by the stone stacks.