Taormina, Sicily

~ 5 Stars ~

The San Domenico Palace Hotel suggests the "grandeur" that has made Taormina world famous. A reconverted monastery dating back to 1430. The original structures are still used. It lies surrounded by a garden set against a background of rare beauty. The parchment and golden decorated book, jealously kept in the hotel safe, is a clear example of Taormina history of tourism. The book begins with the Kaiser photograph and a date, 1905. Personalities of the nobility, politics, culture, science, art, cinema and entertainment, known in all the world, have inserted their signature on the book including King Edward of Britain, Grand Duke Paul of Russia with the countess of Hoenfelsen, Michelangelo Antonioni, and many others.