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The Kempinski Hotel Giardino di Costanza, part of Leading Small Hotels of the World, Leading Spa and Virtuoso Collection, is a countryside resort situated in Western Sicily, 50 min. from Palermo Airport and just a ten-minutes drive from its private sandy beach Lido Costanza and unspoilt coves.
The endless vineyards and olive groves are a perennial invitation to explore, though the temptation is equally strong to relax and bask by the vast pool that forms a courtyard for the hotel. Or you can make your way down to the exquisite private beach with its own seafood restaurant; a wonderful place to watch the shimmering tones of sunset. You can also sample the uniquely cosmopolitan cuisine of Sicily in the hotel’s signature Dubbesi restaurant. For a complete escape, there is the Daniela Steiner Spa, where tensions dissolve under the influence of exclusively developed treatments based on natural Sicilian products such as Trapani salt, extracts of citrus fruits, almond and olive essences.
The hotel also has tennis courts, a fitness centre, a sauna, and mountain bikes for hire.
The 91 rooms are all decorated with warm Sicilian colours, oversized bathrooms, and each with a terrace or balcony. The Daniela Steiner Spa is a special place to relax and unwind with exclusively developed treatments based on natural Sicilian products such as Trapani salt, extracts of citrus fruits and olive oil.
91 spacious rooms all with balcony or terrace, including 13 suites and a penthouse suite with private pool,fitness area and dedicated spa room. All the rooms have either king beds or are twin bedded, a sitting area with working desk, oversized bathroom with two washbasins, bathtub, separate walk-in shower with rainforest effect and toilet, bathrobe, slippers, hairdryer. They are equipped with individually controlled air-condition and heating, in-room safe, satellite flat screen TV, radio, direct dial telephone, internet access ADSL and mini-bar.
Outdoor swimming pools (25 x 12m)\, family pool with children’s crèche, two tennis courts and bicycles
2,100m* Spa with indoor heated swimming pool (18 x 6m), sauna , Jacuzzi, fitness centre with personal trainers, yoga studio.
Special “Moonlight Relax” During summer and every night from 09.00 to midnight, Moonlight Relax invite you to unwind and enjoy an absolute relaxing massage wrapped by the cooling breeze and the summer night lit only by the feeble flames of candles.
Restaurant Dubbesi service Sicilian cuisine, pool bar serving drinks and snacks throughout the day, lobby Lounge & the Costanza Terrace serving drinks, "gelato" and traditional Sicilian pastries, Saffron Bar serving evening cocktails and live music.
Sea View Restaurant by the Hotel Private Beach (10 min. drive)
Horseriding, biking, fishing trips, nature reserves, archeological sites, ancient ruins and monuments to visit nearby.
The endless vineyards and olive groves are a perennial invitation to explore, though the temptation is equally strong to relax and bask by the vast pool that forms a courtyard for the hotel. Or you can make your way down to the exquisite private beach with its own seafood restaurant; a wonderful place to watch the shimmering tones of sunset. You can also sample the uniquely cosmopolitan cuisine of Sicily in the hotel’s signature Dubbesi restaurant. For a complete escape, there is the Daniela Steiner Spa, where tensions dissolve under the influence of exclusively developed treatments based on natural Sicilian products such as Trapani salt, extracts of citrus fruits, almond and olive essences.
The hotel also has tennis courts, a fitness centre, a sauna, and mountain bikes for hire.
The 91 rooms are all decorated with warm Sicilian colours, oversized bathrooms, and each with a terrace or balcony. The Daniela Steiner Spa is a special place to relax and unwind with exclusively developed treatments based on natural Sicilian products such as Trapani salt, extracts of citrus fruits and olive oil.
91 spacious rooms all with balcony or terrace, including 13 suites and a penthouse suite with private pool,fitness area and dedicated spa room. All the rooms have either king beds or are twin bedded, a sitting area with working desk, oversized bathroom with two washbasins, bathtub, separate walk-in shower with rainforest effect and toilet, bathrobe, slippers, hairdryer. They are equipped with individually controlled air-condition and heating, in-room safe, satellite flat screen TV, radio, direct dial telephone, internet access ADSL and mini-bar.
Outdoor swimming pools (25 x 12m)\, family pool with children’s crèche, two tennis courts and bicycles
2,100m* Spa with indoor heated swimming pool (18 x 6m), sauna , Jacuzzi, fitness centre with personal trainers, yoga studio.
Special “Moonlight Relax” During summer and every night from 09.00 to midnight, Moonlight Relax invite you to unwind and enjoy an absolute relaxing massage wrapped by the cooling breeze and the summer night lit only by the feeble flames of candles.
Restaurant Dubbesi service Sicilian cuisine, pool bar serving drinks and snacks throughout the day, lobby Lounge & the Costanza Terrace serving drinks, "gelato" and traditional Sicilian pastries, Saffron Bar serving evening cocktails and live music.
Sea View Restaurant by the Hotel Private Beach (10 min. drive)
Horseriding, biking, fishing trips, nature reserves, archeological sites, ancient ruins and monuments to visit nearby.
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Converted in a Luxury Hotel from a former Dominican monastery of the 15th century San Domenico Palace still preserve intact all the original structures and ancient wall that recalls the quietness and peace of the old monastic life.An enchanting setting of rare magic, a jewel, a place of joy and precious emotions.
Rooms & Suite
The 105 Rooms and Suites are located in two different wings: The Garden Wing, built within the former 14th century Convent and the Grand Hotel Wing, a marvelous building in liberty style, added to the hotel on 1896. Both reflect history and tradition without sacrificing modern comforts and conveniences.From the Classic room overlooking the inner Hotel Cloisters or the city of Taormina, going trough Superior and Deluxe Bedrooms all featuring breathtaking view over Taormina Bay with the Ionian Sea or our Mediterranean Garden and The Volcano Etna, up to our Suite: Unique and Exclusive, furnished with prestigious antique. Some suite is equipped with Private Jacuzzi pool in a panoramic terrace for the highest level of pampering.
Winterbar & Cloisters experience
The ancient Dominican refectory, today a luxurious “Lounge”, is the ideal meeting place for excellent cocktails, vintage Armagnac, and to satisfy unexpected pangs of hunger even after midnight. It has a magical cozy atmosphere by the fireplace in winter and live piano music during the summer.
Michelin starred experiance
Named after the San Domenico’s founder Prince Giovanni Rosso di Cerami, the Restaurant, awarded with one Michelin star, is located in a private and elegant room which design reminds the prince dining room. During the summer season it moves to the front terrace overlooking the spectacular bay of Taormina, the San Domenico’s Garden and Etna Volcano. The finest ingredients, simple or complex recipes, eye-catching presentations, skills, passion, tradition, innovation: these are the ingredients which render San Domenico’s cuisine so unique… In the romantic monastic atmosphere of the former monk’s refectory. Our Executive Chef, Massimo Mantarro, offer exquisite International and Sicilian Cuisine.
Luxuriant Garden
A natural terrace among Mediterranean gardens in perpetual bloom overlooking the sea. Reality turns into a fascinating fairy tale made of vivid sunlight rays, light sea breezes, scents of citrusfruits. Unique settings, perfect service, great cuisine and the meticulous care of details; a synthesis of luxury and magic. San Domenico Palace is all this: an unforgettable experience, far from common place.
Sicilian sun
Turquoise Water and Exclusive Beach Club where unwind and soak up the Sicilian sun and sea breeze. Enjoy a swim in the crystal clear water or a sailing boat trip: explore the “Isola Bella” natural reserve or discover the Myth of Ulysses and the Cyclopes Riviera.
Exclusive Sports
Playing Golf means fully enjoy your holiday satisfying your playing desires. For the Golf Lovers, at only 20 minutes by car, the First Sicilian’s Golf Club, located in a natural amphitheatre on the north-eastern region of the mountain, part of the Etna’s natural park near the towns of Randazzo, Linguaglossa & Castiglione di Sicilia.
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Cosmopolitan with a taste for tradition, the Hotel Plaza Opéra boasts a unique atmosphere, where an authentically Sicilian character blends with the mood of the latest lifestyle hotels. The hotel, a member of Summit Hotels and Resorts and of The HotelSphere group, rises in via Nicolò Gallo, a few steps away from the Politeama theatre and viale della Libertà, in the heart of a bustling neighbourhood where the most exclusive boutiques and best restaurants live side by side with head offices of the main companies and banks.
In the lobby....
In the lobby, antique paintings and Biedermeier furniture mix with works by modern artists and state-of-the-art design, showing a taste for eclectic and sophisticated details. Guests can relax in the cosy lounge bar, flicking through an art book and drinking a glass of wine from the bar’s exclusive selection, while every morning they can start their day with a refreshing buffet breakfast, featuring fresh, local produce, both sweet and savoury, together with a selection of delicious cheeses and cold cuts. In summer they can enjoy the warm Palermo sun or take a drink at sunset on the hotel’s penthouse solarium terrace.
The standard rooms...
furnished with specially designed articles and top quality beds, are decorated either with serigraphs by great modern painters or genuine XVIII century engravings and provide guests with everything they could wish for during their leisure or business stay: LCD TV with 18 satellite channels and Sky TV, broadband wireless Internet access, air conditioning, minibar. The hotel also features Superior rooms, larger and brighter, and Deluxe rooms, providing a unique atmosphere with their contemporary design elements. In Superior and Deluxe rooms, all featuring a whirlpool, guests can leave all worries behind and enjoy a relaxing environment.
The exclusive suites
the Agata suite and the Corallo suite, are on the penthouse floor and charm guests with their refined and elegant décor: maple furniture, art lighting, European design elements, a whirlpool for two and a private solarium terrace make a stay in the two suites an unforgettable experience.
Meeting rooms
The hotel also features two meeting rooms, seating up to 8 and 50 people respectively, equipped with the best of modern technology and broadband wireless Internet access. The modern minimalism of their furnishings and lighting creates a sober and recherché venue, ideal for successful meetings. The hotel also features a the Business Center, available exclusively to hotel guests, equipped with a desk featuring a pc with broadband internet access, a printer and a scanner and a second desk which is ideal for flash meetings up to 4 people.
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Open since 1998 and completely renovated in 2010, Hotel Principe di Villafranca rises in the heart of the most eclectic and modern district of Palermo, where the top fashion design boutiques live side by side with the most important financial and business locations. A few steps away from viale della Libertà and piazza Politeama, the hotel, belonging to The HotelSphere group, is a sophisticated and peaceful environment where to relax in the middle of the bustling city center.
A refined, sober atmosphere....
fills the common areas: the bright, clear colors of the hall and lounges highlight the fine fabrics and décor details, while masterpieces by ancient Sicilian furniture makers combine with precious paintings and remarkable antiques. Guests can plunge into a book in the library or chat in the fireplace room; the lounge bar, decorated with Liberty touches and design lamps, is the perfect place where to have a glass of the finest Sicilian and Italian wines, while the breakfast room, elegant and full of light, is the ideal place to start the day with a wide variety of fresh, local produce, both sweet and savory.
In the 32 rooms...
guests will be carried away to an incredibly fascinating pure, timeless dimension. The essential shapes of furnishings and lamps, made with unusual materials such as resin, concrete and brushed steel, are skillfully highlighted by the total white environment and by the bold colors of paintings by contemporary local artist Simona Cavaglieri. Rooms all feature LCD Tv with satellite and Sky channels, broadband wireless Internet access, air conditioning, minibar and are divided in different types (superior and deluxe) according to their increasing size and amenities. The hotel also features three elegant junior suites: all furnished with unique contemporary artworks and art lamps, their unusual and private spaces are the perfect place to make every stay truly special.
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The hotel also has a fitness room, a videosurveilled private garage and two prestigious meeting rooms, the Paliotto room and the Gattopardo room, equipped with the best of modern technology. Perfectly suited to host meetings up to 25 and 100 people respectively, the meeting rooms are decorated with a style that reflects the unique elegance of the hotel, combining local antiques and international design.
Live Villa Igiea Hilton Palermo with a dive in a swimming pool overlooking the bay of Palermo, surrounded by luxuriant gardens, cherished by the warmth of the Sicilian sun, delighted by a pleasant cocktail in our exclusive “Veuve Clicquot” pool bar. An immersion in a prestigious villa, belonging to the Florio family, restyled by Ernesto Basile at the end of the 19th century, where you can discover the exclusive combination between precious interiors and state-of-the-art facilities. The atmosphere that one breathes at Villa Igiea gives you memorable moments: a walk in the extraordinary gardens admiring a wonderful sunrise. An impressive array of services as a pleasurable complement to an exclusive luxurious stay: a pool-side outdoor area, fitness center, tennis court with night lighting, business center, lounge bar terrace, piano bar and room service. The Donna Franca Florio dining room hosts the Boldini famous painting from whom it takes its name. With impressive sea views and outstanding cuisine, it is the ideal setting for a special dinner.
Available the Yacht house deluxe room and the direct access to the hotel by a reserved marina yacht mooring.
Available the Yacht house deluxe room and the direct access to the hotel by a reserved marina yacht mooring.
Directions & Transportation:
The hotel is located 32 km from Palermo Airport (PMO), and 4 km from the central railway station. By car it can be reached by taking the A29 Palermo-Trapani motorway (Via Belgio exit) and the A19 Palermo-Messina-Catania motorway (last exit).
Our facilities:
Front office/concierge, concierge express service, business center, national and international, newspapers, parking and private yacht dock, early check-in and late check-out, wireless access, tennis court with night lighting, outdoor pool, indoor Fitness Center, room service.
Our rooms:
Rooms with garden view, Deluxe room with sea view, Junior and Senior suite with sea view, Premium Suite, Yacht House Deluxe, Connecting rooms, Accessible rooms, Smoking rooms, Pets allowed up to 5 kg.
Some of the amenities above mentioned may not be available. Fees on certain amenities/services may apply.
Some of the amenities above mentioned may not be available. Fees on certain amenities/services may apply.
Please for more information contact: info@charmingit.com
Or call this number + 39.011.9710547
"Italian Multivision" - paint in oil colours by Massimo Zanchi - 2007
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