La Plage Resort

The hotel is boutique and situated in a cove. The walk is tough to get around, so it’s not for people with mobility issues. The cable car was closed! The gym was closed (my husband is an international sportsman, so that was not ok for him). The food is ok for breakfast, however, they run out a lot and I had to keep asking for things. The beds on the beach are not great, neither are they comfortable. Bella island was also closed. It was May so it’s confusing how things were closed. The hotel was noisy, they had an event and were shouting and laughing whilst dragging (yes dragging) big furniture outside along my room on stones. Woke me up at 3am! Seriously. Very bizarre behaviour for a hotel. Certainly wouldn’t go back.

Perfect location right on the beach and only a few hundred metres from the cable car that whisks you into the centre of Taormina within a few minutes. We had a see side bungalow with Jacuzzi. Although the room and bathroom was small, the added benefit of private garden and Jacuzzi made up for it. In particular i wish to thank, Alessandro who looked after us every morning at breakfast, a lovely man and very funny, Andrea at the beach bar unbelievably busy but somehow managing to look after everyone and of course the amazing Salvatore in reception whose restaurant recommendations were always perfect . Thank you everyone.

La Plage has the best beach club in Toarmina. We went for two days and were looked after really well by the team. It’s not cheap but worth it as when it’s super busy you get beds water and the best view in town. Plus table service which is fab. Food is simple but cocktails are ex

We came here for a day, the beach club was beautiful! Diego and Roberta (guest experience) made it such a lovely visit, they made our experience feel personalized and fantastic. Hamza and Mattiq the lifesavers took care of us and made us feel at home. Amazing people. We also had food from the beach bar.. the guys over there were fantastic.. I definitely recommend visiting La Plage Resort in Taormina, if I could give 6 stars I would!!

I can't rate the hotel as I didn't stay there and don't want to comment unfairly for that reason. But today my husband and I took our first walk along the beach at Taormina and saw what looked like a decent enough beach bar (as opposed to a luxe beach bar). We stopped and asked a guy behind the bar for a couple of limoncello spritzs and he seemed unsure and went away for a few seconds to ask another young guy (tall and shaven-haired/bald, seemed to be in charge) if it was possible. There were plenty of seats available but we got told where to sit (at the back, near the bar, clearly not the "best" seats) and our drinks arrived. So far, so good. We'd noted the bar menu and seen our drinks were 12 euros each, but when we asked for our bill the same chap went to the side of the bar and scribbled a bill for the 2 drinks plus 6 euros cover charge. It wasn't a printed, itemised bill either. We paid it and left, but both felt we'd been scammed. Now, it may well be that non-guests are made to pay a cover charge, but it wasn't something we noticed on the drinks menu or on any signs around bar. We did wonder whether non-guests aren't really allowed to use the bar and this was perhaps a staff side-hustle to pocket extra euros from unwitting tourists. It maybe entirely legitimate, we don't know...but just pointing it out to others in case they, like us would rather avoid a sizeable cover charge for what were, in fact, 2 below average lemon spritzs' and didn't even get offered a choice of seats. By the way, we'd also visited the very up-market Almare Mazzaro Sea Palace in the adjacent bay and paid not much more for the same drinks and in a wonderful, luxurious setting with staff who treated us extremely well....and guess what, no dubious "mandatory" cover charge. Know where we'll be going next time (where tipping staff for faultless customer service is an actual pleasure).