Hotel Baia Azzurra

The hotel is in a great location we had amazing views from our sea facing balcony room. The bedroom was acceptable for a 3 star hotel the beds are very comfortable and cleaned daily, but they could do with more storage space for a 7 night stay. The bathroom was a little worn in places with shower over bath a little fiddly to use but adequate.. The staff are lovely , helpful and friendly creating a pleasant atmosphere with cheerful chat. Don’t expect a cooked breakfast you can have scrambled egg and bacon but we found it cold as it was in unheated trays. There was fruit and a selection of ham and cheese slices and cakes and other sweet items. Overall the hotel is very good located near the cable car to Taormina and a good local bus stop 1.90 euro per person plus other excursions like the hop on hop off bus, local mini market shops. Restaurants in the area are generally good but you can walk up to Issobella along to you right from the hotel up the hill where there some good restaurants.

Amazing hotel - every single member of staff was friendly and helpful, but particularly Pamela on the reception desk. Breakfast buffet was very varied and fresh, we were able to change our room for one with a balcony (although our original room was fine). Hotel 10 mins walk from the beach. Highly recommend.

Be careful when you book rooms without a front sea view. Our room overlooked the car park, which was at ground level so literally anyone walking across could see directly into our room. It was permanently dark, and you couldn't open the shutters. If you had claustrophobic tendencies it would be awful. We tried to get moved but nothing available until the weekend and that would have been for 1 night at an extra cost of £150. I have complained back to the travel company saying they are misselling as no mention of some rooms will have very restricted views (aka or none at all). They maintain it is correctly sold and this is a year later no change to the description. More unsuspecting people will have the amazing view we enjoyed- see below The private beach is not free, you have to pay, last year around £35 for 2 sunbeds. It is cramped and there is no space to freely sit additionally it idifficult to get in and out of the sea - be warned you won't come out looking like someone off Baywatch. There is a pebble shelf - obviously nothing can help that but maybe a heads up - defo not suitable for less abled. The evening meal was awful, so much so we ended up going out each night. Breakfast OK, cold green beans on the menu. The location is lovely and yes you get a view of the sea/bay if you sit on the communal balcony at the front. Sicily love it, hotel nope. Travelled 2023.