San Domenico Palace

Taormina, Italy. Perched above the Ionian Sea in Taormina, overlooking the bay and facing Mount Etna.

San Domenico PalaceTaormina, Italy

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Address: San Domenico Palace, Taormina
Piazza San Domenico 5
98039 Taormina
Italy
Telephone: +39 0942 613111
Official website: www.fourseasons.com
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111 rooms and suites (68 rooms, 43 suites) split between the Ancient Convent Wing and the 1896 Grand Hotel Wing.
Michelin-starred Principe Cerami by chef Massimo Mantarro, Anciovi on the pool terrace, Rosso and the Bar & Chiostro in the cloister.
A 21-metre clifftop infinity pool and the Botanica Spa with indoor pool, saunas and steam baths.
Perched above the Ionian Sea in Taormina, overlooking the bay and facing Mount Etna.

6 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

14th century
A Dominican convent is built on the site, today the hotel’s Ancient Convent Wing.
16th – 18th c.
The San Domenico monastery gathers furnishings and artefacts, some now displayed in the hotel’s Sala della Grande Madia.
1896
The San Domenico Hotel is born, with a new Italian Liberty-style building, the Grand Hotel Wing.
After 1896
The hotel becomes a favourite of royalty and nobility, then of artists, writers and Hollywood stars.
2021
Owner Gruppo Statuto completes a major renovation using only local craftspeople; landscape architect Marco Bay reimagines the gardens.
July 2021
The hotel reopens as San Domenico Palace, Taormina, A Four Seasons Hotel.