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Reviews of Villa Floresta Bed & Breakfast

3 out of 5
Villa Floresta Bed & Breakfast
Via Damiano Rosso 1 - ang. Piazza Duomo, Taormina, ME

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 12 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 22 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 9 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 58 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

5.0/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Brian

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
No one should stay in this room
Room very very small. Shower very poor. WiFi nonexistent.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
The location - very central and close to restaurants and Main Street
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Emily

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awaken to the cooing of doves!
The Villa Floresta is wonderfully located right near the Piazza Duomo. It is very reasonably priced considering its location in the center of a major tourist destination. I would not call it a Bed and Breakfast because breakfast is not included in the basic price. We chose to go into the village for our Italian breakfast which consists of pastry with espresso or cappaccino. Our room was clean and comfortable with a view of the village below and the sea beyond. The only drawback to this room was that our private bathroom was down the hall. It would be nice for the hosts to provide robes for this room since occupants don't have an ensuite.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

4/10 Poor

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disappointing!
We froze the first night because we couldn’t figure out the heater. Ernesto, the very sweet grandfather came in and tried to help, but no luck. So we froze the second night. For the third night my husband went down to the office and asked if they could help him figure out the heater. They told him it wasn’t broken. He told them he knew that, he just couldn’t figure out how to turn it on and needed help. The son’s (who was very nice) wife told my husband that we were more than welcome to leave and they had no problem with it if we did. The room is paid for, it was 8 o’clock at night, and dark and chilly. Really? Where would we go? The husband did come up and show my husband how to turn on the heat. Our third night at the hotel we had one bath towel and one hand towel between the two of us. The hotel advertised a washing machine which we were planning on using, but it was broken. The hotel advertised itself as a B and B, but there was no breakfast unless you ordered it 24 hours in advance and paid for it??? The town is absolutely gorgeous, but we were not happy at our hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Maria, owner on 25 Apr 2019
Dear Guest, maybe you are confused and your comment is reserved for other hotel, because you wrote about three nights of staying but your reservation at Villa Floresta is only for 2 days! You wrote also about an office where you asked informations but we haven't office! About the breakfast, your reservation is for the room only! There isn't a washing machine available inside Villa Floresta ! Inside our bathroom, there are a couple of linen for every guest! And, at least, there is a centralized system of heating/air conditioning and everything is working! We don't understand your complain!!!!!

8/10 Good

Jocelyne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is the first time I am staying at a B&B where breakfast is additional. That was unexpected. The location is ideal in the heart of the historic district with views of the Duomo, the hotel offers a lovely rooftop terrace where they serve breakfast and my room was spacious and comfortable with a small refrigerator. Lots of steps to get there so not for everybody.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This was a great place, centrally located in Taormina Central. Be aware, there is a bar and restaurant nearby and you might hear some noise if you leave your windows open.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean & Great location
The location was good - an easy 20 minute walk from the bus station and on a beautiful square. The views were lovely! The owner was very friendly and eager to show us many things we could do in Taormina. He’s lived there his whole life. The room was very clean.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
Can't really say too much as I just spent the nigh
As stated I arrived late at night the owner was very gracious. Other guests arriving were very noisy and my room was very close to entrance. Cold was the worst problem

8/10 Good

Aleisha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean and cosy
Good price for the location and a nice place to stay. My room was quite small but pleasant. Angelo was very welcoming and allowed me to leave my bag the next day while I went to the beach. There was also a lovely young lady working there who was also very accommodating..

8/10 Good

Hannah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Convenient location
Excellent location in taormina as its in the centre, nice roof terrace and friendly staff. Facilities are basic, but for a b and b its good value for money.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location- but don't count on getting an sleep
Villa Floresta is in a great location, just meters from the main strip in Taormina. The room is very basic and the building is old but it was fine as we didn't plan on staying in the room too much. At night however, we got little sleep- not from noise outside but from a old air conditioning unit that sounded like someone was hitting it over and over again with a hammer. We tried turning this off and opening the balcony but then mosquitos would get in. To top this off you also had the loud hum of the fridge and noises from what I presume the water system. Only on our final night when the weather was cooler and the building was not hot, did we get a decent sleep. We needed up turning off the air con and unplugging the fridge. I am fine with budget accommodation but sleep is something I cannot do without.
Hello, we inform you that the air conditioning is been changed. Now is new. We remenber you also that Villa Floresta is inside an ancient building...ancient, non old!

10/10 Excellent

Terese, Adelaide, South Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bellisimo
Our stay was excellent, our room had a view of the sea and the duomo on the otherside. It was tastefully decorated and a great location in the centre of town.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Fantastic location, dated rooms
The location is fantastic and the owners were very helpful but our room was very dated. The bathroom was in desperate need to a refresh and a lick of paint.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

Shefa, Uk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very cute
Cute hotel, old world vibe and cute decor Very clean Excellent host Breakfast average

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Well located in Piazza Duomo. Close to everything
Friendly staff, charming environs, beautiful part of the world, great food.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely B&B; the staff are great make it feel as if you are staying among friends. The Terrace is an amazing place to have breakfast on, and the location is also great for exploring Taormina.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
beautiful location
Amazing location, right on the square (not easy to find by road, suggest you park in main car park and arrive on foot) Very warm welcome from Ernesto, could not be more friendly & helpful. Simple breakfast served on the roof terrace by his lovely daughter, Maria. Room basic, plumbing in need of some attention.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
decent budget accommodation
B&B is very close to the main street. Parking is walking distance. Condition of the B&B isn't great though, you get what you pay for. Its a decent budget accommodation.

10/10 Excellent

Jessie & Matt, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful B&B
A wonderful B&B, I cannot fault it. It is a family run B&B by lovely people, they make you feel so welcomed. We had the breakfast every morning which was on a roof terrace with exquisite views over the town square, the sea and mount etna. Maria even made some Jam out of a local fruit, I think it's called a prickly pear. As we are students we had to budget our stay, going for a cheaper B&B. We really weren't expecting it to be as perfect as it was for how much we paid. Our room had more than you could need, a TV, AC, and a balcony view over the sea and the curch. It was really a lovely holiday and we couldn't have asked for more.

4/10 Poor

D.G.

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
B&B Without Breakfast -
1/ No Breakfast, (no Voucher) 2/ No T V, 3/ Hotels .com stated the price in Canadian funds, we were charged the same amount in Euros (i.e. about 30% higher) .... Go figure ....
Response from Maria on 31 May 2014
Dear Customer, with respect to your comment we would like to clarify that Villa Floresta is not a bed and breakfast that doesn’t offer breakfast, but it’s a bed and breakfast that offers to all customers different types of rates. You booked a double room with reduced rate which did not provide breakfast: if you had asked for breakfast, you would certainly have had it, paying the standard rate, of course. Please note also that all our rooms are equipped with TV color, minibar and air conditioning. And finally we assured you that all our prices are quoted in Euro, in all languages, even in the Canadian. Best Regards.

2/10 Terrible

Marion

Disliked: Staff & service
The hotel was very loud and we were not able to sleep properly We did not meet the owner, who ended up being rude to me on the phone The person who was supposed to check us in completely ignored us after we said hello Great location, but DO NOT SLEEP HERE
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Patrick, St Etienne du Rouvray

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Bien mais sans plus
Accueil complexe car propriétaire difficilement joignable. Peu d'info sur la ville. Belle chambre avec vue superbe mais salle de bain sur le palier. Pas de petit déjeuner. Un peu déçu.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

German

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

6/10 Okay

Mercedes

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Tan sólo estuvimos una noche, pero la ubicación es mágnifica; sencillo y limpio. El personal muy agradable.

4/10 Poor

Raquel, Buenos Aires

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Buena ubicación. Mal B&B
Nuestra habitación pequeña y con olor. mala vista. Lo mejor la ubicación y que tiene estacionamiento en pleno casco histórico.

8/10 Good

Isa , Hamburg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Sehr zentral gelegene kleine Unterkunft
Super zentral gelegen in der Altstadt von Taormina ggü des Doms. Sehr nettes und hilfsbereites Personal - wirkte alles sehr persönlich. Perfekt mit sicherer Parkmöglichkeit mitten in der Stadt.
Hof

4/10 Poor

fred, orléans

Disliked: Staff & service
ancienne demeure qui a eu du charme
nous avons passé 3 nuits au B and B très déçu par l'accueil de la personne qui s'intéresse surtout à son porte monnaie... elle nous a d'abord placé dans une chambre petite tout à l'étage puis on a changé le lendemain (avec surcharge) clim très bruyante aucun rajout au petit déj qui est vraiment très frugal (par contre agréable car pris sur le toit l'intérêt de ce B and B repose dans son positionnement hyper central et avec une bonne isolation
Intéressé dans le porte monnaie? Je dis-je qu'il y avait une autre chambre libre, avec vue sur la mer. Vous décidé de le changer. Parce que «vous aviez initialement choisi les chambres économiques, il y avait une différence à payer (10 euros en plus). Je lui ai-je une faveur, vous avait réservé la chambre d'économie!

10/10 Excellent

Margareta, Stockholm

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sicilien +++++
Fantastisk ort som har allt.

8/10 Good

vickjor, buenos aires

Liked: Cleanliness
En pleno casco historico
B&b muy bien ubicado, super cómodo. Para llegar desde la estación de tren no hay que hacerlo caminando, pues el centro de la ciudad queda a varios metros sobre el nivel del mar. El hotel tiene una terraza hermosos imagen con vista al duomo y al mar

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sehr zentrale Lage mit schöner Dachterrasse
Super Informationen über Umgebung und Veranstaltungen, z.B. Mandelblütenfest mit Umzug auf der Straße vor dem Haus und bester Blick vom Balkon

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Tidig vår
Vårt rum hade inte toalett/dusch på rummet vilket var negativt. Men mycket vänlig värd som tog hand om oss och hjälpte oss med sightseeing mm. Härlig vy över området från terassen där frukosten serverades. Lite synd att man var tvungen att välja frukost från en begränsad lista.

10/10 Excellent

Michael, Næstved

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Centralt
Vi blev begge straks forelskede i Taorsmina.

8/10 Good

Raffaele, Rionero in Vulture

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tutto perfetto
Locale accogliente e personale gentilissimo. Il sig. Ernesto è una persona squisita! Il posto è centralissimo! Ci siamo trovati davvero bene

8/10 Good

Stina, Växjö

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Mysigt BnB!
Supermysigt BnB med bara fem rum som ligger precis intill torget i Taormina. Perfekt för oss som ville känna på den italienska kulturen och ha nära till det italienska köket. Ca 15 min promenad från linbanan ner till stranden. Ägarna är trevliga och hjälpsamma.

8/10 Good

Maria, Finland

Central B&B with a view
The B&B is located very centrally but is still tranquil enough to have a good nights sleep. We did have a private bathroom, but it wasn't in the room but down a corridor. Lovely views from the roof top terrace that we used one evening drinking wine and eating cheese. Owner was very friendly and helpful in every way. Could go again.

8/10 Good

Ferdinando

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort

8/10 Good

Linda, Stockholm

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great location on Piazza Duomo. Wonderful view of the sea from the room and terrace!

6/10 Okay

Karsten, DK-2920

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nogenlund OK til prisen
Meget fin beliggenhed. WiFi kun i “fællesrum” Morgenmaden er ikke pengene værd, meget bedre at bruge et af de utroligt mange spisesteder i nærheden. Alt i alt i øvrigt: nogenlund OK til prisen.

10/10 Excellent

Gianfranco, Milano

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pieno centro di fronte a Duomo
Posizione strategica e camere ampie. Bagno perfetto. Proprietari molto cordiali.

8/10 Good

Nadia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Mathilde, Decazeville

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Hôtel familial, personnel disponible & accueillant
Ce petit hôtel est idéalement situé dans Taormine, il permet de visiter la ville à pied et d'avoir tout sur place. Chambre agréable avec la clim et une belle vue ainsi qu'un petit frigidaire utile pour garder des boissons fraîches. Service navette hôtel/plage pour 16E pour deux personnes qui inclut l'aller retour en mini bus, un verre de bienvenue à la plage et un parasol et deux chaises longues. Petit déjeuner en terrasse très agréable. Maria et son père sont des gens très gentils. Seul bémol : notre salle de bain n'était pas attenante à la chambre et n'était pas en très bon état mais super séjour à Taormine !

4/10 Poor

Salvo

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Troppo piccolo e troppo vecchio.
Troppo piccolo e troppo vecchio.... necessita di ristrutturazione e ammodernamento. Troppo costoso per il servizio offerto. L'unica comodità è la posizione.

8/10 Good

Aurora, Norway

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had three amazing weeks in Taormina, and Villa Floresta was the perfect place to stay. The owners are very friendly and helpful, giving the hotel a personal atmosphere. The roof top terrace is beautiful and the location at Piazza del Duomo, again, perfect. I will definately go back, hopefully soon!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Tolle Lage aber sehr, sehr laut.