Hotel Villa Paradiso     2 Taormina (Messina) Italy 98039 Description The hotel was recently renovated and combines unique surroundings with suggestive salons, elegantly furnished bedrooms with period furniture and paintings, old prints and Persian rugs.
A fascinating destination for an unforgettable holiday, this typical Sicilian home since 1892, belonged to the family of the famous English historian G.
M.
Trevelyan.
That year Villa Paradiso was bought from the ex-proprietor Florece Trevelyan Cacciola by the grandparents of the current owner, Mr.
Salvatore Martorana.
In 1914, it was transformed into the successful Hotel Garnì and since then became a favourite destination for Italian and foreign painters.
In 1921 the establishment began targeting the new tourist markets of Great Britain, Germany, Central and Eastern Europe.
This new phase convinced Mr.
Martorana to enlarge Villa Paradiso from 29 beds to 49.
Unfortunately, at the beginning of World War II the hotel activity was blocked until 1943.
The post-war renovation and the new hotel activity began in 1948/49.
Luckily, Europe was slowly re-built and the tourist boom was not long following.
The hotel Villa Paradiso is now even more fascinating and welcoming, just like a typical Sicilian home should be.
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