{"id":7362,"date":"2025-03-29T20:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/art-style\/grand-hotel-timeo-taormina\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:03:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:03:18","slug":"grand-hotel-timeo-taormina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/en\/luxury\/grand-hotel-timeo-taormina\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Hotel Timeo Taormina (ME)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-incipit\">The first hotel in Taormina, opened in 1873, the Timeo, alongside its restaurants and cocktail bars, enjoys a splendid panoramic location, close to the Greek Theatre, between Mount Etna and the blue sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The story of the Grand Hotel Timeo, A Belmond Hotel, begins in <strong>1863<\/strong> when Prussian Baron <strong>Otto Geleng<\/strong>, who traveled to Taormina to paint, rented a room in the house of Don Francesco La Floresta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Geleng was captivated by the breathtaking views and depicted them in a series of <strong>watercolors<\/strong> that garnered widespread acclaim in Berlin and Paris, leaving his audiences curious about the captivating snow-capped volcano depicted next to the azure sea.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"double\">\r\n  \t<figure>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-Secrets2-783x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-Secrets2-783x1024.jpg 783w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-Secrets2-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-Secrets2-768x1004.jpg 768w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-Secrets2-1175x1536.jpg 1175w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-Secrets2.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/>        \r\n    <\/figure>\r\n    <figure>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-Secrets4-783x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-Secrets4-783x1024.jpg 783w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-Secrets4-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-Secrets4-768x1004.jpg 768w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-Secrets4-1175x1536.jpg 1175w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-Secrets4.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/>    <\/figure>   \r\n<\/figure>\r\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>It is nothing more than a landscape, but a landscape where everything that seems made on earth to seduce the eyes, the mind and the imagination is found. (Guy de Maupassant su Taormina)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>His admirers and other artists eagerly sought to see Taormina&#8217;s marvelous yet unusual landscape firsthand, so much so that <strong>Don Francesco <\/strong>transformed his home into a <strong>hotel<\/strong>, the city&#8217;s first, which he named Timeo after the <strong>Greek historian Timaeus<\/strong>, whose father Andromachus founded Taormina (then called Tauromenium) in 358 BC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the Timeo became an essential stop on the <strong>Grand Tour<\/strong>, the rite of passage that brought wealthy young men and women to the continent to broaden their cultural knowledge, and later, the 6oies <strong>Dolce Vita<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure>\r\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-Secrets3-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-Secrets3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-Secrets3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-Secrets3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-Secrets3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-Secrets3.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>        \r\n<\/figure>\r\n\n\n\n<p>In 2010, the hotel became part of the <strong>Belmond group <\/strong>collection, which celebrated its <strong>150th anniversary <\/strong>in style in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its founding, what has never changed is the refined atmosphere of an<strong> international Grand Hotel <\/strong>and the <strong>splendid view<\/strong>, which today can be enjoyed, in particular, from the <strong>Michelin-starred Otto Geleng restaurant <\/strong>and the<strong> Bar Timeo<\/strong>, one of Taormina&#8217;s most glamorous meeting places. The culinary offerings are coordinated by <strong>Chef<\/strong> <strong>Roberto Toro<\/strong>, who fully embodies the Sicilian soul.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure>\r\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsACC-SUI-05-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsACC-SUI-05-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsACC-SUI-05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsACC-SUI-05-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsACC-SUI-05-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsACC-SUI-05.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>        \r\n<\/figure>\r\n\n\n\n<p>There are <strong>40 rooms<\/strong>, including the Presidential Suite, which features two bedrooms with king-size beds and a large terrace with a jacuzzi offering panoramic views of Mount Etna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hotel also offers a shuttle service to the nearby <strong>private beach <\/strong>of Villa Sant\u2019Andrea, another Belmond luxury structure on the enchanting Mazzar\u00f2 Bay, and two<strong> Dior treehouses<\/strong> suspended among the trees in the garden, where guests can indulge in wellness rituals.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"double\">\r\n  \t<figure>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsEXT-107-1-713x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsEXT-107-1-713x1024.jpg 713w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsEXT-107-1-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsEXT-107-1-768x1103.jpg 768w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsEXT-107-1-1069x1536.jpg 1069w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsEXT-107-1.jpg 1114w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/>        \r\n    <\/figure>\r\n    <figure>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsSPA-031024-05-713x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsSPA-031024-05-713x1024.jpg 713w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsSPA-031024-05-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsSPA-031024-05-768x1103.jpg 768w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsSPA-031024-05-1069x1536.jpg 1069w, https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsSPA-031024-05.jpg 1114w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/>    <\/figure>   \r\n<\/figure>\r\n\n\n\n<p>The beautiful <strong>gardens<\/strong> of Timeo were designed by the English naturalist Florence Trevelyan, who lived next door to the hotel with her Italian husband, who was also mayor of Taormina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Secret<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Many artists have lived for long periods at the Grand Hotel Timeo, including Truman Capote, who stayed there while writing &#8220;Breakfast at Tiffany&#8217;s,&#8221; one of the brands that is now part of the collection of the LVMH group, which also owns Belmond.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"photos mb-4 mb-md-5\">\r\n   \t                \t\t\t\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsEXT-VIEW-30.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"gallery\" data-caption=\"Grand Hotel Timeo Taormina (ME)\">\r\n       \t<figure>\r\n          \t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/siciliasecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Grand-Hotel-Timeo-Sicilia-SecretsEXT-VIEW-30-526x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-img526x500 size-img526x500\" alt=\"Grand Hotel Timeo Taormina (ME)\" 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