Il B&B

Arriving in the Piazza Franz Pagano from the Via Fontana Vecchia and just a few minutes walk from the house once occupied by the famous writer D.H. Lawrence, our 2 Star B & B is immediately visible.
The panoramic views from our terrace take in the northern side of Taormina and the Ionian Sea.
The building has been recently renovated and the area of town in which it is located is well served by the local bus services.

All our rooms, which are clean and sunny, are furnished in the popular ‘arte povera’ style, and are equipped with air conditioning and satellite TV.
The bathrooms are equipped to a high standard.
We hope you will feel comfortable and at home in this peaceful setting.

The rooms are quiet and cosy; the sunny terrace is ideal for your moments of relaxation after a walk or for an evening drink before setting out to sample the delights of Taormina By Night!
The centrally located position makes it ideal for you to discover the many delights that the town offers, so making this an unforgettable holiday.

A name born of myth: originally called Tauromenium, which means “dwelling on Tauro” (Tauro being the hill on which arose the first urban settlement).
According to the historian Diodoro, the choice of name was attributed to the Siculi and the Greeks as various studies have shown, in fact, that both of these peoples used this name.
Other legends, however, attribute this name to other sources such as the Minotaur, (the figure of a man with a bull’s head), often to be found on ancient coins.

Taormina, at approx. 200 mt above sea level, rises terrace-like on the eastern slopes of Sicily mid-way between Messina and Catania. Notwithstanding it’s world-renown as an international resort it manages to keep it’s air of old mediaeval town, with it’s narrow streets and steps; modish night-spots, coffee bars and designer boutiques are just a few of it’s modern attractions. Down the centuries many illustrious people have trodden it’s streets; writers such as Goethe, Guy de Maupassant, Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, D.H. Lawrence, Oscar Wilde.

CURIOSITY: D.H. LAWRENCES’S STAY IN TAORMINA
David Herbert Lawrence, English author, (born in Eastwood, Nottingham 1885 – died in Vence, near Nice in Southern France 1930).
Son of a miner and a school teacher, he studied in Nottingham and spent his early years teaching in a primary school in London before publishing his first novel, “The White Peacock ” in 1911.
He married Frieda von Richthofen and shortly after they left England to travel widely in Europe and in various other parts of the world.
He lived here in Taormina from 1920 until 1922. (Taormina has, over the centuries, been the residence of numerous other renowned writers).

Lawrence, already suffering from tuberculosis, was searching for a peaceful and simple existence in beautiful surroundings and Taormina fulfilled his desires. In one of his letters to a friend, he wrote, “ I have found a lovely house with a garden”. That house, located in the Via Fontana Vecchia (recently renamed Via D.H. Lawrence), made him happy. From here, Lawrence could admire the stupendous views of the Calabrian coastline from the balcony of his room.

The house still stands and to commemorate the stay of it’s illustrious tenant a plaque has been placed outside that reads, “ David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) lived here 1920-1922”.
Among Lawrence’s many books is, of course, the famous “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”, written just two years before his untimely death. The book caused a scandal due to its explicit erotic content.