Super professional and friendly staff Hotel facilities are premium and very well maintained Decoration is delicate and makes you feel like in a private house Breakfast was served inside or outside and consists of a generous buffet made of local delicatessen Pool is great with Italian style sunbeds around the pool to relax Poolboy comes and serves fresh drinks upon order Hotel location is 2mn walking distance for those that need to take the bus Plenty of parking options around

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So glad we chose Villa Daphne for our first trip to Sicily. Everything about the hotel was perfect. Our room (230) had a huge balcony overlooking the pool, was spacious and immaculately clean. The hotel staff - Claudia, Azzurra, Vincenzo, to name a few - couldn’t do enough for us. Breakfast was fresh, varied and plentiful. The proprietor lives next door and was always on hand. As we didn’t have a car, the main bus terminal of Recanati just 50 metres away was a real plus. Fares were very cheap - €1.9 to Taormina (20 mins) and €6 to Catania airport (1 hour) - and buses were frequent. Trips can be organised at Reception. The area of Recanati has several restaurants within a 5 minute walk (can highly recommend O’Neil’s and Valentino’s), or the Lungomare (beachfront) of Giardini Naxos is 20 mins walk away with a plethora of cafés and restaurants. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Villa Daphne and we’ll definitely be back!

The room was beautiful, with spa bath. The pool area was lovely. Everything was clean. The staff were all very helpful and very friendly. The bus for going to other places such as Taormina was very close tonthe hotel. There are other places to eat and drink nearby. Parking was available at an extra cost.

We liked everything here - thank you

The staff members were exceptionally kind and went above and beyond my expectations! The hotel is well-organized, with comfortable rooms, an open-access swimming pool, and is close to the seaside. The breakfast is intercontinental and takes into account intolerances and gluten-free products. The hotel is well connected with public transports to/from Catania or Taormina. I would recommend it.

I experienced problems with the Wi-Fi connection during my stay.

Very friendly and efficient STAFF (especially Claudia!), who kindly allowed us to check in and out early. A very clean room, comfortable, mini bar, air conditioning, with a balcony and view onto the pool. Excellent choice at breakfast, fast service in bar. Right by main bus stop with regular service to Catania airport (50 mins) and local to railway station (5 min) and Taormina (25 min). Recommended!

Hardly anything at all. The pool perhaps a bit small for keen swimmers, but perfect to cool off in and has a jacuzzi function.

The hotel was beautifully & stylishly decorated & spotlessly clean. The pool area was fabulous. Claudia, on reception, was exceptional. Very friendly, helpful and informative. We enjoyed a delicious breakfast each day which offered plenty of options. Being close to the bus terminal was a real bonus enabling us to hop into Taomina & Catania very easily. We were able to catch the bus back to Catania airport at a fraction of the cost of a taxi. There is a supermarket close by which was also handy.

I would have liked to see tea & coffee making facilities in the bedroom.

It was a lovely little Italian hotel, lovely facilities, very clean and the staff were very helpful. Breakfast was great, plenty of choice and a very good gluten free section. The location was great, very near a main bus stop and a nice walk in to the centre.

No kettle in the room! I should checked this!

The location is very close to the bus station and there are many excellent restaurants around the hotel and it is ten minutes walk from the waterfront of the city the hotel is very clean, quiet and beautiful the breakfast was sufficient and excellent the staff is very friendly and helpful And a great welcome It will be a great choice when returning for me

Nothing..Except for the sleeping pillows, they should be better It would be nice if there was a sauna

The small boutique hotel is very friendly and the staff are professional and attentive to your every need. It's a very personal service and the staff seem to know who you are and very rarely do you get asked for your room number. I liked this very much as it differentiates from the bigger hotels and it makes for a relaxing holiday. We had a special birthday meal arranged, with two of our party having a Sicilian cookery lesson and preparing the lunch for the party. Such great fun and a special thanks to the manager for making my partner's 60th birthday so memorable. The front desk arranged a boat trip with Prosecco and Arancini for the party of 8 and this was fantastic and better value than was offered down at the quayside and so was the Godfather tour which they also arranged for us. Breakfast was comprehensive with a buffet-style offering but also very leisurely taken outside on the terrace above the pool or inside the hotel if you preferred.

The hotel is not in the main part of Giardini Naxos, although if you are fit a 15 min walk helps to burn off some of those extra calories accumulated at breakfast !!. This wouldn't put me off booking this hotel again as I think being a little off the main part added to our stay. The hotel is convenient for the hop-on hop-off bus which goes up to Taormina and the main part of Giardini if you don't fancy the walk.

Great little hotel with very friendly and efficient staff. Very good and comprehensive breakfasts. Lovely pool with good bar menu. Nicely located away from bustle of Taormina but beaches and many good restaurants within easy walking distance. We thoroughly enjoyed our week and would highly recommend this exceptional hotel

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