VILLA NEFELE

Hotel Villa Nefele is a three-star hotel with 16 bedrooms plus a mini-apartment with independent entrance and has a total of 53 beds.
Completely renovated in 2003, the hotel has a welcoming atmosphere, fresh and comfortable and has furnishings which blend antique with modern comfort.
Situated not far from the enchanting bay of Giardini Naxos and the beaches of Recanati, Hotel Villa Nefele is in an enviable position.

The hotel has 16 bedrooms and a mini-apartment with independent entrance and has a total of 53 beds.
Completely renovated in 2003, Hotel Villa Nefele is warm, welcoming and comfortable with a perfect harmony of antique and modern.
The hotel is next to the Civic Museum of Natural History, while easily reached on foot are the important Archaeological Park and annex museum, where the ancient origins of Giardini Naxos can be admired in the permanent exhibition there which houses relics from digs and underwater sites nearby.
Very near to the hotel are also numerous bars and pubs, typical restaurants, shops, discotheques and play areas for children.

All 16 bedrooms of Hotel Villa Nefele have been recently renovated.
They are furnished simply, functionally and have all amenities: Private bathroom with shower and hairdryer, satellite TV – some of which have flat screens and DVD players, direct-dial telephone, autonomous air-conditioning, safety deposit box, mini-fridge bar, wireless connection, double-glazing for soundproofing and almost all bedrooms have balconies with lateral view of the sea.
The hotel also has a one-bedroomed apartment sleeping 4 people, independent entrance, kitchenette, refrigerator, air-conditioning, television and bathroom.
Half-board and Full Board meals are taken in a restaurant that the hotel has an arrangement with, situated 100 metres from the hotel on the Giardini Naxos seafront.
“Da Pippo” serves typical Sicilian dishes and seafood specialties.

Breakfast is served from 8.00 to 10.00 in our dining room and is a full continental-style buffet breakfast:
Various flavour jams, honey, butter, brioches, cakes, pastries, white bread, wholemeal bread, ’fette biscottate‘ (a type of rusk or cold toast), croissants, cereals, fresh seasonal fruits, fruit juices, coffee, tea, drinking chocolate, cappuccino, milk, yoghurt.
Cold cuts and cheeses are also available on request.
Furthermore, it is possible to buy local wines and typical Sicilian products in the hotel.

Services:
Beach:
Guests who wish to spend some days on the beach in complete relaxation, can use the beach that the hotel has an arrangement with.
The lido is situated along the Giardini Naxos seafront, just 50 metres from the hotel and has special daily rates for our guests:
Other beaches are to be found in the nearby area of Recanati, with both equipped lidos and public beaches.
Also enchanting, are those beaches at Capo Taormina and Isola Bella (nature reserve), Mazzarò, Spisone and Mazzeo.

Parking:
The hotel has an arrangement with a car park, 100 metres away with custodian and payable:
Clients are given the key to the gate so that they are completely autonomous and free to come and go all hours.

Services in Hotel:
* Lounge with air-conditioning and 42” SAT Tv
* Bar
* Internet point with printer
* Concierge
* Parking
* Lido arrangement with special rates for our clients
* Safety Deposit Box in reception
* Wake up alarm call service
* Fax/photocopy service
* Car and motorbike rental
* Booking of taxis
* Booking of guided excursions all over island: Etna, Agrigento, Piazza Armerina, Alcantara Gorges, Palermo, Monreale, Cefalù, Syracuse, Aeolian Islands.

Location:
By car:
From Catania Airport, take the A18 motorway, Messina direction and then the Giardini Naxos exit.
From Messina, take the A18 motorway, Catania direction and then the Giardini Naxos exit.
After the toll-booth at Naxos, follow the route marked in red on the map at the side of this which takes you to the A18 junction with the SS114 main road, then bear right towards the seafront until you reach Via Vulcano street.
By train:
From all directions, you arrive at the Giardini – Taormina station (Messina – Catania line).
Hotel Villa Nefele is 4km from the station.
By bus:
From Catania Airport, the bus service for Taormina via the A18 motorway, then get off at Giardini Naxos.
For information: Interbus agency of Actinia
(Tel.
095-532716).

Giardini Naxos & Surroundings...
Giardini Naxos:
The historic origins of Giardini Naxos date back to 735 B.C., when a group of colonies disembarked at Capo Schisò and founded that which historians agree to be the first Greek colony in Sicily, in fact the town is called Naxos after the island with the same name in the Aegean Sea.
Today, this bathing locality is developed all behind the seafront, which runs parallel to the long beach, extending from Capo Schisò in the south to Capo Taormina in the north-west.
For a long time having the role as anchorage for Taormina, the “village of gardens”, so-called for its cultivation of cotton and sugar cane, which was then substituted by fruit orchards as its main resource, has undergone a transformation since the 50s.

Taormina:
Taormina is situated exactly at 200 metres above sea level and has a special shape which makes it similar, in its structure, to a real terrace enhanced by a panoramic view in which the nearby Etna volcano stands out in a powerful way.
This corner of Sicily has much to offer, both from the architectonic and the environmental point of view and the interested tourist has a really embarrassing choice here:
The town symbol is the Greek Theatre remembered above all by the expression “Teatro Antico”, which has a beautiful view and is also noted for the presence of columns of evident Corinthian style.
A short distance from the Theatre are the remains of an ancient temple and an Antiquarium with archaeological remains coming from the city surroundings;
Another remain of archaeological and above all historic importance in Taormina is the famous “Naumachie”, whose name comes from the simulated naval combats that were dear to the Romans but here, in Taormina, is an architectural structure.
It is decisively one of the most important Roman monuments on all the island.
The city of Taormina is also noted for its beautiful ’Palazzi‘ buildings.
The most famous is perhaps Palazzo Corvaia.
It is a real Castle and in everyday language it is simply called ’Palazzo‘.
The building owes its name to the aristocratic family who were its owners during the 17th and 19th centuries.
This cultural monument has been subject to numerous studies by historians.
However, today it has been ascertained that this aristocratic residence was originally outside of the city walls and connected to the ancient theatre.

The volcano Etna:
Etna is the highest and most active volcano in Europe and among the biggest in the world.
The base of it starts on the Ionian coast and it goes up to an isolated cone.
Its height varies with time due to its eruptions, but it is actually about 3,340m above sea level.
Its diameter is about 45 kilometres.
For those who love walking among the green vegetation and nature, you can visit the Park of Etna with its beautiful itineraries suited to anyone.
One of these is on the northern slope of Etna, near Randazzo, where the walk takes the name of a grotto in which the lava flowed, called Burò.
Inside the Park there are also itineraries for disabled people, such as that called Gurrida, found along the north-western slope of Etna.
This area is particular for the morphology of the lava and is a physical watershed between the torrent of Saracena and the Alcantara river, with its famous so-called Grottoes of Alcantara.