Grand Hotel Miramare

Amazing view, great breakfast and friendly staff.

Great location, across the street from the bus station and a block from the furnaculor that takes you down to the beach. Hotel was very quiet, large rooms and wonderful view from the balcony in the room.

I absolutely loved my stay at this hotel, it was sad to leave. The view from the sea view rooms is stunning. The hotel itself has old school Italian charm so expect the rooms to be dated but very clean. The only flaw I had was my shower head fixture was broken. The recently refurbished pool is modern and spacious, I never had an issue getting a sunbed. The staff were so helpful and friendly, I hope to be back someday soon!

Avoid at all costs! This is not a 4 star hotel and by no means is it Grand. I arrived here to be met by arrogant, unmotivated, reception staff sitting almost hidden behind a raised counter behind reception desk. No porter to help with luggage so we had to haul it up ourselves. The foyer has been upgraded but beyond that the entire hotel is dated and old. The room allocated was vile, dated, grotty, no sockets but overloaded ones with several plugs all in one. We had to unplug lamps to plug our phones in. Horrible smell. Worst of all there was black mould in the bathroom. A build up particularly around the bath which was just covered with silicone. Hairs in areas! It turned my stomach. We requested an immediate room change and it was getting late and I was with my son. We were taken to an equally grotty room, top floor same problems just bigger with balcony with no outside light and extremely high up. An excess supplement was going to be charged to us of €500 for this awful room. The only good part was the view. We had to go into Taormina having travelled all day to get food. Breakfast next morning was utterly horrible with small boxes of cereal suitable only for a campsite and tinned fruit. Greasy cold bacon, sloppy eggs, watered down juices and poor coffee. There was hardly anything there in fact and no freshly cooked options we would expect in a 4 star accommodation. The staff were abrasive and rude and totally unhelpful. We saw maybe 4 other people there sitting at tables with dirty cloths which had been left out overnight we found out. Next we discovered there was NO pool as advertised. Construction workers with diggers were at the pool area which was out of bounds. We have photos. The hotel has no restaurant, no tennis courts, no bar so we had no services basically and we had paid high costs in advance for our stay. Manager was dismissive and rude when confronted re the lack of any services. He only laughed into my face! Furthermore we discovered more construction work beside our upgraded room. Drilling occurring and workmen passing our room. We were absolutely appalled. Corridors showed mould and evidence of damage probably from leaks. We contacted our travel operator to get us out as a matter of urgency. Do not go here it is a place that needs to be closed and undergo a complete upgrade/refurbishment. After couple nights of suffering we managed to exit to our relief from this place. They are luring people into it through completely false advertising in their website! It is scandalous. Avoid avoid avoid. Dreadful place.

Tired grounds and building. Redeeming pool facilities and general location and proximity to main attractions. Service was average but not terrible.

Great place for few days. Location is brilliant. Hotel staff very friendly. Hotel decent and pool not in use due to pool area works/renovation. and that made us go to the beach, which is good and walkable by steps and took cable car back. We had cheapest room. But due to the water spillage of gardener on balcony we've got upgraded to the larger room and that was brilliant. Spectacular views, spacious and classic quality furniture. Hotel needs some upgrades, but still decent. they seem to be renovating and may have suffered from Covid challenges. It takes time and of course paying customers. Many feedbacks I read are bit harch and unfair. Give them a chance! If in the larger room you will get spectacular views. Thanks

Would absolutely recommend this property to anyone! We will certainly be spending more time here when we return to Taormina!

Booked property months in advance for a July stay. At the time of booking, the website stated that the pool was going to be unavailable in May and June. Unfortunately when we checked in we were informed that the pool was still being renovated (and by the looks of it it is still very far from being ready...). Property offers beautiful ocean views and staff is very kind, but it's in dire need of a remodeling.

This hotel is definitely not grand as it states in its name. The entrance into the hotel has been redesigned and modern ,but the rooms definitely need an upgrade. The staff were unfriendly and unhelpful, but the cleaner was lovely.I had booked a room with a balcony only to find that the is was a Juliette balcony that I could not sit out on. When I asked for a room that I had booked they said it would be €250 extra.The pool was out of order and when I asked if there was another hotel’s pool I was told to use the sea. To get to the sea you have to use the cable car which cost €10 per day, get on the bus or walk down the steps which takes 50minutes. I’ve stayed in 4 star hotels lots of times but this is definitely not a 4star establishment.

Great location and views. Staff friendly and helpful. Clean Pool was out of action. Breakfast was good.