Hotel Villa Bianca Resort

What is great about this hotel is the location " Mazzaro ", which includes free parking. The hotel is next door to the cable car bus stop to reach Taormina, and local car hire. The magnificent views from the balcony of our room were breathtaking, reaching far out across the bay to the Ionian Sea. Our room included a shower, a Bidet, sink and toilet with towels and toiletries. The staff were at the very least bilingual, very smartly dressed, polite, helpful and caring. The hotel has a restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating, many other places to eat close by range from top-end restaurants to local cafe food, including two or three local mini markets and takeaways. Our room was cleaned every day. The hotel has a lift with a wonderful roof terrace, sun loungers are available for free. Easy access to the local beach, including the Isola Bella island. Now, this hurts me to end my review like this, as the hotel does appear to be trying its best. If the hotel is reading this, I would recommend new beds and pillows. I found mine very uncomfortable and would not return for that reason. I booked breakfast included, unfortunately, the breakfast was boring and repetitive. Light sleepers, be aware that a very loud train runs close by from around 6 am that may disturb you.

It is the most amazing location. Stunning views.

It is a wee bit dated but I loved it.

I love the breakfast and the staff! Dining room is large and elegant! Services are great! They always great us with " morning " and a big smile on their faces! The location is excellent! The view OMG is out of this world!! Sitting on rooftop is better cruising!! 🥳👏👍

I couldn't open my window to get some fresh air, because otherwise the bugs or birds could get in!! What a shame!!

Room wasn’t as expected (10 minute walk away in separate building about 200 stairs) Air conditioning broke, in speaking to staff they were rude and said it was fine waiting hours to be changed into different room. Had to use another hotels pool, after thinking the hotel had one from the images online Would go back to location but not that hotel

Nice hotel, placed opposite to the beach and near to the cable - the shortest way to the old town. Kind staff, clean rooms, beautiful view from the restaurant and the terrace

This hotel was supposed to be a four ****, it was anything but, the only two good things I can see about it was the shower and the breakfast. the bed was horrible the pillars were flat and unusable, they did not provide any tea or coffee facilities in the room,they charged four euros each per day for tourist tax which is a rip off, the evening meal was not a a buffet it was a set menu, that to be fair was not brilliant, especially if they only had a couple of staff on and it was busy then you were waiting a long time for your next course,they didn't even provide a drink with the evening meal, you were obliged to pay for the drink, as they wouldn't even let you bring a drink in with you. the aircon if you wanted it was not available as it was switched off September 30th, the staff in reception weren't helpful if you really had a difficult situation like transport to places, the rooms weren't that clean you could see dust in various places, The walls were crumbling and you could see damp in them

Basic but fine for a base every things on the door step. Acces to the beach cable cars some shops few eatery’s. We were lucky had a beach view. Lovey sitting out on an evening when we got back or at 5ish when getting changed for going out. Breakfast just eggs cakes breads n meat. Done is though till lunch. We hired a car and could park there to which was handy.

We stayed at the hotel with 2 couples from 29/09 to 4/10. The hotel was recommended by TUI. A few things immediately stood out: The hotel is actually a three-star hotel but its website gives 4; TIU also indicates that it is a four-star hotel.
 This is confusing to say the least. The hotel is split into two buildings one higher than the other. The elevator from the lower building takes you to the roof floor...from there it is still more than 100 steps to climb to your hotel room on the second floor. It is NOT mentioned at reservation that you are staying in the upper annex building. Once there, you notice that there is no WIFI in the upper building where it is stated that there is WIFI in the public areas of the hotel. Even this is not entirely correct because on the roof terrace you have to stay in a radius of 2 meters around the elevator if you want to have connection to the network. Nothing wrong with an older building but: In the room, an access hatch in the ceiling appeared to be still open. In the bathroom you could not hang the shower head in the bathtub with curtain up because the wall hook was loose. There was a dirty cord hanging around twisted on the shower rod. The shower mixer tap could not be adjusted steplessly because it jammed every time; so cold or very hot water.... The toilet seat was missing a few parts and the toilet could only be flushed with brute force. The arrangement for clean towels was peculiar; we put the towels on the ground but in the evening no fresh ones had been delivered. This was quickly remedied, however, after we spoke to a friendly lady. The key to room 112 also fit the door of room 111. The sliding glass doors of the terrace were no longer lockable (defective lock). Walked up the hundred stairs in pitch darkness on 3 evenings; no light was on outside on the stairs at night (Long live the smartphone which then came to the rescue). Very hard mattresses on the beds. The view outside is obstructed by trees (room 111 and 112). The roof terrace of the upper building looks unkempt; empty bottles, ashtrays with cigarette butts, awnings not working and even defective on the ground. At the upper building there are certainly more than 20 rooms there are, however, only 4 parking spaces. The other option is pay parking. Consequence the cars are blocked by cars double parking.... The first evening we wanted to eat in the restaurant of the hotel but we witnessed a fulminant quarrel between the staff where the intervention of a person in charge did not bring any solace...as a result...we looked for another restaurant...because of the too high number of Decibels (95 dB measured via an app). The staff during breakfast was friendly and helpful. Given the class of the hotel (***), breakfast is OK but best not to come after 9:15 am because then they start cleaning up. The room was clean and there was almost no night noise. The location is fine for those who want to combine the sea and the old city. Conclusion: definitely not recommended if you expect anything from a neat accommodation. Maybe if you want to know how things were in the 80s and are not bothered by some imperfections (but there are many).