Villa Zagara Garden

Pleasant
Traveller Type: young couple

Good
Traveller Type: family with young children
  : Great location, away from the hustle and bustle. Lovely pool with views over the sea

Disappointing
Traveller Type: family with young children
  : Good view from the villa of the sea. Sheets and towels were clean. Staff were quite friendly but didn't offer anything above showing us to the room and collecting our fee.
  : We were very disappointed! Kitchen poorly equipped, quite tatty/not very clean. Bathrooms were not clean, showers were dirty and fixtures broken.We couldn't secure our ground floor apartment because the large sliding window in the main room could not be locked. We were told that this was not a problem as the villa was guarded. However, we were not reassured - the security door that we were told to use to exit the villa grounds was impossible to use, so we were advised by one of the staff to just come and go through the sliding driveway gate which was always left unlocked. Not wanting to take all our valuables with us on every trip out (including the beach) we had to leave these in the unlocked apartment. Not good.A cleaner working at the villa asked if she could retrieve some shoes from our apartment. We thought this was strange but maybe she'd left them when preparing the apartment. However, it appeared that they were actually using our apartment to store their belongings +sleeping bags etc.. as these were stored under the bed and in a large trunk in the apartment. Quite odd and not something I had come across before.Our ground floor apartment was also right next to the laundry / storage room. Although we had an area with chairs outside the apartment (grass was very long though and area quite shabby), we didn't use it as the cleaners/ staff were constantly going back and forth to the laundry room - literally right outside our door and windows. It was very intrusive - not their fault as they were just doing their jobs - but again not what you would expect!The swimming pool was OK, but could have been cleaner. Sun loungers were fairly numerous but there was just one umbrella. Considering there were numerous apartments this was completely inadequate.A number of the photos advertising the accommodation are actually of the owners private villa NOT the apartments.

Exceptional
Traveller Type: young couple
  : Great view and large space both inside the apartment and outside.Very quite at night for restful sleep.It’s located strategically between the Center of Taormina and the beach down the hill. Both require some healthy hiking.
  : Location is a bit lower than I expected. It is good for the noise and for some healthy exercise over the long staircase, but if you look for something very close to the Center of Taormina you have other choices.

Excellent
Traveller Type: young couple
  : The view is nice ,Rooms are big ,clean .Very nice owners.

Very Good
Traveller Type: young couple
  : Beautiful place with great view.Nearby everything by walk. Very friendly people.

Poor
Traveller Type: young couple
  : Sea view from the apartment. Big apartment, cozy (although not super clean). Located between the city center and the beach.
  : The host wasn't very helpful or nice on arrival. When we had a problem in the room - that was just a stupid thing that could happen to anyone - he treated us really bad, entered the apartment yelling, and saying "we were the problem". He even entered the apartment smoking a cigar (we are both non-smokers). Definitely the worst stay I've ever had, don't waste your money here.

Good
Traveller Type: family with young children

Good
Traveller Type: family with young children
  : Very nice location. Easy acces to town centre and near Funiculars. Super view from balcony. Very pleasant and welcoming host. We arrived with a long delay, but they were very patient with us.
  : The sofa bed was uncomfortable. The pool was not clean. It was impossible to find with help from Google. It would have been nice with some outdoor furniture

Pleasant
Traveller Type: solo traveller
  : Stated in listing that cleaning fee and city tax fee was included but that was not the case. Had me pay additional money upon arrival and that was not expected.