Beside Taormina's ancient Greek theatre, Grand Hotel Timeo has the grandeur of a Sicilian legend, suspended above tiled rooftops, gardens, Naxos Bay and Mount Etna. Rooms and suites are divided between the main house and Villa Timeo, with polished parquet, marble, terraces and views that feel almost operatic. Days are unhurried yet highly charged: Dior Spa, the pool beneath pine and bougainvillaea, aperitivi at Bar Timeo, refined Sicilian cooking at Ristorante Timeo and Otto Geleng's intimate terrace. The hotel's glamour is theatrical, but never forced; it belongs to the view, the light and the long memory of Taormina.