The Best Hotels Near Qafiz, by the Record
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A former family villa on the bay of Taormina Mare, this 66-room Belmond hotel keeps its private-residence feeling intact, right down to an exclusive beach on the Sicilian coast. Marble staircases, Baroque heirlooms, and pink geraniums fill the common spaces, while the team organizes boat trips and village tours in vintage Fiat 500s for guests who can't sit still. A Forbes Four Star property, with Etna looming agreeably in the distance.
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The ancient Greek amphitheater sits right at the door, so the view from this Belmond hotel has been making people feel like extras in an epic for a very long time. Terraced gardens, marble interiors, and a pool that earns every photograph frame the stay. Mount Etna looms over the whole scene, which gives even a lazy afternoon by the water a faintly dramatic edge. A Forbes Four Star property.