Luxury hotels and resorts

Sad that we could not access the sea from the metal stairs near the outside ladies room.

I had visited the Raya in 2010. When we arrived we were upgraded which was very nice. Overall I feel the Hotel Raya is over trading on its reputation. The staff are excellent but the quality of the food and the environmental policies of the Raya are not good. For example the breakfast yogurt is in a plastic pot ( like you would buy in a supermarket) and the jams in little jars. Too much packaging. Also our towels were changed everyday. Not necessary if you want to save water. The quality to value is not correct. We spent 3 weeks in 10 different Hotels and the Raya was certainly not high on our lists and if we were returning to Panarea we would book an alternative.

Herr Fabbiano, der fließend deutsch spricht, ist ein sehr freundlicher und hilfsbereiter Vermieter. Das Appartement war sehr gut ausgestattet. Die Aussicht auf Meer und Ätna ist fantastisch. Wir haben auch die Lage abseits vom Touristen-Trubel Taorminas sehr geschätzt, zumal man das Zentrum in wenigen Minuten zu Fuß (und mit Hilfe des Fahrstuhls im Parkhaus) erreichen kann. Sehr empfehlenswert!

This is a very beautiful, upmarket hotel - the room was well appointed and the staff very courteous.