{"id":10000874,"date":"2015-02-01T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/?p=10000874"},"modified":"2018-03-22T22:11:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T21:11:13","slug":"historical-places-grand-hotel-timeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/historical-places-grand-hotel-timeo\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical places, Grand Hotel Timeo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"s22\">In Taormina, in an oasis of natural beauty surrounded by the crystal-clear and blue Ionian Sea, a building of hundred-year old importance rises, the Grand Hotel Timeo. In the post-war period, this amazing destination of the Sicilian Island was reduced to a simple and empty seaside resort unable to welcome visitors properly, who used to stay there even in the wintertime. It was thanks to Francesco la Floresta \u2013 belonging to the namesake noble family from Taormina \u2013 that the town managed to be part again of the most visited tourist destinations. In 1850, La Floresta \u2013 already manager of the \u201cFondaco\u201d along the main road \u2013 decided to invest his energies and passion for this paradisiac corner in the construction of the first Hotel in Taormina. It was baptized with the name of Grand Hotel Timeo to pay homage to two eminent personalities that contributed to the history of the \u201cPearl of the Ionian Sea\u201d, i.e. Timaeus, famous historian born in Taormina in 356 B.C. and his father Andromachus, founder of the town in 358 B.C.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-10000874 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/J0881_BGHT_244_High-e1521201562395.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/J0881_BGHT_244_High-e1521201562395.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/J0881_BGHT_244_High-e1521201562395.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/J0881_BGHT_244_High-e1521201562395-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/J0881_BGHT_244_High-e1521201562395-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/J0881_BGHT_244_High-e1521201562395-450x284.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/18531_102726529754758_100000522348200_75310_1986671_n-1.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/18531_102726529754758_100000522348200_75310_1986671_n-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/18531_102726529754758_100000522348200_75310_1986671_n-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/18531_102726529754758_100000522348200_75310_1986671_n-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/18531_102726529754758_100000522348200_75310_1986671_n-1-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/18531_102726529754758_100000522348200_75310_1986671_n-1-450x283.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10000772\" src=\"http:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/HT_164_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/HT_164_large.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/HT_164_large-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/HT_164_large-768x308.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/HT_164_large-450x181.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-10000874 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/772px-Crupi_2C_Giovanni__281849-1925_29_-_Taormina_vista_dall_27Hotel_Timeo-e1521201594486.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/772px-Crupi_2C_Giovanni__281849-1925_29_-_Taormina_vista_dall_27Hotel_Timeo-e1521201594486.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/772px-Crupi_2C_Giovanni__281849-1925_29_-_Taormina_vista_dall_27Hotel_Timeo-e1521201594486.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/772px-Crupi_2C_Giovanni__281849-1925_29_-_Taormina_vista_dall_27Hotel_Timeo-e1521201594486-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/772px-Crupi_2C_Giovanni__281849-1925_29_-_Taormina_vista_dall_27Hotel_Timeo-e1521201594486-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/772px-Crupi_2C_Giovanni__281849-1925_29_-_Taormina_vista_dall_27Hotel_Timeo-e1521201594486-450x336.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Tim01.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Tim01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Tim01.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Tim01-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Tim01-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Tim01-450x336.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Nowadays, the Timeo is a cultural and artistic heritage that allows those who\u00a0 visit this place to enjoy enchanting feelings. To make this location even more appealing is the landscape offered by the large panoramic terrace boasting views over the majestic Greek Theatre, besides the Ionian coast. Hence not simply a hotel, but a modus vivendi. In fact, Hotel Timeo represents an excellent sensory path. The large space dedicated to psychophysical wellness is an essential moment of guests\u2019 stays; nothing is comparable to that locus amoenus of the antique garden for those who love allowing themselves moments of silence. This place inspired very many writers and well-known people who stepped on this small remnant of the world. Among all of them, it is dutiful to remember the English writer Lawrence, who got the inspiration to compose his novel \u201cLady Chatterley\u2019s Lover\u201d along these windows overlooking the sea. Even the filmmaking world becomes part of such spectacle made of lights and colours, including Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor and Burt Lancaster, who used to sleep on the pillows of the Timeo more than once, managing to steal glimpses of incomparable sunsets over the sea.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-10000874 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/7taofoto-1-e1521201629818.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/7taofoto-1-e1521201629818.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/7taofoto-1-e1521201629818.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/7taofoto-1-e1521201629818-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/7taofoto-1-e1521201629818-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/7taofoto-1-e1521201629818-450x321.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Hotel-Timeo-fine-800.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Hotel-Timeo-fine-800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Hotel-Timeo-fine-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Hotel-Timeo-fine-800-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Hotel-Timeo-fine-800-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Hotel-Timeo-fine-800-450x321.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 15\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Song suggested to read this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D2yK6K0xeTg&amp;feature=youtu.be\">La lunga estate di Taormina &#8211; Johnny Dorelli<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Taormina, in an oasis of natural beauty surrounded by the crystal-clear and blue Ionian Sea, a building [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10000771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[92],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10000874"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10000874"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10000874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10000876,"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10000874\/revisions\/10000876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10000771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10000874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10000874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10000874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}