This flat, where Henry Faulkner and Tennessee Williams stayed, is located in the Monumental Garden of Villa Cuseni. Spread over two floors, the lower floor has a living room with a double sofa bed and a large bathroom with shower. The upper floor has a bedroom with a second large bathroom with shower, a kitchen and a private terrace with an extraordinary view of the Gulf of Naxos and the City of Taormina. The room is equipped with perfectly restored 18th-century furniture and authentic artworks by the American painter Henry Lawrence Faulkner and Robert Hawthorn Kitson.
The room was chosen to accommodate Tennessee Williams, a regular guest at the villa and Henry Lawrence Faulkner’s close friend. The paintings and the antique furniture of this flat are part of the Italian National Cultural Heritage and are therefore subject to protection by the Fine Arts of Messina. Last renovation year 2024. The Flat is equipped with all modern comforts (high-speed Wifi with optical fiber, central heating, independent heating, mini-bar, telephone, satellite TV system, Bang & Olufsen Audio-Video system, safe).
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Details Henry Faulkner double superior
- Accommodates two people.
- Private space size: 25, 60 sqm
Beds
- Queen-size bed, size: 160 cm x 200 cm with hypoallergenic latex mattresses in the bedroom.
Bathroom
- Bathroom with walk-in shower and Italian majolica tiles.
- Professional hairdryer
- Bathrobe, slippers, complimentary toiletries.
Floors and fixtures
- Original period (20th century) oak parquet.
- Frames in oak wood made by local craftsmen.
Furniture
- Authentic 18th-century furniture made by Sicilian craftsmen in the bedroom and 20th-century furniture and paintings by the American painter Henry Lawrence Faulkner and Robert Hawthorn Kitson.
- All the furniture in the bedroom has been perfectly restored.
- Curtains with Italian fabrics.
Air conditioning
- Independent air conditioning.
- Central heating.
Television and WI-FI
- LCD flat screen television.
- High-speed Internet WI-FI.
- Satellite channels.
Terrace
- Terrace with direct access, 9.0 sqm, with panoramic view of the bay, the volcano Etna and the garden.
Minibar
- Minibar with wines, Sicilian sparkling wines, water, soft drinks and fruit juices.
- Kettle for infusions with selection of teas
Breakfast
- Breakfast with typical Sicilian products in the panoramic room on the second floor.
Other
- Possibility of adding a cot.
- Additional bathroom (outside the room).
- Access allowed to small pets.
The paintings and antique furniture in this room, from 28 May 2021, contribute to the Italian National Cultural Heritage and are subject to protection by the Fine Arts. We kindly ask you to treat them with great care, to close the shutters in order to preserve furniture and paintings from the strong Sicilian sun and not to eat meals inside the room but to use the spaces provided.
