This is the largest and most important suite in the villa with a magnificent view of the city of Taormina, the volcano Etna, and the Gulf of Naxos. It is furnished with rare, perfectly preserved 18th-century Sicilian furniture and paintings by famous early 20th-century painters. The suite consists of an entrance hall, a bedroom, a living room with a piano, a larger living room with a sofa bed, and two bathrooms, one with a shower and one with a bathtub, the latter designed and built in 1941 for the commander of the German occupation troops in Italy, Federmareschal Albert Konrad Kesselring.
It has been the chamber of many artists, famous art critics, presidents of the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Watercolour Society of Art, Royal Society of Art painters, magistrates and writers. Among the many are Sir Alfred East, Sir Frank Brangwyn, Alfred Barr Jr, Salvador Dali, Cecil Hunt and Pablo Picasso.
. The room was restored in 2024. On 22 March 2021, the paintings and antique furniture in this room were declared an Italian National Cultural Heritage. The room has all the modern comforts (high-speed Wifi with optical fiber, central heating, independent heating, piano, minibar, telephone, satellite TV system, Bang & Olufsen Audio-Video system, safe).
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Details Suite Pablo Picasso
- Accommodates three people.
- Private space size: 50 sqm
Beds
- Queen-size bed, size: 160 cm x 200 cm with hypoallergenic latex mattresses in the bedroom.
- A single bed in the living room.
Bathroom
- Large bathroom with bathtub and Italian majolica tiles.
- Hair dryer.
- Bathrobe, slippers, complimentary toiletries.
Floors and fixtures
- Original parquet of the period (20th century), in oak and white Carrara marble.
- Frames in oak wood made by local craftsmen.
Furniture
- Authentic 18th-century furniture made by Sicilian craftsmen in the bedroom and 20th-century furniture in the bathroom designed by Frank Brangwyn for the 1909 Venice Art Biennale.
- 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
- Two LCD flat screen televisions (in living room and bedroom).
- High-speed Internet WI-FI.
- Satellite channels.
View
- Baroque style balcony, 2.5 sqm.
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.
