Grand Hotel Timeo, A Belmond Hotel, Taormina, renews its wellness experience in partnership with Dior for 2024. Two cabins, signed by the French Maison and designed by Thirtyone Design + Management, offer guests exclusive wellness treatments in the setting of the hotel's legendary gardens, a green oasis overlooking the sea.

In Timeo’s six-acre gardens, designed by English gardener and pioneering wildlife conservationist Florence Trevelyan at the end of XIX century, many artists and writers have found meditative peace and inspiration over the last 150 years. Today Grand Hotel Timeo and Dior Spa are fostering the same spirit, inviting guests to enjoy a moment of wellbeing in the hotel’s lush enclave.

Guests are invited to climb a few steps up a wooden staircase to access two highly sophisticated tree-house treatment cabins, one double and one single, perched in the cypress trees. These vibrant green wooden treehouses are elevated with the famous toile de jouy curtains, in a matching shade.

The decor takes inspiration from the fragrant flora and fauna which envelopes the pop-up spa. Maria Grazia Chiuri, Creative Director of Dior, has reimagined the iconic Dior fabric decorating the cabins in a bold leaf-green to blend with the lush surroundings. The Dior toile de Jouy wallpaper, the bamboo seating and the modern design lamps with brushed brass finishes, create an intimate and refined atmosphere.

Each cabin, designed by Thirtyone Design + Management, has its own individual terrace with sea views complete with a parasol in matching fabric, rattan furniture and plants, offering guests the privacy to extend this moment of well-being in absolute serenity.

When Grand Hotel Timeo, A Belmond Hotel, opened its doors in 1873, it not only became Taormina's very first hotel, but also quickly rose to fame as a pioneer in putting Sicily on the map. Boasting captivating views of nearby Mount Etna and adjoining the ancient Greek theatre, the hotel's unique blend of history and mystique inspired great works of art and literature for years to come. Located near the lively town centre, Mazzaro Bay and the most beautiful beaches in the country, it has attracted illustrious artists such as Wagner, Tennessee Williams and D.H. Lawrence, who stayed there while he wrote Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Hollywood’s elite, from Cary Grant to Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn, also succumbed to its charms. Throughout the entire summer, this Italian destination will provide the perfect setting for an exclusive Dior spa concept.

Photo: Pierre Mouton for Parfums Christian Dior

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