We (two couples) stayed for 10 days in August 2011. Our room on the 4th floor had a brilliant view of the bay. The rooms were reasonable size with aircon and comfortable beds. (could have done with tea/coffee-making facilities in the rooms). The balcony was much too small - you had to shuffle chairs around to get the doors opened... More

They shut off the AC half way through our stay saying it's a rule to shut it off after October 1st. On our second day of a three day stay, they said either check our or move to another room because they needed our room for new guests. And to add to the experience, when we checked in they said... More

Spent the most fantastic week here in Impanema; 5th floor room with a wonderful view; helpful friendly staff, efficient waiters and lovely food. Room cleaned daily, great shower, lovely Italian shutters leading onto balcony. On the first evening I mentioned to the waiter that I'm vegetarian and I was then given a veggie menu with 4 or 5 choices for... More

I staid in this hotel from 9 July until 27 July 2011. I can recommend this hotel to everybody. The strong point of the hotel is its staff, who have a high 'esprit de corps', many of them working already at the place for more than 10 years. Another strong point: the food. The cook and his team cooked every... More

We've recently returned from a week at the Ipanema and really enjoyed it. The staff were excellent, friendly.helpful and informative. The area outside where you sit for drinks was lovely. Someone else complained about the seats in the bar, noone sat in the bar whilst we were there, everyone was outside enjoying the weather. We can't comment on not being... More

Having just returned from the Hotel Ipanema I find some of the adverse comments hard to understand, Perhaps we were lucky the room we had on the 5th floor was large with a very spacious bathroom and very clean at all times. Food was good and varied always served hot and plenty of it. The staff were all extreemly friendly... More

The Ipanema Hotel is a real gem positioned almost equally between the beaches of Taomina Mare and Taormina town. Our room was on the 4th floor with Venetian style arched French doors opening out onto a small balcony giving panoramic views of the jutting peninsular and lower lying beaches. We'd booked half board and the restaurant had a reasonable selection... More

This hotel is decorated in a traditional style and the pool is lovely. There is a sun deck where sun rays can be caught during the day and star gazing at night. We stayed half board - the breakfast was typically Italian consisting of pastries, cereal, meat, cheese, yoghurts and fruit and there was plenty (you could help yourself as... More

the ipanema is a good,clean hotel. the rooms are spacious and the fridge and free safe is a bonus. the food is top class and served by excellent staff.ask for 4th or 5th floor rooms for great sea views. it is very near the cable car to get to taormina town. the minus side is after evening meal there is... More