Belmond Villa Sant'Andrea

When Cornishman Robert Trewhella built his dream villa on Sicily's Bay of Mazzarò, little could he have known the celebrity haunt it would become. This is Villa Sant'Andrea, a Belmond Hotel in Taormina Mare. Engineer Trewhella was instrumental in building Italy's infrastructure, including the Sicilian railways. Having been captivated by the picturesque bay, he and his wife constructed a summer house right by the water in 1919. Their son transformed it into a hotel in the 1950s, after which it attracted a roll call of glamorous guests, from the cream of Sicilian society to Al Pacino. However em...