Signum
Salina, ItalyIt is perfectly situated to explore the surrounding area and the concierge can arrange walking tours, cookery classes, and wine tasting or just relax sipping an Aperitivo on the terrace bar or the infinity pool where the sunbeds are strategically placed around the lush gardens.
The thermal spa adds another dimension to the experience where guests can indulge themselves in the luxury spa which specializes in geothermic water treatments and offers a range of treatments and products based on the natural properties of Salina. Additionally, there is a traditional Aeolian, open-air steam bath, water therapy in tubs, facials, and massages utilizing local produce including almond milk, bitter orange, and prickly pear.
Local ingredients, including the fat juicy caper bud that grows wild along the cliffs, combined with homemade pasta and the freshest of fish. The open-air restaurant is rustically simple, lit with oil lamps and candles perfectly placed for a romantic night or special events including weddings which they host throughout the season.
Salina produces some of the finest wines in Sicily and the hotel contains carefully selected vintage wines that come from every part of Italy with special attention given to small producers of the region. The wine cellar is managed by the owner’s son Luca Caruso which truly makes a family-run hotel!
The 30 individually styled rooms are light and airy and rustic in design with many having their own private terraces with views of the Mediterranean. Classic, Superior, and Deluxe rooms generally have a smaller terrace or balcony although the Deluxe Room has a terrace overlooking the infinity pool and scented gardens. The rooms include all the creature comforts including air conditioning, ceiling fan, satellite TV, Wi-Fi, telephone, minibar, safe, and room service.
Feel rejuvenated, rebalanced, and de-stressed with a revitalizing hot spring soak or a cleansing sweat in a traditional adobe-walled steam house at Hotel Signum's fabulous wellness spa. The complex includes several stylish Jacuzzis on a pretty flagstone patio, and blissful spaces where you can immerse your body in salt crystals, get a massage or pamper yourself with natural essences of citrus, Malvasia, and capers.
Martina the daughter of owners Clara Rametta and Michele Caruso, has combined Salina’s luxuriant surroundings with her cooking skills to put Signum’s restaurant on the global food map. She is the youngest Italian chef to receive a Michelin star and is both the chef and co-owner of Hotel Signum along with her mother and father and brother Luca, Caruso is considered by gastronomic journalists and insiders, the Enfant Prodigy of Italian Cuisine.
One of seven islands in the Aeolian archipelago off the Sicilian coast, its steep twin mountains - once volcanoes - are swathed in lush vegetation, blossoming trees, and wildflowers. Every corner of Salina stirs the soul of the intrepid traveler. On your journey, you'll pass vineyards and olive groves, lemon trees, caper bushes, and cacti. Between the inactive volcano, peaks lie Rinella, a tiny port where fishermen are found untangling lobsters from their nets, and from that vantage point, you'll see Mount Etna looming over Sicily. Every corner of Salina stirs the soul!
Salina, the archipelago’s second-largest island, is quite different and maintains a rich, green landscape thanks to its natural freshwater springs.
Its breathtaking cliffs dive into the waters below while wildflowers, deep yellow gorse plants, and vineyards cover the ground.
Via Scalo, 15 Malfa, Salina, 98050, Italy