Sicily is a great destination to experience an authentic Italian holiday experience. It is good for a relaxing week as well as self-drive, walking, cycling and escorted touring holidays, with a wide variety of sights to see. The main tourism activities take place around the resort of Taormina, however we highly recommend exploring other areas of the island where we can book you into traditional accommodations, including converted farms and monasteries.
A small selection of our favourite hotels are listed below, we offer more so do ask for details.
Sicily has a wide selection of great golf courses, with stunning views. They can get very busy and so we highly recommend early booking, which we can of course assist with.
Mount Etna
One of the highlights of the island is the volcano, Mount Etna. Tours to see this great sight can be pre-arranged and we highly recommend this, especially during peak times.
Testimonials: - Mr Hazel
We just arrived back from Taormina, Sicily, and had the best week of our lives! We got married out there and as everyone knows, sorting a wedding can be hard work. Thanks to RB Collection for helping us initially choose Taormina for our wedding, but also offering an incredible personal service to make sure we stayed in a fantastic hotel and had the perfect location for our reception. Simply the best holiday ever!
Built in the early 20th century and a former post office, the building housing Ortea Palace has been beautifully transformed into a luxurious and modern hotel whilst still retaining the history and charm of the original structure.
The San Domenico Palace was once a former 15th Century, now is luxury hotel located in the beautiful Sicilian town of Taormina. The hotel sits in a truly magnificent setting with views over Mount Etna and Taormina Bay.
The 19th-century Belmond Grand Hotel Timeo is famous for its literary terrace and unrivalled panorama, opposite Taormina’s Greek-Roman amphitheatre, with incredible views of Mount Etna and the Mediterranean.
This Taormina hotel, designed by celebrated Arts and Crafts architect Charles Robert Ashbee in 1907, combines excellent accommodation, a central location, and fantastic views from its terraces and gardens.
This grand hotel is at the top of a tree-lined promenade and is within the fascinating historical centre of Ortygia island, which forms the heart of Syracuse.
The Belmond Villa Sant'Andrea has its own private beach and a top-quality restaurant, making it one of Taormina’s most exclusive places to stay. It dates back to the 1830s, when a British family built their home in this stunning picture-postcard…
Grand Hotel San Pietro is a 5 star luxury hotel near the centre of Taormina. The hotel overlooks the Ionian Sea, so close you can hear the swish of the waves breaking on the peaceful coast of Isola Bella and on the…
From the moment you are welcomed to the hotel you will know the NH Collection Taormina is somewhere unique. The hotel offers spectacular views of the coastline and is located in the heart of this beautiful seaside city of Taormina, Sicily.
there is much more to do on the island of Sicily than you may first think. Consider a twin or triple centre and drive from the East to the West to allow a more varied holiday experience.
We have been to Mauritius! Both Alan and myself enjoyed a family wedding on the island and we are on hand to pass on our independent knowledge and experience to you when booking your luxury holiday to Mauritius with us.
Nestled among olive groves with golden sands at your feet, Ikos Kissamos delivers barefoot luxury in one of Greece's most unspoiled corners on the island of Crete, newly opened for summer 2026. View Holiday
Riverside Luxury Cruises
Riverside are brought to you by the well respected Seaside Hotel group who took over these luxurious river cruise boats in 2024.
Their river boats are some of the most luxurious on the market and we have had great reports from clients who have stepped onboard. View Holiday
Explora Journeys
Explora Journeys are challenging the luxury cruise market with their state-of-the-art vessels that take around 920 guests maximum. They are more like private beach clubs at sea. We have been onboard and can highly vouch for the levels of service, definitely one to try! View Holiday
Azamara Cruises
Azamara Cruises pride themselves on spending more time in port than other cruise lines. Their boutique smaller ships only take up to around 688 passengers when full, allowing them to also sail closer into destination ports. View Holiday
Oceania Cruises
We have worked with Oceania Cruises for many years and have stepped onboard their ships personally. This enables you to make use of our first-hand knowledge and advice when booking with us. they have a big emphasis on food and beverage offering and their ships are smaller than some of the larger lines, at around 1,200 maximum passengers on their newer ships. View Holiday
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Great cruise, boat, taxi, hotel, meal (and more!) arrangements in Athens and Corfu.
Oliver has this amazing ability to know what we would enjoy, which is why I've already booked my next trip with RB! To the Carribbean we go in November!! 🥳
Thanks Oliver and the entire team at RB!
Zain Qazi
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‘As usual, Sam at RB Collection arranged our recent Iceland/Scotland cruise with attention to every possible detail. He remembered what had worked for us previously and used that knowledge to enhance our experience. No question was too much trouble for either Sam or his colleague Clare. We would not consider anyone else for our holiday arrangements; RB Collection are truly superb!’
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Wonderful way to book a wonderful holiday.
Such a personalised & attentive approach to helping us find the perfect family holiday! Couldn’t recommend more!!!
Pandora Bahrami
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They found us the perfect hotel for our London stay. Exactly the right balance of perfect location, incredible breakfast and they really listened to what we wanted. I even had access to one of London best gyms included in the stay!
Katie May Medley
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RB Collections are a wonderful family run firm who welcome you into the family from the first holiday you book with them. My special thanks go to Clare who always ensures my booking runs smoothly and takes the stress out of the process of decisions by ‘knowing’ and implementing my preferences using information she has ascertained from previous bookings. I don’t have to remember…..Clare does it for me.
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Having just returned from a fantastic long weekend at Disneyland Paris, we had to leave a review for Sam and the team at RB Collection. They removed all the stress from organising the trip and ensured everything was in place for a truly memorable trip for all the family. We can’t thank them enough and we will certainly be back for future holidays. Our experience has been 10/10 👍🏻
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Just returned home from a wonderful holiday in Madeira arranged by Sam from RB Collection. Every detail from flights, hotel, transfers, recommended restaurants and "must to do's" was excellent and all documents arrived by post in good time for checking before departing on our holiday. Due to the weather, our journey was delayed by two days. However after contacting RB on the emergency number in the holiday package, all was sorted by the team - an upgraded hotel room at the same hotel, flight, transfers, taking away all the stress from ourselves and allowing us to enjoy our extra two days. One cannot put a price on a phone call and text messages when something unfortunate happens and you feel vulnerable.
On our return, the excellent service has continued by Sam and colleagues who are now dealing with the necessary correspondence with the airline company.
My husband and I and children at home who were concerned when we were stranded, cannot thank the team at RB enough for their support and professionalism and we are looking forward to many more holidays using the company.
Tom & Janet
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We came to RB Collection with an idea of some of the places we wanted to visit in Rajasthan, India - and they made it all happen, expertly and efficiently. Oliver and Clare were a pleasure to deal with, sorting every aspect and adding their own ideas to really enhance this wonderful trip. They checked in while we were away to make sure everything was going well (which it was) and I knew they'd be on hand if we needed anything. Thank you!
David Page
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The purpose of this review isn't to confirm that our holiday was a 5 star experience (which it was, by the way) but it's a review to say that RB Collection's involvement in planning, booking and safety netting our holiday experiences has been truly 5 stars.
Are people bothered if my wife and I had a great holiday - I suspect no......
Are people interested in the company that was instrumental in creating 5 star holidays - I suspect yes
......and so it's RB Collection's skills and involvement that get this 5 star rating.
As a family we have booked our own holidays almost exclusively by ourselves for 35 years - until a year ago when we used RB Collection's services for the first time to book a holiday to the Ice Hotel in Sweden. We chose to book through them because we had no experience or knowledge of the Ice Hotel and their exclusive Ice Hotel Website was great.
Their involvement made all the difference - in particular their personal commitment to making things work and since the first contact, they have been getting to know our travel "needs, wants and likes" more by each contact.
Our next holiday was a Silversea Cruise - one that we could easily have booked ourselves, but RB's influence allowed us to save a significant (4 figure!) sum. Reason alone to recommend!
Our third and most recent booking with RB was a safari which could not have been a better holiday experience.
The reasons for this are as follows:
1. Up until raising the possibility, I knew nothing about safaris i.e. where to go / at what time of year / for how long etc. Within 72 hours of a discussion of a suggestion by me for a Tanzania trip (based on a google AI search), I was infinitely far better informed and after weighing up possibilities, we opted for a Kenyan trip to Amboselli and the Masai Mara. What a brilliant decision!
2. Whilst the travel options were perfect for our particular needs, RB's involvement to seamlessly arrange the multiple transfers on our journey came to the fore. This was particularly evident on coming back from Zanzibar (beach unwind) to Nairobi International, which would have presented a significant challenge had we opted for self booking, due to the (multiple) security & immigration stages. (Yes, of course - we would have negotiated the stages - we're grown ups - we can look after ourselves, but oh my. the loss of wasted heartbeats would have been significant!)
Turns out that what was arranged for us was faster than "fast track" and I certainly became aware of lots of people looking enviously towards us and our safari representative as we whizzed by!
3. Photography is an important aspect of our holidays. Good photographic subjects / scenes are our means of ensuring that we're seeing good stuff, which - IMHO - is a main focus of a holiday. Our safari guides had been well briefed about my photography wishes and from the get-go, they discussed what we were looking for from our holiday and so every day we had a mutually planned itinerary for the wildlife that never disappointed. Our guides had been particularly selected from the briefing given by RB pre-travel to the safari people.
In a nutshell, RB have changed our attitude to holidays and their associated experiences. In our time with them, we have undertaken holidays that we have never done before and we are now definitely thinking differently about what to do in the future.
Add to this, the reassurance and safety net that travel agency
booking confers and I think that RB Collection definitely deserves a 5 star review.
By the way - we live distant to their location - all of our dealings have been by telephone and email so don't think you need to be locals to use their services.
Colin Scott
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A big shout out for RB Collection ….they have done it again !!!!
Made our World touring a pleasure AGAIN ….having done the cruising in various parts of the world …the Canada trip…..the India & Nepal trip…& just recently the Hongkong Australia New Zealand trip…it’s like being transported on a Dreamliner !every attention to detail from getting to the airport arriving at the destinations & being picked up & taken to the various types of accomadation ….Thanks Team RB & especially to Sam for this last one 🌴☀️😎