Hotels on Sicily: two new golf resorts

Sicily is one of the most beautiful and fascinating islands of Italy. Here come to rest ordinary tourists and those who want to combine leisure and sport. It is for active recreation amateurs in the near future will be presented two new hotels on Sicily.

In early 2012 on Sicily are to be built two new luxury golf hotels Corinthia Taormina Golf Resort in Taormina and Wyndham Catania Golf Resort in Catania.

Corinthia Taormina Golf Resort will be situated in the area of Giardini Naxos, just 10 minutes away from the beautiful beaches of Taormina, in the picturesque national park of Alcantara. The hotel will be equipped with golf course of world-class for 18 holes. The guests of a new hotel will be offered 130 comfortable five-star rooms and 158 residences, as well as two restaurants, three bars, indoor and outdoor pools, health club, spa-center, six meeting rooms and parking for 350 cars. The total area of the hotel will be 616,000 square meters.

Between Catania and Syracuse (listed in UNESCO World Heritage List), in the municipality of Carlentini will be placed a second five-star golf hotel - Wyndham Catania Golf Resort. On the territory of about 900 thousand square meters the visitors would be provided for 192 comfortable rooms and 224 residences near the world-class 18-hole golf course. The hotel will have the golf school and a store selling supplies for the game. It will have developed infrastructure: fitness center, sauna, indoor and outdoor pools, spa-salon and tennis courts will allow guests to fully enjoy the rest. The hotel is located just 8 kilometers from Catania International Airport.

Having amazing history and a lot of perfectly preserved historical monuments Sicily constantly attracts the attention of tourists from all over the world. So it is not surprising that the authorities give the island so much attention to such sector as tourism and strongly support its development in Sicily. But not only the natural beauty and ancient temples on the island attracted tourists. In recent times there has been developing golf tourism. So this year hotel Verdura Golf & Spa Resort has opened 2 new golf professional class courses designed by the well-known Kyle Phillips.