Raya is a small hotel, highly prized by an informed group of visitors, which has attained the accolade as the best hotel in the Mediterranean. For many it has reached a cult status, and for those who love nature and tranquillity it is an ideal place to meditate and to refind one's soul.

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Raya is a small hotel which in 2004 was awarded (Marco Polo Awards) with the choice of an international public, which defined it as one of the most beautiful “hotel de charme” in the Mediterannean. It is for many a “cult hotel”, but its owner describes it as “nothing, two stars, just a place where nature lovers can find peace and have time for themselves”. It is not a place to visit if one doesn’t like walking or if one is looking for a hotel which works like a Swiss clock.
Is an hotel with a very interesting history…

It is divided into three different “locations”, each with its own purpose, each one is close to the other in order not to create an environmental impact which is not well suited to this small magical island:

Il Raya Alto: situated on the hill slope, a small Eolie village in a natural park of lentos, olives, bougainvillea and hibiscus. 30 rooms with large terraces which face Stromboli and a sea of a thousand shades pf blue from which the small islands which surround the main island emerge.
A small bar offers from early morning a way to start off the day in a most pleasant manner.
Breakfast is served until mid-day on the restaurant terrace looking out to the sea from the “Peppe-Maria” headland.

This is the pool that Raya opened to the delight of its guests. The water is volcanic - its warmth and salt come naturally from the earth.

Raya basso: it takes just 5 minutes to reach the Raya by going down the hill. A beautiful house which has been recognised by Italy To Be Saved “as a perfect example of inclusion in a rural-urban context”.
There are 6 bedrooms on the upper floor, 3 with sea view and 3 with a view of the hills, all fully equipped with all comforts. On the ground floor, the large spaces also include the boutique of Myriam Beltrami.

Raya Peppe Maria, projecting over the sea hosts the so-called “service area“. The “Peppe-Maria” headland owes its name to a small white church which in the past hosted the Saintly Couple and where today Maria remains alone, for bon-ton reasons the priest used to say years ago laughing. The guests arrive here and the area provides also the buffet breakfast. From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the upper terrace, aperitifs are serves where it is possible to admire the maze of colours created by the sun setting behind the island and reflecting its rays on the surrounding rocks. From 9 p.m. dinner is served in a wonderful atmosphere created by the oil (biological) lamps and a starry sky where it is possible to taste exquisite cuisine which is one of the first to use only biodynamic products.

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