Taormina Travel Blogs

I thought for second maybe it's cause Malta sucked so much, but I realized Italy and Sicily just know how to do things right. I took a monster excursion today that went from 5am to midnight (due to the 2 hour ferry ride each way), and got the hell out of Dodge for a little bit and into the heart of…

After the emotional experience of Calabria we needed a break so it was off to the gorgeous seaside town of Taormina on the south east coast of Sicily.It was a good choice!A very beautiful, relaxing place.Plenty of fantastic food and the beaches were superb!Unfortunately it's a very 'romantic' locat…

Visita de Catania, Taormina, el Etna, Milazzo, la isla de Vulcano, Cefalú, Palermo, Monreale, Agrigento y el Valle de los Templos, Villa Imperial del Casale en Piazza Armerina, Siracusa y la isla de Ortigia. Un viaje genial.

 Once we reached Taormina the bus began the climb up the mountain. It was a twisting ascent with hairpin turns.  At one point we met another bus come in the other direction and we had to back up to a spot where the road was wide enough for us to pass each other. Even then the mirrors were…

Made some coffee, had some hot instant oatmeal, and a nice conversation with Tina, gave her a load of fresh newspapers "in English!" she exclaims. We get into a most interesting discussion with Alex from Holland from everything to war, Bush, his bus trip all over America, to Bhudhism to Spirit. Nic…

I had been emailing with a guy named Ken. He is a Travbuddy member from the US, who would be in Catania with his partner and their nephew at the same time as me. He had offered for me to join them on the days journey to Taormina. I met them outside the front doors to the courtyard to my B&…

i've visited the magnific Sicily, the land of sea and lemon trees!!Taormina is a very nice place to see expecially for flowers!! my travel was also cultural:i went in the Siracusa's greek theatre to see greek tragedies

Thursday, 10/8/09Liz and Mags were itching to go to the western side of Sicily (we all wanted to see Erice, but decided it was too far for a day trip - we were told it was an 8 hour round trip). Liz especially wanted to see a cathedral at Monreale, and the ruins at Segesta, but I wanted to spend s…

Tuesday we departed the Domus Mariae around 9am for a full day trip to the hilltop town of Taormina.  Melissa and I had begun spending a lot of time together and sat with one another on every bus ride - usually finding some comfortable position in each other’s arms or laps in which we could …

Taormina Day 2: 5/15/08               Today started off very slow; I got out of bed around 08:00 and after a shower I sat in the room talking with Dave and our snoring friend from the Netherlands . We talked world politics, 9/11 the…

It took the cab driver 45 minutes to reach Taormina centre. We had given him the adress of B&B Villa Galante, but no way he could find it. Eventually I had to call Rose, the owner of Villa Galante, to hand over my mobile to the driver to explain the way to the villa in perfect Italian. Turn rig…

From Pisa 2 Cinque terre 2 Siena 2 Assisi 2 Amalfi Coast 2 Sicily all in 9 days. The Italian drivers are crazy!!! Overtaking on a blind corner on a cliff edge of a narrow rd with a bus coming for you in the other lane at 130km. Not us! but this is what your ordinary driver in Italy seems to do and all of them have bumps and scratches on their cars!!! So we are home safe and well. Highlight of trip: seeing a live active volcano check out the photos!!!

Though small there really is alot here. Visit Taoromina for the beaches and cliff side resorts, Palermo for the catacombes, Catania for the night life and parties, Agrigento for a more Greek atmosphere and architecture.

BEAUTIFUL TAORMINA!!! The train station is actually in an adjoining town called Giardinni Naxos, and we took a taxi to Taormina itself which is located up a wonderfully windy road. Arriving in the early evening, we settled into our apartment, and it was like a load off our feet. Putting our things …

Hello, welcome to Sicily, Italy! Sicily is the largest (25,460 sq km) and most important island in the Mediterranean, where it occupies a central position. Sicily still retains some of its age-old traditions both in the working and social fields.