our next stop in north-eatern sicily was the city of TAORMINA.
even if is not an unesco heritage like the few former stops (syracuse, ragusa, noto, modica), we liked it a lot. unlike in germany and middle europe, in sicily are the cities often built on the top of the mountains instead in valleys. well, today we were so tired from all that walking, that after the sightseeing in upper taormina called castelmola and walking from parking place to the old city center, we indeed walked just from the nicest old city gate porta messina through the horizontal street corso umberto to the square piazza IX. Aprile and did not walk any street up or down 😄. than we had some drinks in the mocambo bar and just watched tourists and locals how they run past :-). next time we will catch the cable car, promised 😈
even if is not an unesco heritage like the few former stops (syracuse, ragusa, noto, modica), we liked it a lot. unlike in germany and middle europe, in sicily are the cities often built on the top of the mountains instead in valleys. well, today we were so tired from all that walking, that after the sightseeing in upper taormina called castelmola and walking from parking place to the old city center, we indeed walked just from the nicest old city gate porta messina through the horizontal street corso umberto to the square piazza IX. Aprile and did not walk any street up or down 😄. than we had some drinks in the mocambo bar and just watched tourists and locals how they run past :-). next time we will catch the cable car, promised 😈
view from castelmola down to taormina + island isola bella and the coast
castelmola
Pater Pio (San Pio), one of the most famous healers
restaurant / taverna san giorgio (s. giorgio since 1700) with fantastic view over taormina and tasty almond wine / liqueur from their own production
ruins of the castle mola (castelmola)
unfortunately, wars were always part of human experience :-(
a wedding out there ...
gate porta messina
arrived @ square piazza IX. Aprile
view down to the coast
what an interesting exhibition: old, old, old books 😄
bible from 1542
mocambo bar
two of us, tired but happy 💕
square piazza IX. Aprile
good-bye, taormina. SOURCE of this great picture: "PJT56 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0"
more pictures here.
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