How fun it is to be able to show off that I was in the place where several scenes from a movie that won a million Oscars and more were filmed, starring my favorite actor, Al Pacino…

So, Michael fell in love with Apollonia, he came to ask her hand in marriage from her father, who owns a bar in the center of a Sicilian village. The wedding also took place in a church in the village.

The scenes were filmed in the village of Savoca, near the town of Taormina.

If it weren’t for the movie, probably no one would have come here, but thanks to the movie I got to visit a lovely place.

From Taormina we drive about fifteen minutes north on the coastal road, at some point we turn right and pass through a sleepy coastal town called Porzi Sigolo…. We strolled through the deserted streets, looked out at the sea, and stopped in the church piazza for coffee and a good apple pie.

From there we started climbing with the car on a narrow, winding road. The view was amazing.

We parked in the center of the village of Sabuka, there were almost no people, except for that famous bar, which from the outside still looks exactly like in the movie, except for the thick vegetation.