Recommendation for a beautiful resort town

The town of Taormina is about a forty-five minute drive north of Catania.

You can get there by train, bus, taxi (about 80 euros) or a rented car.

The orientation is so easy, I simply wrote in Waze in Hebrew, Taormina, and entered the toll road. I didn’t notice that I had to get a ticket from the meter and the whole way I was stressed that the police would stop me and walk away… 

At the end of a green road full of sabres, a view of the sea on the right, a speed bump on the left, and tunnels along the way (I swear, if this is called the failing area in Italy, then we have a lot to learn from the failed ones…) I reached the end of the toll road. I stopped at the checkpoint, pulled out 100 euros, and smiled at the cashier with a trembling heart. “One euro,” she was waiting for me. I paid her and flew away before she regretted it.

Taormina is located on a cliff, about 200 meters above sea level. The streets are very narrow, dozens if not hundreds of alleys and stairs connecting one level to another. The roads are winding and narrow, and that is its charm. A picturesque, well-kept town, with beautiful old houses. The only drawback I found was the difficulty in finding parking. If you parked, don’t move your car until the end of your vacation, it’s a shame… Taormina is a good starting point for a trip to the Etna volcano, the village of Savoca (where The Godfather was filmed), and the village of Castelloma. Details below…

I booked the apartment I was staying in from Israel through Booking.com. All the hotels I looked for right around the main street were full, or insanely expensive, or didn’t seem right to me.

In short, I had no choice but to look for something charming a little off the main street and so I arrived at the VILLA QUISISANA vacation apartment. The owner of the apartment was waiting for us there. I entered and was very impressed. A brand new place, wonderfully maintained, a well-equipped kitchenette (and we used the kitchen), a luxurious bed, a TV, air conditioning and everything that a vacation apartment should have and the view, oh the view, the Atena and the sea in front of your eyes. A pleasure!

So how do you get to the main street of Taormina? I asked the handsome, ruinous Christian, the owner of the apartment.