At the foot of the Etna in our hotel with pool near Taormina in Sicily

The town of Taormina with its ca. 11,000 inhabitants is located on the east coast of Sicily.

It is also called the balcony of Sicily as it clings to the mountain slopes high above the sea and opens upon a view of Mount Etna.

Lush Mediterranean vegetation, benefiting from fertile volcanic soil, and scintillating blue sea top off this spectacle, which, every year, fills numerous visitors with amazement.

Taormina lies about 50 km north of Catania in the foothills of Mount Etna. The town seems to cling to the slopes like a panorama terrace above the Ionian Sea and enchants you, amongst others, with its well preserved façades, flower-bedecked squares and winding terraced alleys.

The town has Greek as well as Arabian origins. However, when destroyed by the Arabs, there was hardly anything left of the old town. Today’s Taormina dates from the Middle Ages, when it was – so to speak – newly founded.

The ancient theatre with its view of Mount Etna and the Gulf of Giardini-Naxos as well as the small island Isola Bella off the coast at Toarmina are particularly well-known and worth visiting.  

At the sight of the famous Greco-Roman theatre against the breathtaking scenic background even Goethe at the time was filled with amazement.