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Taormina in one sentence:<\/strong> The spectacularly perched stage-set town above the sea, with its ancient theatre and Etna views, is Sicily’s most glamorous – and most expensive – small town. Especially rewarding for culture and food-and-wine travellers, and couples<\/strong>; for a pure beach holiday, Giardini Naxos or Letojanni are more practical. One to two days is ideal. Biggest drawback: heavy day-tripper crowds, high prices and a strict ZTL – arriving by car at midday on a whim costs time and nerves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hardly any place in Sicily stages itself as effectively as Taormina. The town sits on a rocky terrace roughly 200 metres above the Ionian Sea; from the tiers of the ancient theatre, the view sweeps past the stage straight to Etna – capped with snow in winter, often trailing a thin plume of smoke in summer. This pairing of architecture and volcano has, since the 19th century, turned Taormina from a stop on the Grand Tour into a fixture of almost every trip to Sicily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded as the Greek city of Tauromenion in the 4th century BC, the town owes its landmark to the Romans: the Teatro Antico took much of its present form in Roman times and served both drama and music – a role it still fulfils today, when summer concerts and festivals fill the tiers. Everyday life plays out along the Corso Umberto, a traffic-free lane between two medieval town gates, lined with baroque churches, small viewing balconies and – just as unmissable – boutiques and caf\u00e9s at tourist prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As striking as the setting is, the downside is just as clear: Taormina is expensive, and by day cruise-ship and coach groups share its narrow lanes. Anyone who experiences the town early in the morning or in the evening – once the day-trippers have left and the light falls flat across the Bay of Naxos – sees a quieter, far more pleasant Taormina. The planning on this page is built around exactly that window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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