Taormina
Known as “The Pearl of the Ionian Sea”, which it overlooks, Taormina has a thousand-year history: set in a unique landscape, the city boasts a wealth of culture and architecture, where since its foundation as a Greek colony, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Arabs, the Normans, up to the Spaniards in the 16th century have left their cultural mark over the centuries.
The particular beauty of Taormina attracted the attention of such great aesthetes and travelers of the 18th and 19th centuries as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Otto Friedrich von Geleng and Wilhelm von Gloeden, who spread the fame of its artistic value throughout Europe. Today the same unique views make Taormina the tourist capital of the entire island, attracting travelers from all over the world.