I was very excited about our trip to Taormina, as I’d heard so many wonderful things about this town.
We left bright and early at 8am, again being guided by the lovely Vincenzo.
He had offered to take us an unusual way to Taormina, so that we could possibly see some of Mount Etna, Sicily’s active volcano, and also see some of the most recent lava flows. Having never seen anything like this before, we were all pretty excited!
The weather was kind to us and we were lucky enough to see an area where Etna had sent a huge lava flow through, only 8 years ago, devastating a hotel, and ski lift, as well as taking out a number of shops.
It’s quite a remarkable landscape. The lava hardens into a dark, black rock, and the rock is often used to build structures as it’s incredibly hard.
To see the massive amounts of rock, and the huge area it engulfed was incredible.
We headed off towards Taormina and on the way visited Alcantara Gorge, a beautiful spot where the water flows from a natural spring inside the mountain and flows into the gorge at near freezing temperature.
We passed Isola Bella, just outside of Taormina, it reminded me of something from an Enid Blyton novel. It looked like fairies should inhabit it.
Taormina is a gorgeous spot. The town is high on the hill, with the beach way below.
We wandered around the town, taking photos, eating pastries, and listening to all the Aussie accents, they almost outnumbered the Americans!
Taormina is definitely not the place to buy bargain jewellery! Although it was a lot of fun looking in the windows at the diamonds that cost more than our entire trip!
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Great Photos :)
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