Taormina and Castelmola Tour from Messina

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An opportunity to discover and visit Taormina (52 km away from Messina) with its Greek Theater, Corso Umberto and its exclusive shops and famous bars. You will admire the wonderful landscape and Isola Bella, a nature riserve-Unesco Heritage. The tour also includes a short visit to the picturesque village of Castelmola.

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Duration: 6 hours
Starts: Messina, Italy
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Half-day Tours



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An opportunity to discover and visit Taormina (52 km away from Messina) with its Greek Theater, Corso Umberto and its exclusive shops and famous bars. You will admire the wonderful landscape and Isola Bella, a nature riserve-Unesco Heritage. The tour also includes a short visit to the picturesque village of Castelmola.

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Stop At: Castelmola, ME, Via Medaglia d’Oro Calabrò Giovanni, 5, 98030 Castelmola ME, Italy

This will be one of our two destinations of our tour.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Corso Umberto, Taormina, Sicily Italy

Corso Umberto is the main street of Taormina

Duration: 2 hours

Pass By: Piazza Duomo, Corso Umberto, 98039, Taormina, Sicily Italy

Piazza Duomo is situated in the historical centre of Taormina and is the meeting point from where the visit of Corso Umberto I, the main street, starts.

Pass By: Quattro Fontane di Taormina, Piazza Duomo 8-9, 98039, Taormina, Sicily Italy

The fountain is built in Baroque style and takes its name “4 fountains” from the four small columns that are located at the four corners of the central body and which are surmounted by four seahorses from whose mouth came the water that ended in the trays below.

Pass By: Palazzo Ciampoli di Taormina, Salita Palazzo Ciampoli, 1, 98039, Taormina, Sicily Italy

Palazzo Ciampoli was a stately residence in Catalan style.

Stop At: Duomo di Taormina, Piazza Duomo, 98039, Taormina, Sicily Italy

The Cathedral Fortress, as the Cathedral of Taormina was defined, was built around 1400 on the ruins of a small church from the Middle Ages and dedicated to San Nicola di Bari.

Duration: 15 minutes

Pass By: Torre dell’Orologio, Piazza IX Aprile, 98039, Taormina, Sicily Italy

Together with the third wall, whose remains are still visible on the right side up to the castle, it delimited the part of the city defined as ‘fifteenth-century village’.

Pass By: Piazza IX Aprile, Piazza 9 Aprile, 6, 98039, Taormina, Sicily Italy

Piazza IX Aprile is Taormina’s most elegant “living room”.

Characteristic are the outdoor bars and artists who paint portraits and landscapes.

Pass By: Chiesa di San Giuseppe, Piazza IX Aprile, Taormina, Sicily Italy

This church is situated close to the Torre dell’orologio, overlooking the IX April square.

Stop At: Chiesa di Santa Caterina, 98039, Taormina, Sicily Italy

The church rises on the ruins of Odeon, built also on the ruins of a Greek theatre dedicated to Aphrodite

Duration: 10 minutes



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