Taormina
Taormina is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Messina, on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy. Taormina has been a tourist destination since the 19th century.Places of Interest
Highlights include Ancient theatre of Taormina and Isola Bella.
Ancient theatre of Taormina
Theater building
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The ancient theatre of Taormina is an ancient Greek theatre in Taormina, Sicily, built in the third century BC.
Isola Bella
Peak
Photo: Michal Osmenda, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Isola Bella is a small island near Taormina, Sicily, southern Italy. Also known as the Pearl of the Ionian Sea, it is located within a small bay on the Ionian Sea; it was a private property, for a time owned by Florence Trevelyan, until 1990, when it was bought by the Region of Sicily, being turned into a nature reserve, administered by the Italian branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Taormina–Giardini railway station
Railway station
Photo: VincentLR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Taormina–Giardini railway station is a historic railway station in the Italian municipality of Taormina in Sicily. It is owned by the Ferrovie dello Stato, the national rail company of Italy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Giardini Naxos and Naxos.
Giardini Naxos
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Giardini Naxos is a town in the Messina Province of Sicily. It lies on the east coast midway between Messina to the north and Catania to the south. Just above it is the mountain town of Taormina.
Naxos
Neighborhood
Photo: Alun Salt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Naxos or Naxus was an ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia, presently situated in modern Giardini Naxos near Taormina on the east coast of Sicily. Much of the site has never been built on and parts have been excavated in recent years. Naxos is situated 3½ km southwest of Taormina.
Taormina
- Type: Locality with 10,800 residents
- Also known as: “083097”
- Location: Messina, Sicily, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.8521° or 37° 51′ 7″ northLongitude
15.287° or 15° 17′ 13″ eastPopulation
10,800Elevation
198 metres (650 feet)Open location code
8F9QV72P+RQGeoNames ID
6537773
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In Other Languages
“Taormina” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Comune di Taormina”
- Italian: “Taormina”
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