Italy
Sicily
Messina

Isola Bella

Isola Bella is a small island near , , 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 , administered by the Italian branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature.
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Photo: Michal Osmenda, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ancient theatre of Taormina and Grotta Azzurra.

Theater building
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an ancient Greek theatre in , Sicily, built in the third century BC.

Cave
Photo: Erik1980, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taormina and Giardini Naxos.

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is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Messina, on the east coast of the island of , Italy. has been a tourist destination since the 19th century.

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is a town in the of . 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.

Neighborhood
Photo: Alun Salt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Naxus was an ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia, presently situated in modern near on the east coast of . Much of the site has never been built on and parts have been excavated in recent years. is situated 4 km southwest of Isola Bella.

Isola Bella

Latitude
37.85027° or 37° 51′ 1″ north
Longitude
15.30068° or 15° 18′ 3″ east
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
8F9QV822+47
Open­Street­Map ID
way 411488475
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­forest
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
7290539
Wiki­data ID
Q642924
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Isola Bella” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Isola Bella (pulo sa Italya, Sicilia)”
  • Cebuano: “Isola Bella”
  • Chinese: “美丽岛 (陶尔米纳)”
  • Chinese: “美丽岛”
  • Dutch: “Isola Bella”
  • French: “île Belle”
  • French: “Île Belle”
  • German: “Isola Bella”
  • Hungarian: “Isola Bella”
  • Italian: “Isola Bella”
  • Japanese: “ベッラ島”
  • Russian: “Изола-Белла”
  • Spanish: “Isla Bella”
  • Turkish: “Bella Adası (II)”
  • Turkish: “Bella Adası”
  • Turkish: “Isola Bella”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Museo naturalistico Villa Caronia and Riserva naturale orientata Isola Bella.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Isola Bella”. Photo: Michal Osmenda, CC BY-SA 2.0.