Hanging out in Taormina

April 15, 2023

Rest day! I wanted to see the Greek Theatre and we wanted to see what the buzz was about in Taormina. I don’t think I found it.

In any case, here are a few photos from our morning walkabout. After lunch in a restaurant on the Corso, we picked up some groceries for dinner and breakfast and retired to our apartment to do another load of laundry, sit around in our shorts (pants in the wash), plan tomorrow’s ride, and watch Stage 4 of the Giro di Sicilia on my iPad. Oh yeah, we drank some wine too.

Corsa Umberto (the Corsa) before 10. A few tourists are out, along with the garbage and collection trucks. One of the cleanest if not *the* cleanest streets in Sicily.

One of the churches on the Corsa, not sure which

But if we look a bit closer above the door, not what I’d expect

We sat here for quite a while, just sitting.

And looking at the view, watching the workers assemble the platforms.

The climb yesterday was from essentially water level to where we are now, up steep switchbacks on the side of that ravine.

My arty shot for the day. Empty tables waiting for summer.

We could have gone higher, to Castelmola. Very glad we didn’t.

A flower in the garden. No idea what it is.

What the seating must have looked like before restoration.

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Scott AndersonTaormina doesn’t really work for me either - it’s just too overridden with tourists. Great view of the mountain from the amphitheater though.
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Jacquie GaudetTo Scott AndersonI don’t object to tourists, per se; after all, we are tourists too. It’s the type of tourists that dominate here. I haven’t seen that type much on this trip.
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