La Vecchia Palma Hotel

Via Etnea 668, Catania, Sicily, 95128, Italy | 3 star hotel

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Taormina (Sicily), Italy

A travel blog entry by pianoman2112

Naxos is gateway to the island of Sicily's strategically significant northeastern region. From this port city, it is a short transfer to Taormina, resting 820 feet above the sea and overlooking imposing Mount Etna. In the early 20th century, Taormina became a colony for expatriate artists and writers, including D H Lawrence. Highlights of any tour of this city would include the remarkably preserved Roman-style Greek Theater, whose acoustics ...

THE ROCKING IS OVER WE'RE ON LAND YESSSSS

A travel blog entry by asheevk

... met up with a few crew members at a cafe where there is good wifi. I was able to have a video chat with my mama before heading back to the ship.

I watched Silhouette the show for the 7th and 8th time and watched the movie Goon. On a side tangent, this movie is hilarious and since parts of it were filmed in Winnipeg it made me very happy to watch while being so far away from home. ...

Nuccio is an excellent tour guide

A travel blog entry by donnartw2012

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... lunch). Chiesa di Santa Lucia al Sepolcro has the first Caravaggio painting I've seen outside of a museum, and it's beautiful. Unfortunately, no photos allowed. We visit the Duomo which is built on top of the ancient Temple of Minerva. Finally we see Apollo's Temple, built in 600 BC, which seems oddly out of place in the city center.
I'll miss my Italian family! Hope to see you again soon.

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Sicily sucks

A travel blog entry by travelsofmarty

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... be cutting it fine as the last aboard is 4-30 and we wasted so much of the morning just trying to get out of Catania. But push on we do, and eventually arrive at the village. However, this is also poorly signposted and we can't find the Greco theatre we came to see. With time fast running out, we turn around and start the trip back, quite disappointed with our day. Catania though has saved it's best till last for us. We typically get lost on the way back into town and we come in from ...

Left the boot now to Sicily

A travel blog entry by erlandsen

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... it would be.Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a large lounge area, well stocked kitchen and the highlight, a terrace with views to the sea and harbour in front and views to Mount Etna on the right.The lady who met us at the apartment spoke no English but spent 20 minutes giving us a run down on how things worked. We worked out some of it. Taormina is an almost perfectly preserved medieval town sitting high on ...

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Location

This 3 star hotel, located in the Borgo-Sanzio area of Catania, is near Piazza Duomo, Duomo di Catania, Catania's Street Market, and Palazzo Biscari.
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