Hotel Primavera Dell'Etna
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Taormina (Sicily), Italy
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
It was nice to wake up to a non rocking ship. It may be hard for some of you to understand what it is like to try and function while a ship is rocking. It makes even simple tasks like eating, brushing your teeth and showering very awkward. Sleeping is difficult as well especially when you feel nauseous...
We didn't have too much time in Catania together since Rochelle's show got ...
Sicily sucks
... who have a good day mapped out, they have hired a driver and they are touring for the day. Unfortunately though, no room for us. When we get to port we see a car hire place at the port, but it's closed. We walk up into the town proper and look for the tourist information office. Our first impressions of Catania are not favorable, it's dirty and kind of sleazy, but that can often be the case near the port in a lot of places. We get the info we need from the tourist information ...
Left the boot now to Sicily
... largest active volcano in Europe and dominates the landscape all around here. We have had a quiet Sunday in Taormina today and head off tomorrow on a tour to Syracuse which is reportedly very beaufiful. Good to see you are enjoying the blogs...appreciate your comments.
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Catania Kitchen
... close in the 70’s, but now it is the Grove, complete with Nordstroms, MAC and other designer stores and corporate shops. Other than the annoying gypsy beggars I found it all to be enchanting. Then we were back on the coach to the Signora’s house.
Her home perched up on the slope of Mt. Etna was ancient. Looks hundreds of years old, but probably dates back a hundred or less. Stone walls, muraled, ...