Relais Santa Anastasia
Check rates and availability for this hotel
Find the best prices for Relais Santa Anastasia from our 8 partners. Show all partners
Travel Blogs from Castelbuono
Corfu & Sicily
... driver didn't speak English (or so he said) and had clearly escaped from a mental institution and was on the run because his driving was crazy. We were going 160, tailgating, swerving in and out of different lanes and to top it all off the driver was texting on his phone the whole time. Now don't get me wrong, we understand that the driving in Europe is different to at home, but this guy must have got is license out of a cereal box. When Lisa asked him in Italian to please ...
Roman mosaics and a quaint medieval fishing town
... other towns we have been to. In fact of a night time there are very few on the streets and we feel sorry for the retailers and restaurant owners as the season is all but over. Last night we had dinner at a restaurant overlooking the water and had no trouble in getting a prime table. We have not spoken about the costs of things over here. Compared to the last time we were in Europe the decline in the ...
Day trips to Syracuse and Castelmola
... sandwich at a local family restaurant. Started with complimentary bruschettas and ended with their local almond wine. They were extremely friendly with Mamma taking our order seated at our table. The real Sicily! We had a great time in Taormina, a perfect place to spend a week in an apartment. As a final tribute to Taormina we would like to relate a story about an American tourist we met at the Greek ...
Taormina
... away. Great food and hospitality. Breakfast is being served, more later, hopefully with pictures. The Internet is very iffy here. Walked through the village of Taormina which was amazingly quaint. Had lunch in an outdoor restaurant in a piazza overlooking the Mediterranean, great food, great service. Very warm today ...
Sicily
... the way, we will pass Mt. Etna, one of the world's major active volcano. Last eruption in 2009. Our adventure is winding down. It has been wonderful and I will be sad to leave. Will I be back? I would love to, this trip was but a glimpse of Italy but there is so much to see and experience elsewhere, it's a "big world after all"! As St. Augustine wrote: The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. (Okay, does that mean ...