One of the major yearly attractions in the city of Taormina is The David di Donatello Taormina Film Festival which has consistently been held for the past fifty years and features a plethora of international film stars that come to view films on a large screen that was built in an ancient Greek theatre. There is also a nature reserve just south of the city called the Isola Bella as well as a number of tours to the Capo Sant’ Andrea grottos and due to the city being built along a hilly coast line, it is only natural that Mount Etna which is Europe’s largest active volcano is only an approximated 45 minute drive away from the city.

The first novel by the Icelandic writer Halldór Laxness which was called Vefarinn mikli frá Kasmír meaning The Great Weaver of Kashmirwas written in the city in 1927. The write was considered to be proficient at writing about a plethora of literary, social and religious works as well as works on sexual issues which was, in his times, a large arean of different litterary works. Laxness also won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1955, was known to have written most of his novel while he was in Taormina which he also highly praised the city in his book of autobiographical essays called Skáldatími in 1963 which means The Time of the Poet.

Sicily offers so much to visitors that it’s impossible to fit everything on one page. Below you will find links to in-depth information on Sicilian Cities, including the history which shaped the city. Also listed are the must-see tourist places in Sicily. We’ve also added a guide to the Islands surrounding Sicily as these are very popular tourist destinations.

Agrigento

Caltanissetta

Catania

Cefalù

Enna

Islands off the coast Sicily

Messina

Palermo

Ragusa

Siracusa

Taormina

Trapani

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