{"id":117,"date":"2010-03-24T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T09:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/?p=117"},"modified":"2014-11-07T16:05:33","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T15:05:33","slug":"taormina-pearl-of-the-mediterranean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/2010\/03\/taormina-pearl-of-the-mediterranean\/","title":{"rendered":"TAORMINA, pearl of the Mediterranean!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_118\" style=\"width: 364px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/taormina04web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118\" title=\"Teatro Antico\" src=\"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/taormina04web.jpg\" alt=\"Teatro Antico\" width=\"354\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/taormina04web.jpg 354w, https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/taormina04web-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teatro Antico<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The town of Taormina is considered one of the most beautiful, comfortable and charming cities of Sicily.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This peculiarity is mainly due to the peculiarity of the landscape in which the city extends. On the one hand there is the sea with its attractive beach, a typical aspect of the coastal area of Sicily, while the other is completely surrounded by mountains and hills, the central feature of the region.<br>\nIt \u2018is this motivation that drives every year millions of tourists to visit this jewel in the Mediterranean Sea!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The top 10!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 \u2013 Teatro Antico<\/p>\n<p>2 \u2013 Cathedral Square and its fountain<\/p>\n<p>3 \u2013 Porta Messina, Porta Catania and Clock Tower<\/p>\n<p>4 \u2013 IX April Square<\/p>\n<p>5 \u2013 Naumachie<\/p>\n<p>6 \u2013 Odeon<\/p>\n<p>7 \u2013 Arabian Necropolis<\/p>\n<p>8 \u2013 Town Park<\/p>\n<p>9 \u2013 Moorish Castle<\/p>\n<p>10 \u2013 Isola Bella<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Taormina:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Sicilian city is ideal for those who want to integrate a cultural holiday with a fun holiday. Taormina in fact contains both.<br>\nA simple card or better yet taking part in a show at the greek theater appears to be a cultural experience worth to indulge at least once in their lifetime.<br>\nStrolling along the Corso Umberto I, the shopping street of the town, you can admire the windows of all the best of international fashion brands as well as local craft shops and cuisine of Sicily.<br>\nFrom the balcony of Piazza IX Aprile you can admire a magnificent panorama that spans Mount Etna, the Bay of Naxos, the ruins of the ancient theater of Taormina Isola Bella.<br>\nThe sea has always played an important economic role in time men have been able to exploit and now appears to be a major pole of attraction thanks to the great nightlife and beautiful beaches of Taormina that today can offer.<br>\nThis town has an ancient history as the birth of this important tourist center was determined by the arrival of some refugees from the nearby Greek city of Naxos in 358 BC At this time the construction of what is considered the symbol of national dignity, the famous Greek Theatre built precisely in the third century BC C. exploiting the morphological structure of the hill and surrounded by a fascinating landscape consisting of two geographical extremes, Schis\u00f2 Bay and Mount Etna. A subsequent domination by the location in question was that of the Romans who began renovation work on numerous architectural remains left by the Greeks, such as the Ancient Theater, became Amphitheatre.<\/p>\n<p>The natural beauty and importance of historic Taormina described above are just a small example of how the city can really offer much to anyone who decides to visit her.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_119\" style=\"width: 170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/taormina-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119\" title=\"Isola Bella\" src=\"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/taormina-web.jpg\" alt=\"Isola Bella\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/taormina-web.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/taormina-web-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isola Bella<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_120\" style=\"width: 170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Taormina3-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120\" title=\"IX April Square\" src=\"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Taormina3-web.jpg\" alt=\"IX April Square\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Taormina3-web.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Taormina3-web-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IX April Square<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_121\" style=\"width: 170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/taormina5web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121\" class=\"size-full wp-image-121\" title=\"View of Taormina\" src=\"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/taormina5web.jpg\" alt=\"View of Taormina\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/taormina5web.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/taormina5web-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of Taormina<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/messina\/?regione=sicily&amp;provincia=messina\" target=\"_blank\">Find a farmhouse near TAORMINA&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The town of Taormina is considered one of the most beautiful, comfortable and charming cities of Sicily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[85,84,83],"class_list":["post-117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-places-to-discover-and-weekend-tips","tag-farmhouse","tag-sea","tag-sicily"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5634,"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions\/5634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}