Downtown Taormina was very cute!
Greek ampitheater in Taormina with a beautiful view that we couldn’t see
In Taormina our beautiful weather streak took a serious turn for the worse. Taormina, supposedly one of the most picturesque parts of Sicily, was barely visible through the fog. Did i mention it was raining the whole time too? This didn’t stop us from our tours though. First we went to an Ancient Greek amphitheater which was clearly different from the Roman amphitheaters in that the spectator seats were built into the hills instead of being built up on flat ground with roman arches. On day two we got in the bus for an hour and a half to see some craters at about 6000 ft high on Mt. Etna. Our hotel in Taormina had a beautiful view of the coast — at least I think it did. After two days in the hotel I only saw a bit of the coastline the morning that we left. I guess we had to accept a few bad luck days.
Despite the fog at Mt. Etna I did manage to find a bit of color
There was still snow on Mt. Etna at the end of April – clearly people ski here in the winter
The only upside to the abundance of clouds were these pictures….
Sunrise on our departure day finally showed me the picturesque coast right outside my hotel window