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Walking Tour (duration: min 2hrs max 4hrs)
(we recommend
for: 2 to 16 people)
Hello friends, this is a really
simple & cheaper way to enjoy a town with an
assistant. The assistant is not a licensed local guide and he/she cannot
escort us inside the main sites ... is just a person able to provide an
umbrella of information and a walking-orientation-tour.
The walking tour usually starts
at hotel (or in a specific place). The assistant will walk with us around
the town showing the main highlights. We strictly recommend this
excursion for active people.
In case you are looking for a licensed tourist guide, we are also
able to provide this service for you asking for an extra amount. At this
point, inquiry us specifying also the language and, we will customize this
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Day 1: Taormina walking tour (max 4 hours with
English speaking assistant)
Welcome to the beautiful island of Sicily and in the amazing resort town of
Sicily: Taormina. This morning we will meet our assistant (meeting point
will be decided at time of booking) and we will walk
along the main drag, Corso Umberto I, we'll arrive at Piazza del
Duomo. The Duomo was built around 1400 on the ruins of a church from
the Middle Ages, this fortress cathedral has a Latin cross plan and a trio
of aisles. The nave is held up by half a dozen monolithic columns in pink
marble; a fish-scale decoration graces their capitals in honor of the
island's maritime tradition. We will continue the Corso Umberto I, and we
will arrive to the Santa Caterina Church. The Church was consecrated
to St. Catherine of Alexandria (exact consecration date unknown); it may
have been built in the mid-17th century. It sits on a piazza that abuts the
highest point of the town's main street, Corso Umberto I. Within its
severely dignified exterior are baroque detailing and a trussed wood-beamed
ceiling. Than we will continue on Via Teatro Greco, full of souvenirs shops,
to reach one of the most important and world famous Taormina monument: the
Greek-Roman Amphitheatre (admission fee: charge). The Theatre
offering a view of rare beauty of the seacoast and Mount Etna. In the
Hellenistic period, the Greeks hewed the theater out of the rocky slope of
Mount Tauro; the Romans remodeled and modified it greatly. What remains
today dates from the 2nd century A.D. The conquering Arabs, who seemed
intent on devastating the town, slashed away at it in the 10th century.
Today, the Roman-Greek Amphitheater is the site of the annual Taormina film
festival. The ruins lie on the upper reaches of Taormina, at the end of Via
Teatro Greco.
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