10 Reasons to visit or live in Taormina, Sicily
Reasons to visit Taormina
1. Scenery. Taormina in Sicily is simply a stunning location and it offers views which are arguably as good as any worldwide. The main village is located on top of the cliff and from the village you have views of the Etna volcano, the coast and the countryside. The view and scenery is excellent!
2. Beach - The beach in Taormina is accessible from the village on top of the cliff by cable-car. You can walk down the winding staircase to the beach or jump on the cable car for a small fee. The beach itself is small but cute and definitely worth visiting.
3. Food - Although not specific to Taormina, there are some excellent and high quality but affordable restaurants in the village. There are in fact dozens upon dozens of restaurants and you will be spoilt for choice. For those of you who love fresh sea-food you cannot go wrong.
4. As a base - Taormina is an excellent location to use also as a base for seeing some of the other main places in Sicily. From Taormina you can easily travel to the lovely town of Siracusa to the South, whilst Catania and the 
Etna Volcano are located about 45 minutes drive South.
5. Weather - The weather is very good for most of the year. August is perhaps too hot whilst the other months between May and October generally are very nice months to visit weather wise.
6. To study Italian - There are a few language schools in Taormina village for studying Italian and what better location than here to learn? You can study for 2 or 3 hours each day and then focus on enjoying the beach during your free time.
7. Shopping - The village has a few hundred shops and restaurants, all in a long street and also in various side streets. There are many fashionable items, food items, souvenirs and many other things available. For women there are plenty of shoe shops and some good bars for the men!
8. Theatre - The Greek theatre in Taormina is one of the main attractions and in the summer there are performances available to attend. The theatre is open-air and also acts as the location for the annual film festival each year.
9. Pace of life - The pace of life in Taormina is slow and this makes for a very relaxing break if you are just looking to unwind and take it easy.
10. Tourist catered for - Traveling some parts of Sicily can be difficult if you do not speak Italian so Taormina may be very go do for some tourists who struggle with communication. Many of the menus come with English, German and French translations and many staff do speak some languages. The other side of this of course is that some restaurants do charge tourist prices but overall this is a wonderful town.
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