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Things to see in Taormina

Every monument worth your time in Taormina, photographed, described, and matched to its tours.

All the monuments in Taormina

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Taormina's ancient theatre opening toward Etna through its broken scaenaTeatro Antico di TaorminaAncient Theatre of TaorminaEtna and sea framed by the stage, brick Roman scaena, 10,000-seat cavea, summer concerts and film festivalThe Greeks placed this theatre on a clifftop so that the stage frames Mount Etna and the sea, and no stage set since has matched the view through the ruins of the scaena. It was built in the third century BCE and reshaped in Roman times, probably under Hadrian or Trajan, when the brick structure that still stands took over; it is one of the largest ancient theatres in Sicily, about 107 meters across, with room for some ten thousand spectators. In the third century CE the Romans turned the orchestra into an arena for spectacles. Today the cavea still hosts concerts and the Taormina Film Festival in summer, which is a fine use for a place made for an audience.Plan the visit
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Tours worth booking in Taormina

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  1. Mt. Etna & Taormina: Private Day Trip from Catania

    • Viator
    • 5h
    • 5.0★ · 2 reviews
    from €196Book this tour

  2. Etna and Taormina Private Tour from Giardini Naxos

    • Viator
    • 7h
    • 5.0★ · 1 reviews
    from €190Book this tour

  3. Cruise in the Taormina Bay - 4 hours - with Skipper

    • Viator
    • 4h
    • 5.0★ · 1 reviews
    from €250Book this tour

  4. Taormina The Sicilian Colors and Flavors of the White Lotus

    • Viator
    • 5h
    • 5.0★ · 10 reviews
    from €750Book this tour

  5. Taormina Tour with Greek Theater Ticket from Giardini Naxos port

    • Viator
    • 4h
    • 5.0★ · 2 reviews
    from €325Book this tour

  6. Taormina and Etna Full Day Tour from Giardini Naxos cruise port

    • Viator
    • 8h
    • 5.0★ · 3 reviews
    from €507Book this tour

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Monuments a day trip away, elsewhere in Sicily.

  1. Mount Etna’s snow-streaked summit above black lava fields and tufts of dry grassCataniaUNESCOMount EtnaEurope's tallest active volcano, summit craters, the Etna cable car, lava slopes, Etna wine country
  2. Stromboli's smoking cone rising sheer from the TyrrhenianStromboliUNESCOStromboliContinuous eruptions, the Sciara del Fuoco lava scar, night boat tours, licensed volcano guides
  3. Modica's Baroque houses stacked up its gorge at golden hourModicaModicaTwo-level Baroque town, Duomo di San Giorgio's staircase, cold-worked Aztec-style chocolate
  4. Erice's stone lanes and rooftops 750 meters above the Sicilian coastEriceEriceThe Norman Venus Castle, cloud-wrapped medieval lanes, the cable car from Trapani, almond pastries
  5. Lipari's coast with the Aeolian sisters on the horizonLipariLipariThe walled acropolis, the Aeolian Archaeological Museum, white pumice beaches, black obsidian flows
  6. Villa Romana del Casale, ItalyPiazza ArmerinaUNESCOVilla Romana del Casale3,500 square meters of Roman mosaic, the "bikini girls" room, the Great Hunt corridor, mudslide preservation
  7. Temple E of Selinunte against the African light of southern SicilyCastelvetranoSelinunteTemple E and Temple G, acropolis over the dunes, Malophoros sanctuary, one of Europe's largest archaeological parks
  8. The Temple of Concordia on Agrigento's sacred ridge at golden hourAgrigentoValley of the TemplesTemple of Concordia, ridge of Doric temples, Temple of Olympian Zeus telamon, almond blossom season
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