{"id":2134,"date":"2024-09-16T17:37:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T23:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2024-09-16T17:39:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T23:39:11","slug":"taormina-sicily-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/?p=2134","title":{"rendered":"Taormina, Sicily"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Perched way above the deep blue Ionian Sea is the town of Taormina. One of Sicily’s legendary resort towns because of its twisting medieval streets, and a second-century Greek theater which only add to its romantic air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The winding road taking me up to Taormina. In the distance, the tip of the boot of mainland Italy is visible.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Main Plaza in Taormina.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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As in Italy, there is no shortage of churches here. And in this one in particular, no shortage of marble and granite.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Extensive use of granite and marble is apparent. This church outdoes the other for not only more use of granite and marble, but better sculptures and columns.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Beautiful coastline looking to the north.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Some of the amazing second-century ruins above the village. If you ever visit Taormina, this is a must see. For me it was way better than the town.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The ancient theater above the village.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Incredible ruins and views beyond. The ruins are extensive. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mount Etna in the distance was quiet the first day I was visiting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The next day, not so quiet. All walking tours on Mount Etna cancelled. Gotta find another activity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Check out the precarious positioning of this home, especially precarious when you consider the active tectonic conditions in this area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Off to another part of the Mediterranean soon. I’m looking forward to where ever I end up. I’m thinking France, but time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Perched way above the deep blue Ionian Sea is the town of Taormina. One of Sicily’s legendary resort towns because of its twisting medieval streets, and a second-century Greek theater which only add to its romantic air. Off to another part of the Mediterranean soon. I’m looking forward to where ever I end up. I’m … Continue reading Taormina, Sicily<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2134"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2159,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134\/revisions\/2159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}