{"id":661,"date":"2016-08-07T17:14:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T23:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/?p=661"},"modified":"2016-08-07T17:14:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T23:14:07","slug":"taormina-sicily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/?p=661","title":{"rendered":"Taormina, Sicily"},"content":{"rendered":"

This little town is beautifully scenic. \u00a0It is perched about 800 feet or 230 meters above the sea below. \u00a0It is located on the east coast of Sicily, just opposing the tip of the “Italian Boot.” \u00a0Taormina is home to only 11,000 people. \u00a0If you visit this little gem do not miss the Greek ruins near the top of Taormina. \u00a0Positively a highlight. \u00a0The place is however overrun with tourists.<\/p>\n

\"The
The village square in Taormina. \u00a0The church is from the 10th century.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Typical
Typical street scene.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View
View to the north. \u00a0Also seen is the Greek amphitheater.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View
View to the south and Mount Etna\u00a0which\u00a0is poking through the clouds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Roman
Greek ruins near the top of Taormina. \u00a0The mountain peak visible just above the clouds is Mount Etna.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ancient
Ancient Greek ruins through which Mount Etna is seen. \u00a0This ancient theater still plays host to many operatic and theatrical performances. \u00a0These structures are more than 2000 years old.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Park
Park just outside my hotel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The road winds all the way from sea level up to Taormina.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Another
Another shot of the square.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This little town is beautifully scenic. \u00a0It is perched about 800 feet or 230 meters above the sea below. \u00a0It is located on the east coast of Sicily, just opposing the tip of the “Italian Boot.” \u00a0Taormina is home to only 11,000 people. \u00a0If you visit this little gem do not miss the Greek ruins … 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-661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661","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=661"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":665,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions\/665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}