Taormina is a resort area on the east coast of Sicily with a reputation as a shopping Mecca. Almost two dozen of the world’s most famous fashion houses have showrooms in this quant Sicilian hillside town. Sitting within sight of the active volcano Mt. Etna, Taormina has been a tourist destination since the 19th century. Its beaches on the Ionian sea, including that of Isola Bella, are reached by an aerial tramway built in 1992, and via highways from Messina in the north and Catania in the south.
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