Taormina
is well known for its extraordinary geographical location, its magnificent
landscapes and its splendid climate, as well as the wonderful colours
of its sky, sea, slopes, countryside, trees and flowers. The Normans ordained
Taormina a seat of tourism for these reasons and it has since been a centre
for congresses and meetings, for visits and stays, acquiring all the characteristics
of a real tourist resort.
It would be more correct, however, to say that Taormina was born touristic
because many years before the Normans, the Siculi had chosen it as their
home city. And after them the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines and Saracens,
in other words all its conquerors, inhabited Taormina for long periods
and not only because of political vicissitudes.
In any case, Taormina's first important tourist was Johann Wolfgang Goethe
who dedicated exalting pages to the city in his book entitled "Journey
to Italy".
Taormina had become a resort that everyone loved to visit.
Taormina
is well known for its extraordinary geographical location, its magnificent
landscapes and its splendid climate, as well as the wonderful colours
of its sky, sea, slopes, countryside, trees and flowers. The Normans ordained
Taormina a seat of tourism for these reasons and it has since been a centre
for congresses and meetings, for visits and stays, acquiring all the characteristics
of a real tourist resort. 