Piazza Armerina is a pleasant town of the inland, surrounded by pine and eucalyptus forests, on the Erei mountains.
The place became world famous after the discovery of a large and luxury Roman Imperial Age villa located 5 kilometers from the town.
The magnificent mosaics in the villa make the town one of the foremost archaelogical sites in Sicily.
It is one of Italy’s most famous tourist resorts; it lays 205mt above the Ionian sea, on the Mount Tauro overlooking two big bays.
On the north-east cost of Sicily, the ancient city of Tyndaris was founded on a promontory as a Greek settlement in 396 BC. Later occupied by the Romans and destroyed by the the Saracens.
Home of Archimedes and Dionysius the Great, Syracuse was, with Athens, the largest and most beautiful city of the Greek world.
Walking Tour of Taormina
Tour Time: 9:00 AM - 11 AM
Duration: 2 hours
Number of Travelers: 2
Meeting point: Porta Messina in Taormina
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