Towering Taormina in Messina!

Taormina is about an hour from our home in Etna in the province of Messina and overlooks the Ionian Sea.

During the early 1900s the town was a colony of artists, writers, and intellectuals. Now it’s the Waikiki of Sicily – home to quaint streets filled with Sicilian treasures from antiques to artwork to ceramics and eateries, complete with musicians serenading the capuccino drinkers and artists painting in the piazza!

We ventured here on April 27 to begin the hunt for my collection of handpainted ceramics!