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Since the 18th century Taormina started its tourist vocation after trips
of famous foreigners like Johann Wolfgang Goethe, who dedicated exalting
pages to the city in his book entitled "Journey to Italy" or
Otto Geleng, a young red-haired Prussian painter. He began to paint
everything that Taormina offered: corners, colours, flowers, trees and
landscapes that had never been seen. When his paintings were later
exhibited in Paris, none of the critics or the visitors could believe
that the young Prussian had only copied from the places and not imagined
them. At that, Geleng challenged them all to go to Taormina with
him,
promising that he would pay everyone's expenses if he were not telling
the truth. Taormina had become a resort that everyone loved to visit.
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How
to reach it
Motorway
A18 exit Taormina.
Parking : Lumbi or in front L'isola bella having used
the cableway can enter in town, or Excelsior parking.
To visit
Palazzo Corvaia -church S.Chiara
-Teatro Greco -Piazza IX Aprile .
Restaurant
( good food, not cip)
Ristorante
- Pizzeria
-Granduca
-La Griglia
-La Botte
-Pizzeria Da Antonio
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