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| General: | The camping in Nicolosi is a few km out
of the village in direction to Mt. Etna. In Italy generally, Italian used to have a long "Siesta" till 5 p.m.. That's why almost all shops (especially food shops) are closed in the afternoon (from noon to 5 p.m.). On Wednesday afternoon there are all food shops closed and they will not open in the evening! The camping in Taormina is very simple. More than one * we can't give to him. Further it was the most expensive camping, we were. But there's only one in Taormina! The entrance door looks like the camping would be closed, but it's open the whole year. |
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| Distance: | abt. 50 km, 900 m difference in altitude, downwards ;-), 1 km = 0,621 miles |
| Typ of ride: | First steep but downwards, afterwards flat. |
| Camping sites (only a small selection) | ||||
| Place | Name | Address | Phone | Hours of business |
| Nicolosi | **Etna | Via Goethe | 095/914309 | full year |
| Taormina | *San Leo | Capo Taormina | 0942/24658 | full year |
| *Opening times without guarantee. Please call early to be sure that the camping is open. | ||||
| Additional infos: | |
| Nicolosi | The most famous road (Via
Etnea) to the Etna passes through Nicolosi. This village was threaded
and destroyed several times by lave from Etna, which crater are quite
near.
Busses are driving from Nicolosi to the cable railway station. Attention: tickets for the cable railway and jeep to the crater area (Torre Filosofo) are quite expensive (cable-railway and jeep: Lit. 55'800 (1998)). |
| Taormina | Famous for the great view from the Greek
theatre in direction to Etna. The town is situated on a rock step,
about 200 m above sea level. More than 200 years age the French writer
Guy de Maupassant praised the town "If someone could stay only
one day on Sicily and would ask me - tell me, what I should had seen?
- I would answer him without much hesitation "Taormina".".
In my opinion there is too much tourism. There are already so much people in autumn, how it looks like in the summer? No doubt, the view from the Greek theatre is beautiful, but is there existing no "soft tourism"? |
| Pictures: | ||
| Place | Comment |
Picture |
| Greek theater in Taormina | View from the seaside (October 1998, 50 KByte) |
 ©S.Küttel |
| Camping site San Leo, Taormina | Sanitary facilities of the
camping. Very simple. (October 1998, 43 KByte) |
 ©S.Küttel |
| Bay of Giardini Naxos (next to Taormina) and Mt. Etna | Picture was taken right
after sunset from camping Taormina. (October 1998, 13 KByte) |
 ©S.Küttel |
| Links (external) |
| Ufficio del turismo Taormina Tourist office of Taormina |
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