Long before Sicily became the darling of design hotels and Netflix location scouts, Taormina was quietly holding court from its clifftop perch. An amphitheatre of elegance, all tiled piazzas, ...

Taormina draws much of its myth and allure from Mount Etna’s active looming peak, just south and west of the coastal town. Taormina’s A-list era didn’t start with The White Lotus. In 1787, Goethe ...