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, crumbling ruins, and winding alleys perfumed with lemon trees and espresso. Today, it’s still every bit the fantasy – only now there’s a Louis Vuitton café around the corner and a new generation of travellers swapping Capri for Corso Umberto.
This is the kind of town where you can watch an opera in a 2,000-year-old theatre, swim off a private boat before lunch, then finish the night with a granita at Bam Bar, served with whipped cream and a side of warm brioche.
