Taormina - Townscape

From the coast road at Cape Taormina Via Pirandello snakes its way up the mountain; passing Byzantine rock-graves on the left, the belvedere on the right and then the coach park on the left and the funicular to Mazzarò, it finally ends at Porta Messina which, together with the adjoining Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, forms the grand entrance to the town itself. This is the start of the main street, Corso Umberto, which then crosses the town in a southwesterly direction before ending at Porta Catania - a street in which to stroll and saunter at will, to shop and perhaps visit an inn, but also to look around the Cathedral and the many other interesting buildings.