In Taormina Pronto Tours combines the visit of the town on its terrace two hundred metres above the Mediterranean, dominated by Mount Etna, entry to Casa Cuseni, the oldest house-museum in Sicily, with an aperitif on the terrace, and the boat trip to Isola Bella on the fishermen's boats, with a sea-view lunch.
Taormina has for centuries been the most exclusive destination in Sicily, loved by artists, writers and travellers from all over the world. Its fame does not come from a single monument but from its position: a natural terrace suspended two hundred metres above the Mediterranean, with the profile of Mount Etna closing the horizon.
The town is covered on foot, which makes it a convenient base for groups that do not want to move by coach between one activity and the next. Below the centre, the Ionian bay adds the dimension of the sea: the same day can start on a boat and end on a terrace, without the group ever leaving Taormina.
Taormina lends itself particularly to weddings and private celebrations: terraces, villas and restaurants sit a few minutes from one another, and the same day can change setting several times. The same repertoire hosts corporate events and MICE, extended family group travel and roots tourism itineraries.
Taormina as seen by Goethe and Maupassant
Goethe called it "the greatest work of art and of nature". Guy de Maupassant wrote that it is "a picture in which one finds everything that seems to exist on earth to seduce the eyes, the mind and the imagination".
Both judgements are explained from the same spot: the terrace two hundred metres above the Mediterranean, dominated by Mount Etna, from which the volcano and the Ionian coast are seen at the same time.
Casa Cuseni, the oldest house-museum in Sicily
Casa Cuseni is the oldest house-museum in Sicily: a lived-in home, not a building conceived as a museum.
The aperitif is served on the terrace. From there the view holds together the bay, the volcano and the garden below.
Isola Bella and the boat trip
"Isula Bedda" is a green oasis in the crystalline water of the Ionian bay, separated from the coast by a tongue of beach that appears and disappears with the tides. The seabed is rocky and rich in marine life.
The panoramic tour is made aboard the fishermen's boats, which follow the line of the coast closely. Lunch is served with a view over the bay.
The venues of Taormina
For events we work with a Baroque castle, an exclusive beach club, a restaurant in town and a few exclusive villas. They are four different registers, covering the range between a formal evening and a day by the sea, and they let the programme change tone without changing destination.