Taormina or Tindari

[firecapt25]

Doing a cruise next year and ship stops in Messina it has excurisons to Taormina and Tindari. Which one would be best this is our first cruise to Europe and Italy.

[Eileen G]

we have been to both. Taormina is a beautiful town on the top of a hill overlooking the sea with a fantastic Greek theater. Tindari is the home of the Black Madona which is housed in a very pretty church. We also went to some Greek ruins a short walk away.

Here are my pictures of Tindari:https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=1e98e90214e77bf9&sc=photos#cid=1E98E90214E77BF9&id=1E98E90214E77BF9%212703&sc=photos

 

Here are my pictures of Taormina:https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=1e98e90214e77bf9&sc=photos#cid=1E98E90214E77BF9&id=1E98E90214E77BF9%211924&sc=photos

[firecapt25]

Great pictures

[rlse9]

Between the two, I'd definitely say Taormina. Above either (or combined with Taormina since they're in the same direction), I'd recommend Mount Etna if you're at all an outdoors person and enjoy volcanoes. It is truly an impressive sight.

[Keith1010]

At a minimum I would do Taormina. For us, it is one of the most charming towns in Italy we have visited.

 

Keith

[firecapt25]

Thank you for the info , we are looking forward to this trip.

[longhornfans]

Has anyone done both Taormina and Tindari in the same day? We are very interested in both - our ship is in port in Messina from 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM. Is this possible to do on our own?

[dolphin2012]

We are looking at the same time frame... they have an excursion that does taormina and greek theatre and one with taormina and the mt/volcano? which one would be better? or try to do both towns and forget the mt? thanks for your help

[rebeccalouiseagain]

This is the view from Taormina. You don't have to go to Mt. Etna to appreciate it.

[Eileen G]

Has anyone done both Taormina and Tindari in the same day? We are very interested in both - our ship is in port in Messina from 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM. Is this possible to do on our own?

 

 

Taormina and Tindari are in oppisite directions so you really can't do them in the same day. The only way to do Tindari on your own is to rent a car as you can't get there by public transportation. It is possible to get to Taorminia by public train or bus and that takes most of the day. Taorminia is much more interesting than Tindari.

[ROCruiser]

My vote, Taormina and Savoca.

[dolphin2012]

Thanks for the info

[mydreamvacation]

Taormina and then a trip up to Castlemola to the touristi bar- gty you won't see anything like that again