This village 820 feet above Sicily’s coast turns amber when sunset catches limestone walls
Dawn breaks at 6:47 AM, 820 feet above Taormina’s waking resort hotels. Golden light touches Castelmola’s medieval stone while Mount Etna catches first sun across the Ionian Sea. Steam rises from 1,200 residents’ morning coffee in a village perched directly above Sicily’s million-visitor coastal magnet. This isn’t another overcrowded Sicilian hilltop. This is the forgotten … Lire plus









