I had a fabulous time in Sorrento and didn’t think the holiday could get any better. But traveling around Sicily is wonderful. We had to cross the ocean by ferry where the bus drove onto the ferry and 20 minutes later drove off again. You know how you see in movies the roads that snake up hillsides with the corners almost. Full circle, making the roads parallel? Well we had to drive on a road like that to get to our hotel! Fabulous experience! Then again to visit a little hilltop village Savoca, where ‘The Godfather’ was filmed.
![Closer to the church](https://i1.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_28881.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![View from the side of the church looking down](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2904.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Yes we went up that road in our bus](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2883.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Looking back at our bus](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2871.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Another view from our walk](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2867.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Inside..The godfather was filmed..well part of it!](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2861.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![The Vitelli Bar](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2860.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![See the church on the edge of the hill....we walked there](https://i1.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2854.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Outside our hotel..at the pool area](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2833.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Another view from our hotel](https://i1.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2828.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![View from our Hotel](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2824.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![A beach on the way to our hotel](https://i1.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2803.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![A view along the way to our Hotel](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2795.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![And Judy and I enjoying the sun and views on the boat](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2774.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Teresa and I enjoying the trip](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2769.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![On the boat to Sicily](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2763.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Wall inside the Vitelli's Bar where the Godfather was filmed](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2938.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Getting higher...going through an old archway](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2934.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![A snapshot on the walk up to the church](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2932.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Looking back where we walked and the bus travelled](https://i1.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2925.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![We had to get a photo at the top](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2924.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Inside the church at the top of the hills at Savoca](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2910.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
And again for a trip to Mt Etna! Talk about an adrenalin rush…I loved it. And the views from all those places were amazing.
![Judy and Teresa at Mt Etna](https://i1.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2957.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![People walking up to view another crater](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2948.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![All volcanic area](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2980.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Teresa and I. Look behind us!](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2973.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![An old crater](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2964.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
Our hotel was on the lower edge of a little town called Taormina. A town that is sleepy in the morning but full of life every night! How we loved to sit at a restaurant and just people watch. Even young families out enjoying the lovely warm evenings and shops that didn’t seem to close.
![At the gardens next door to the Hotel](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2998.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![The streets of Taormina](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_3003.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Judy out for a wander](https://i1.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_3006.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Taorina is a fabulous little town](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_3010.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Beautiful shops](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_3011.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Entry to a restaurant at Taormina](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_3013.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Look at that plant!](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_3022.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![The streets come alive...especially at night](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_3024.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![A photo in the gardens next door to our hotel](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2994.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
We had a wander through the local theatre. I’ll add a photo or two. The theatre was ancient and In ruins but has now had a stage added and more seating and is now an open air theatre for operas and plays and any performance. Stunning!
![Entrance to the theatre](https://i1.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_3035.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![the theatre ruins](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_3039.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Backdrop for the stage](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_3048.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![View of Taorima](https://i1.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_3053.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Me with the town of Taormina behind me](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_3065.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![The stage area](https://i1.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_3067.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
To visit an active volcano was great. The road to get there was pretty good, but the walk around the old crater top was an experience not to miss. All while the now active crater, just above, still smokes away allowing pressure to be released! I know…something else to tick off the bucket list 🙂
![Mt Etna...still smoking!](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_3089.jpg?resize=400%2C266)