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03-21-05 Taormina (June 2-3)

Mountainous. Sicily thrusts up out of the Med magestically, rising hundreds of feet right at the shoreline. The taxi drivers love this, as the hotels, views, and sightseeing are all perched on the cliffs, while the beaches and sunbathing require descending on the roads that double back on each other over and over down to the sea.

As Sicily rises from the sea, so does Etna from its surrounding land. The volcano, steaming and smoldering, can be seen from almost everywhere in Sicily, as it is at least twice as high as anything else on the island.

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