
narrow undiscovered back alleyways with pesto hiding around every corner, some street smarts needed here

If you fly into Catania, you can travel down past Mt Etna, south to Ortigia and Siracusa or north to Taormina and Messina. There are other options but these are the more popular destinations on the eastside. On this trip I did both starting up in Taormina and making my way south. Messina is famous…

5 star hotels, private train rides, and handsome water taxi drivers on standby, this is definitely the way to experience Italy

enough has been written about Italy and how to travel there. I’ll save you the recommendations and focus on which cities you should take the express train to instead