Pearls of the Mediterranean - Think Sicily villas in Taormina

April 5, 2010 - PRLog -- There are few towns in the Mediterranean that are quite as lovely or as perfectly positioned as Taormina! It has been a magnet for travellers ever since becoming part of the Grand Tour in the 19th Century and today it continues to be Sicily's most popular destination.

A roll call of visitors reads like a who’s who of the arts: Goethe, Dumas, Brahms, Klimt, D.H. Lawrence, Wagner, Oscar Wilde, Truman Capote, John Steinbeck, Ingmar Bergmann, Francis Ford Coppola, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Federico Fellini, Cary Grant, Gregory Peck, Elisabeth Taylor and Woody Allen have all spent time or lived in Taormina!

Stunning panoramas take in smoking, snow-capped Mount Etna to the south and the sparkling blue sea far down below. The old town centre remains perfectly intact, its pedestrianised labyrinth of streets nourishing a vibrant cafe society... And then there's the stunning Graeco-Roman theatre, home to a series of annual film, music and arts festivals.

Think Sicily has a wonderful selection of villas in and around Taormina, including the following: hill-top Respiro boasts stunning views of Taormina, the Ionian Sea and the Italian mainland from its infinity pool (prices from £ 3,450 to £ 6,890 per week: sleeps 10), La Pergola sits on the bay of Mazzaro’, just a hop, skip and a jump away from the beach (from £ 2,600 to £ 4,130 per week: sleeps 6), Borgo degli Aranci, a fragrant orange estate, is a great solution for large groups wishing to stay near Taormina (from £ 2,850 to £ 9,610 per week: sleeps 18), the aristocratic Villa Pietraperciata offers an excellent  authentic  Sicilian experience (from £ 4,140 to £ 5,190 per week: sleeps 8), while La Riva is a beach-house “a pied en l’eau”  par excellence (from £ 1,740 to £ 2,720 per week: sleeps 5).

These are just a few examples: to see all our villas in and around Taormina, or to choose from our full range of exclusive villas in Sicily, go to www.thinksicily.com, call +44(0)20 7377 8518 (or toll free from the US and Canada on 1-800-490-1107) or write to info@thinksicily.com.

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The Thinking Traveller has been market leader in high-end, quality rental villas in Sicily since it founded Think Sicily in 2002. In January 2010, the company launched Think Puglia as a source of the finest holiday villas in Puglia.