Italian Journeys (020-7370 6002) offers apartments in a beautiful 18th-century farmhouse near Patti on the northern coast.
But you should try to time a visit here outside July and August, when it's extremely hot and attracts thousands of tourists.
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Taormina has views of both the sea and imposing Mount Etna and is full of pretty cobbled alleyways filled with bars and restaurants as well as a splendid Greek theatre, cathedral and churches, mansions and an exhilarating cable car that will whisk you down to the beach. Then you should also visit impossibly picturesque Taormina, the island's premier resort. As well as a couple of decrepit churches and some rickety cottages, there are just a couple of bars and a small restaurant. Reached via a twisting corkscrew road from the coast, Forza d'Agro is dominated by a 16th-century castle overlooking the coast towards Messina and the strait and is easily reached from Taormina. Some scenes from the The Godfather Part III were also shot here. Sant'Agostino, a church in the charming hilltop village of Forza d'Agro, features in the second film, in the scene where Vito escapes to the US hotly pursued by Don Ciccio's men. (Open Tues-Sun, April-Sept, 9am-1pm, 4-6pm Oct-March 9am-noon and 3-5pm. Signora Maria will tell you what it was like to have a Hollywood film crew descend upon a quiet Sicilian village – but you need a good grasp of Italian.ĭrop in at the Cappuccini Monastery, where the crypt has catacombs preserving 37 fully dressed mummified bodies from the 18th century. Inside, the partially panelled bar has a small display of photos, press cuttings and mementos from the making of the film. Much is as in the movie, even down to the curtains over the door. It is a pretty, 18th-century stone-flagged building, draped in climbing plants with a vine-covered terrace looking out over a deep valley. Just as you enter the village you will see the Bar Vitelli, where Michael discusses his proposed marriage to Apollonia with her father, the owner of the bar, aptly named Vitelli in the film. You will remember this tranquil medieval spot as the setting for the courtship between Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) and his first wife, Apollonia (Simonetta Stefanelli). Devotees of the first Godfather film will recognise Savoca, a pretty hillside village at the end of a steep, winding drive on the east side of the island, accessible from Taormina.
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