Taormina Public Garden – Saracens' Trail loop from Taormina

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Taormina Public Garden – Saracens' Trail loop from Taormina

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Taormina Public Garden – Saracens' Trail loop from Taormina

05:42

15.5km

920m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 15, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.00 km

View of Isola Bella

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful view of the island 🤩

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1.55 km

Duca di Cesarò Park

Highlight • Monument

A truly beautiful and highly recommended park, and a must-see if you're in the area!

Admission is free!

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1.67 km

The small public park is one of the less crowded places in Taormina, offers a pleasant shady atmosphere and at the balustrade a wonderful view of the coast and Etna. And at the northern entrance there's pretty good granita!

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2.19 km

Via Crucis and views of Taormina and the coast

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

The way is also worthwhile at night. The steps are lit and you have a beautiful view of the illuminated Taormina and the sea!

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5.16 km

Monte Veneretta Trail

Highlight • Trail

The path to Monte Veneretta is really exciting, it offers breathtaking views of the sea.

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8.53 km

Portella Pandolfo

Mountain Pass

11.2 km

Madonna della Grotta

Cave Entrance

11.7 km

Church of St. Blaise

Highlight • Religious Site

We enjoyed the hike up from Taormina on January 31. Wildflowers and blossom trees were beautiful and the vistas are stunning. Definitely worth the trip. Enjoyed aranchini at Pier de …

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12.3 km

Saracens' Trail

Highlight • Trail

For the way back from Castelmola to Taormina the Sentiero dei Saraceni is a very good alternative. The entry into Castelmola you have to look for something. Then the path …

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13.8 km

Messina Gate

Highlight • Historical Site

From the ancient time come two city gate, Porta Messina in the north and Porta Catania in the south. Porta Messina is a remnant of a former fortress wall. This …

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15.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.52 km

3.81 km

3.02 km

2.65 km

863 m

467 m

130 m

Surfaces

6.27 km

5.76 km

2.35 km

667 m

305 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 10 October

23°C

16°C

44 %

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

September 6, 2023,Sicilia: Taormina, Castelmola, Monte Veneretta🔝

This tour suggestion for Taormina is shown in the Roth hiking guide as a TOP tour. In fact, our enthusiasm during the tour was rather muted.
The reasons were varied and may have nipped any emerging euphoria in the bud.
* lots of gray skies,
* intermittent (wet!) rain,
* overgrown paths that certainly haven't been used for a long …

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September 23, 2025,Taormina- Monte Veneretta

From the mountain station of the Mazzaro Cable Car (10€ round trip), I walked past the city gate to the Stations of the Cross and up the stairs to the Chiesa Madonna della Rocca, a chapel built into the rock with a view of the sea and Taormina. From there, the path led first briefly downhill and then quite steeply …

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March 22, 2022,Via Crucis - Monte Venere - Sentiero dei Saraceni Runde von Taormina 🚶🚶🏼‍♀️🥾🇮🇹⛰️⛅

Today we went from Taormina via the Chiesa Madonna della Rocca to Castelmola via plenty of steps. After a short breather with a great view of the coast, we continued, first around Monte Venere ⛰️ and then walked it from the back. Good decision, because we were able to enjoy the great view 🗻 👀 the whole way down. Back …

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October 13, 2021,Via Crucis – Sentiero dei Saraceni Loop from Taormina

I really would not recommend this walk, an enormous amount of steps up and down so you can't get a decent pace and coming down is jarring on the knees. When you do get on a hiking route the Path is either overgrown or non existent, making it rather challenging and not much fun, also a lot of roads. Considering …