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Goethe's Path

Goethe's Path

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Goethe's Path

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Location: Taormina, Messina, Sicily, Italy

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1. Saracens' Trail – Taormina Public Garden loop from Castelmola

7.62km

02:41

390m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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2. Villa Comunale di Taormina – View of Taormina loop from Giardini-Naxos

17.6km

06:13

940m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Villa Comunale di Taormina – Saracens' Trail loop from Mazzeo

15.8km

05:48

940m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Matto

May 20, 2023

In honor of his visit in 1787, this path was christened "Goth's Path".
Excerpt from his diary: Taormina, Monday 7 May 1787.
We descended towards the theatre, lingered in its ruins, on which a skilful architect should at least try his gift of restoration on paper, and then undertook to make our way through the gardens to the town. Here alone we experienced what an impenetrable bulwark a fence of agaves planted side by side is: one can see through the interlaced leaves and think one can penetrate through them, but the strong spikes on the edges of the leaves are sensitive obstacles; if you step on such a colossal leaf in the hope that it will carry us, it collapses and instead of getting across to the open air, we fall into the arms of a neighboring plant.

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K🌍nny

June 7, 2024

Goethe also stayed in Taormina during a trip through Italy

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Elevation 250 m

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Location: Taormina, Messina, Sicily, Italy

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Goethe's Path

1. Saracens' Trail – Taormina Public Garden loop from Castelmola

2. Villa Comunale di Taormina – View of Taormina loop from Giardini-Naxos

3. Villa Comunale di Taormina – Saracens' Trail loop from Mazzeo

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