![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261021_141605-1038x576.jpg "View from Chiesa della Madonna della Rocca down to Taormina")
The rain returned this morning, and with a vengeance! By the afternoon, however, I ventured back outside to explore the town of Taormina.
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261021_124606-150x150.jpg "Isola Bella")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261021_131652-150x150.jpg "Duomo di Taormina")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261021_135609-150x150.jpg "Piazza IX Aprile (Taormina)")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261021_135442-150x150.jpg "Piazza IX Aprile (Taormina)")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261021_141211-150x150.jpg "View of Taormina")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261021_141605-150x150.jpg "View from Chiesa della Madonna della Rocca down to Taormina")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261021_141737-150x150.jpg "Chiesa della Madonna della Rocca")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261021_141933-150x150.jpg "View of Castelmola")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261021_150018-150x150.jpg "View from Castelmola down to Taormina")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261021_150317-150x150.jpg "Castelmola Cathedral")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261021_151235-150x150.jpg "Castello di Mola")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261021_151523-150x150.jpg "Descent from Castelmola")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261021_152508-150x150.jpg "Descent from Castelmola")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261021_160619-150x150.jpg "Alley in Taormina")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261021_161250-150x150.jpg "Street in Taormina")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261021_162403-150x150.jpg "Coast below Taormina")
This blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in German.