![]() Mount
Etna on Sicily 
      The largest active volcano in Europe. The highest mountain in Italy south of the Alps at some 3,329m ( 10,922ft ).  | 
      
 
      Taormina on Sicily Taormina
is a small town on the
east coast of Sicily.  
      It is a popular tourist destination with beaches on the Ionian sea that are accessible by an aerial tramway.  | 
      
![]() Giardini
Naxos on Sicily 
      Giardini Naxos is a popular seaside-resort on the coast of the Ionian Sea on a bay between Cape Taormina and Cape Schiṣ.  | 
      
The Temple of Hera at Selinunte  on Sicily  | 
      
 
      
      (
church
of St. John of the Hermits ) at Palermo on Sicily The
church is notable for its brilliant red domes 
      showing the Arabic influence in Sicily.  | 
      
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