{"id":39620,"date":"2023-03-28T14:15:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T14:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/28\/exploring-the-mediterraneans-hidden-gems-with-windstar-cruises\/"},"modified":"2023-03-28T14:15:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T14:15:46","slug":"exploring-the-mediterraneans-hidden-gems-with-windstar-cruises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/28\/exploring-the-mediterraneans-hidden-gems-with-windstar-cruises\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the Mediterranean\u2019s Hidden Gems with Windstar Cruises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Giardini Naxos is only a mile south of Taormina, and the port city provides entry to every little thing from medieval castles to wineries, with jaw-dropping views of Mt. Etna and a handful of lovely seashores close by.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Most of Taormina\u2019s slender cobblestone streets are closed to site visitors, making this an excellent place to discover on foot. Visit the Piazza Vittorio Emanuele and the principle road of Corso Umberto, or cease by the Palazzo Corvaja, which was constructed on the finish of the 14th century. Step again into historical historical past on the Greek Theater of Taormina, which was constructed across the third century B.C., and nonetheless hosts performances at this time.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The village of Castelmola sits on a pure terrace constructed across the ruins of a Norman citadel, and the principle sq. is constructed on white lava stone and lined with bushes, making it an idyllic place to go for a stroll. Venture past<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Taormina and go to Savoca, one other charming village that you simply would possibly acknowledge from \u201cThe Godfather II.\u201d The village is residence to the Santa Lucia and San Michele church buildings, constructed within the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, respectively.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Giardini Naxos is only a mile south of Taormina, and the port city provides entry to every little thing from medieval castles to wineries, with jaw-dropping views of Mt. Etna and a handful of lovely seashores close by.\u202f\u00a0 Most of Taormina\u2019s slender cobblestone streets are closed to site visitors, making this an excellent place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/blog.windstarcruises.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Header-Taormina-small-ports-blog.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39620","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cruise"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}