The Best Beaches in Sicily, From Cefalù to Taormina
My favorite place was Cefalu. I mean, I love Taormina—I think that'll always actually have my heart just because it was the place that we spent the most time. But from a tourist’s perspective, Cefalu was probably my favorite of all of the stops. I just love being close to the water. The beach clubs are amazing.
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Sestri Levante, on a narrow peninsula flanked by two beaches, is for sun-seekers.
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Riomaggiore’s rugged and tiny “beach” is rocky, but it’s clean and peaceful (to find it, see the end of my self-guided walk, above). There’s a shower here in the summer, and another closer to town by the boat landing—where many enjoy sunning on and jumping from the rocks.
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Vernazza’s main beach is tiny—better for sunning than swimming; the new, flood-created beach there is bigger. Manarola and Riomaggiore have the worst beaches (no sand), but Manarola offers the best deep-water swimming.