Savoca and Forza d'Agrò: a Godfather weekend
- 2 nights + departure morning
- 6 places
- Eastern Sicily
Two villages on the hills above the Ionian Sea, a few kilometres apart: one has Michael and Apollonia's bar and church, the other plays Corleone in all three films.
The stops
1Michael and Apollonia
About these stops
At Bar Vitelli Michael asks Apollonia's father for permission to court her; order a granita to sit at the tables outside. At the top of the village, the church of San Nicolò is where they marry.
2The Corleone of the films
Forza d'Agrò Mother ChurchForza d'Agrò
Holy Trinity Church and Durazzo Arch, Forza d'AgròForza d'Agrò
Vito Corleone's birthplace (Vico I Roma)Forza d'Agrò
Taormina-Giardini railway stationTaormina
About these stops
Forza d'Agrò plays Corleone. Michael walks past the church of the Annunziata, the boy Vito flees from its square in 1901, and a stone arch leads to the small square of the Santissima Trinità. In a lane nearby is the house Michael shows Kay in Part III. On the way back, stop at Taormina-Giardini station on the coast: in Part III Kay steps off the train here.
