The Godfather's Sicily in 3 days
- 3 nights + departure morning
- 8 places
- Eastern Sicily
Three days in the hill villages near Taormina where Coppola filmed Michael's Sicily: the bar, the wedding church, the Corleone of three films and the villa of Don Tommasino.
The stops
1Savoca
About these stops
At Bar Vitelli Michael asks Apollonia's father for permission to court her: the bar still works and keeps photos from the film. Up the street, the church of San Nicolò on its rocky spur is where they marry, with the whole village following them.
2Corleone is Forza d'Agrò
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
About these stops
The real Corleone looked too modern, so Forza d'Agrò played it. Michael walks past the church of the Annunziata, the boy Vito flees its square in Part II, and in Part III Michael shows Kay his father's house in a lane nearby. Look only from outside: it is a private home.
3Exile and return
Castello degli Schiavi (Don Tommasino's villa)Fiumefreddo di Sicilia
Motta CamastraMotta Camastra
Taormina-Giardini railway stationTaormina
About these stops
Castello degli Schiavi is Don Tommasino's villa, used in all three films. Motta Camastra, on its ridge above the Alcantara valley, hides Michael and young Vito. At Taormina-Giardini station, Kay steps off the train in Part III.
