nature · Taormina, Italy
Isola Bella
A filming location from The White Lotus in Taormina.
The scene
The tiny island reserve and the pebble beach below town feature in the season's boat and shoreline scenes, just under the cliffs the hotel sits on.
How to visit
Reach the beach by the cable car (funivia) down from town, then walk the short causeway to the island at low tide. The nature reserve charges a small entry fee. Bring water shoes, it's pebbles, not sand.
Address: Isola Bella, 98039 Taormina, Italy · Open in Google Maps
- Mazzarò beach next door has loungers and beach bars.
- The funivia runs every 15 minutes and saves a steep walk back up.
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Good to know
- What was filmed at Isola Bella?
- The tiny island reserve and the pebble beach below town feature in the season's boat and shoreline scenes, just under the cliffs the hotel sits on.
- Can you visit Isola Bella?
- Reach the beach by the cable car (funivia) down from town, then walk the short causeway to the island at low tide. The nature reserve charges a small entry fee. Bring water shoes, it's pebbles, not sand.
- Where is Isola Bella?
- Isola Bella is a real filming location in Taormina. Isola Bella, 98039 Taormina, Italy
More to film-spot in Taormina
San Domenico Palace
This former convent turned cliff-top hotel was the real 'White Lotus Sicily', its terraces, pool and sea views are the resort you watch the guests fall apart in.
Teatro Antico di Taormina
The ancient Greco-Roman theatre, with Mount Etna framed through its ruined back wall, anchors the establishing shots that set the season in Taormina.