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Cable Car Taormina - Mazzaró
Taormina Cable car scheduale & prices
From Taormina to Mazzaró -Taormina Mare by cable car
A cable car (Funivia) connects Taormina with its coastal part Mazzaró (Taormina Mare) in only 2 minutes.You arrive at the beach of Isola Bella and the diving school of Taormina. The cable car of Taormina can be found in Via Luigi Pirandello, 3 minutes walk from Porta Messina.
| Opening hours | Cable Car Prices | Timetable |
| Mon. 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 a.m. Tue.-Sun. 8.00 a.m. - 1.00 a.m. |
one-way ticket € 1.80
return ticket € 3.00 |
every 15 minutes |
There are also special tickets (e.g. 10 fares) so that those of you using the cable car quite often can save some money.
Technical data of the Taormina cable car
| Model |
Cable car with gondolas |
| Number of gondolas | 8 |
| People per gondola | 12 max. |
| Length horizontal | 701.30 m |
| Length raked |
725.32 m |
| Altitude difference |
170.50 m |
| Slope (maximum |
68% |
| Distance from the ground (maximum) |
30.05 m |
| Maximum speed | 5 m/s |