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Cable Car Taormina - Mazzaró

Taormina Cable car scheduale & prices

cable car Taormina - Mazzaró

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