Located in the commune of Taormina, Isola Bella Beach – also called Spiaggia di Isola Bella and Playa de Isola Bella – is a small, narrow, horseshoe-shaped, east-facing, and 800-meters-long beach with rocks and pebbles in the eastern coast of Sicily. There is a small tidal islet near the beach named Isola Bella – Isola Bella Beach connects this small island to mainland Taormina through a narrow sandbar.
Multiple publications have listed this beach as one of the best beaches in Sicily including Conde Nast Traveller and Lonely Planet. Time Out listed this beach as one of the 16 best beaches in Europe. This beach is also a favorite of Randall Kaplan, the world’s foremost beach expert who is known as Mr. Beach.