Savoca, where key scenes from The Godfather* were shot.
The hilltop town also contains a Cappuchin monastery that, in the true spirit of the Bible, will let the casual passerby gawp at the worldly, 'preserved', remains of eminent figures from the town's past. For a small donation of course. Doctors, lawyers, priests, all in period costume. You name it, you can look at the slack jawed cadavers that thought St Peter would be impressed by a smart jacket and a whiff of eau de formaldehyde.
Maddie and Chloe were fascinated by the corpses. OK, we didn't really let them in. We told them they weren't allowed in and blamed the nun at the door for refusing children entry into the church where Cinderella got married. I do hope they don't hold it against the sisterhood for ever.
*Which I file under the category of Most Overrated Film Ever Made. I'm holding out for the remake with Steven Seagal in the Brando role. Destiny, and justice, dictate this must happen.
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