I am planning to travel to Italy next year potentially with a small group of friends. We will be in Abruzzo for several days with a tour. From Pescara, we'd like to travel to Bari and stay at the Grotta Palazzesse Hotel for a night or two. From there, we want to travel to Sicily.
From what I can read, it may be possible to take the train from Bari to Messina. Has anybody traveled this way? We could fly, but the travel would allow us to see the countryside. I would guess it takes quite some time to travel from Bari to Messina. We eventually want to get to Taormina first on Sicily.
Has anyone traveled any part of this route?