Have you ever tried Euphorìa? Do you know what it means to bring good, well-being, optimism and therefore happiness? We start from this term of Greek origin to kick off “The Days of Euphorìa”. From 6 June 2021 within the area of Naxos Archaeological Park Taormina, which for the occasion is transformed into a multifunctional urban park.
Culture and well-being: meetings at the Naxos archaeological park
Healty mind in healty body. Physical activity resumes outdoors, after the lockdown, and gives energy, sharing, experience.
The location, the Naxos Taormina archaeological park opens to a series of appointments, born in collaboration with the Municipality of Giardini Naxos. A new way of experiencing places, greenery, combining it with movement.
A cultural experiment of great effect. Immerse yourself in beauty. A way of looking at the headquarters of the first Greek polis of Sicily, a suggestive place that borders the sea, where you can breathe history, and live it fully. Like? Through meetings dedicated to meditation, yoga, just to name a few of the activities, which also become cultural itineraries.
Choose your physical activity and walk around the Naxos Archaeological Park
An example? The walkfit, the fast walk, offers, in fact, a tour of the Giardini Naxos Taormina archaeological park. Thanks to the beautiful Sicilian season, at sunset, there is a yoga class for children and adults. Make a note of the time when the sun lights up the Park: 19pm. Lessons are free, without reservation, you enter with the ticket to access the Naxos Archaeological Park which, moreover, does not cost up to 18 years, then it is enough. 2 euros from 18 to 25 and 4 from 25 onwards.
"We wanted to do something concrete for our community”Explains the Municipal Councilor for Culture and Tourism, Ariana Talìo. It is she who, together with the Mayor of Giardini Naxos, Giorgio Stracuzzi, created Le Giornate dell'Euphoria.
'sia by supporting gyms and sports associations that have been closed for months due to covid, and by promoting outdoor activities as a healthy lifestyle for the body and mind and which we all feel the need for after the restrictions of the pandemic. We are grateful to the Naxos Taormina Park and to the director Tigano for having collected this proposal that enriches the cultural and leisure offer in Giardini Naxos, both for residents and for tourists.".
How to participate in the appointments of the Euphorìa Days
You can choose between two time slots: from 9.30 to 11 and from 18 until closing at 20.30. Here is a brief summary of the program: at 9,30, yoga for the little ones, from 4 to 10. Followed by Brazilian Ju Jitsu (children 10 am and 18 pm; adults 11 am and 19 pm); tai chi (h.18); walkfit (18.30); pilates workout (h.18.30); pilates for children and adults, at 19 pm, and then yoga at sunset, at the same time.
Gabriella Tigano, director of the Naxos Taormina Park enthusiastically welcomed the event: “Swe are always ready to collaborate with the territory especially when it comes to initiatives that go in the direction of a further and innovative experience of using cultural heritage as will happen with "The Days of Euphoria": whether it is literature, philosophy, music or in this case the well-being and meditation favored by some sports disciplines, the park and the archaeological area of Naxos represent a monumental and naturalistic space of great charm, ideal for connecting to oneself and to others in the footsteps of the Greeks".
“The Days of Euphoria” are animated, supported and conducted by the instructors of the territory, of well-known and competent realities of the territory: Ornella Strazzeri / yoga children, Marta and Salvino Risitano / walkfit (ASD Kalkìs 2); Except Romeo / ju jitsu, Antonella Ciziceno / pilates and Fabio Satyavan Graziano / yoga (ASD Palextra), Orazio Barbagallo / tai chi (ASD ASAMIR I Dragoni di Giardini Naxos) and Cettina Rigano / Pilates workout (Crimi Postural Center).
