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Savoca, in brief.

Hilltop village, Godfather filming location.

A tiny hill village in the hinterland above the Ionian coast, near Taormina.

Francis Ford Coppola filmed the Sicilian scenes of The Godfather here, and visitors still stop at the Bar Vitelli, the village cafe that featured in the film.

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