Palazzo Corvaja is the most architecturally interesting building in Taormina — a complex structure that contains an Arab tower (9th century), Norman additions, and a Gothic loggia added in the 15th century, all visible in sequence on its elaborate facade. It stands at the top of the Corso near the Greek Theatre entrance.
The palazzo now houses the tourist office on the ground floor and exhibition spaces above. The interior courtyard, with its Gothic staircase and carved reliefs, is particularly fine. The black volcanic lava stone and white limestone inlay that decorates the facade is characteristic of Sicilian-Norman architecture and found throughout eastern Sicily.