The town’s main thoroughfare has many interesting shops and palaces. The palace building styles range from Liberty to Neo-classical and Baroque and date from the 19th-20th Century. The Palazzetto Bonaventura is Liberty style and the Palazzo Quattrocchi has Moorish decorations. Several belvederes in Giarre offer wonderful views over the Etna volcano and the Macchia Creek. Sites around Giarre include the Shrine of Santa Maria la Strada, built in 1081 and, in the Macchia area, the Museo degli Usi e Costumi delle Genti dell’Etna, a museum of the customs and habits of people from Etna.
