Port Taormina was a city on Alsakan. It was located on the sea-side slopes of a group of mountains on a large island. The city was one of the smallest on Alsakan, with just over 100,000 residents. It was a popular vacation spot due to its unadultrated views of a large sea and undeveloped mountains. Its name was derived from the ancient Alsakanese settlement there that established it as a colonial port nearly two thousand years before the founding of the Republic. During the Seswenna Security Crisis, the city had a small regional spaceport, but most spacefaring traffic traveled through the larger, nearby cities.