It may be a bit of a cliche but I couldn't resist the platform palm frond on the beautifully preserved railway station at Taormina- Giardini. Trenitalia E656-003 "Il Caimano" on a train for Rome via the railway ferry across the Straits of Messina had just arrived. The water columns on both ends of both platforms are dated 1927.

The very pretty tourist town of Toarmina is located several hundreds of meters above this view to the right reached by cable car or very steep road.