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Defined as \u201cthe most elegant station in the world\u201d, Taormina-Giardini is an Art Nouveau jewel with refined decorations that will take you back to the emotion of travelling during the Belle \u00c9poque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are few train stations in Italy dating back to the golden age of the railways still operating<\/strong>. This is why, in addition to the wonder of arriving in the Bay of Naxos, when you get off at the Taormina-Giardini stop you add the aesthetic pleasure of imagining yourself on a late 19th-century journey during one of the stages of the Grand Tour<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awarded by AEC Italia together with UTP Assoutenti with the Euroferr Prize for its historical, environmental, and archaeological tourist value, the Taormina-Giardini Station was inaugurated in 1928<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Trains are wonderful\u2026To travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers, in fact, to see life.<\/p>\n(Agatha Christie)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Although the line actually dates back to 1866<\/strong>, the current building was rebuilt in the mid-1920s<\/strong> by architect Roberto Narducci<\/strong>, who designed it in neo-Gothic style. Characterized by an external fa\u00e7ade decorated with two crenellated towers, its entrance is protected by a wrought iron roof that recalls the architectural motifs of the pre-existing Villagonia Castle<\/strong>, demolished to allow for the construction of the railway station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interior rooms <\/strong>are beautiful, embellished with late 19th-century Sicilian-style wooden furniture<\/strong> and frescoes<\/strong> and relief decorations<\/strong> by one of the major exponents of Palermo Liberty, Salvatore Gregorietti<\/strong>. Author of famous interventions at the Villino Florio and the Palazzo dei Normanni, he also oversaw the creation of the station’s stained glass windows and wrought iron furnishings.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Just walk through its corridors, gaze at the deco writings<\/strong> \u201c1st class lounge\u201d<\/em> or the cast iron crenellated shelters, to fly with your imagination through the pages of the novel The Mystery of the Blue Train<\/em> by Agatha Christie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to its beauty, the Taormina-Giardini station has been the film set<\/strong> of many films<\/strong> such as The Godfather \u2013 Part III <\/em>by Francis Ford Coppola and Le Grand Bleu <\/em>by Luc Besson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Secret<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During the Second World War, the station was bombed by the Allies who also hit a wing of the famous San Domenico hotel while a meeting of the German high command was taking place.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n

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Useful Info<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Stazione Taormina Giardini
Via Nazionale 43
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