Rachele gave us an overview of Taormina along with a map indicating things that might be of interest to us. She also showed us how to use the various appliances in her apartment and what to do when we vacated the apartment since we needed to leave fairly early in the morning for our flight to Rome. We also were given information on the inexpensive shuttle bus service that ran from Taormina to the coast.

Unfortunately for us, we had rented a vehicle that was slightly wider than a Fiat Panda which swallowed both the apartment's onsite space and the onsite space reserved for her neighbour's motorcycle. However, he came to our rescue and graciously allowed us to park our vehicle in his space the entire time we were there. Our only other option had been to use the paid parking structure situated about a km downhill from the apartment.