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Messina is in the northeast of Sicily, Italy. It's a 3rd largest city on the island.
Messina ([mesˈsiːna], Sicilian: Missina, Greek: Μεσσήνη/Μεσσήνα) is known as the door of Sicily. Situated only 5 km across the Strait of Messina to the region of Calabria on the mainland, Messina has served as the gateway for the busy traffic between Sicily and the mainland over the centuries. With its seaport shaped like a sickle, Messina has always been a trading city.
Tourist Information - Piazza della Repubblica, 1 (Palazzo Satellite), ☎ +39 090 7723728, e-mail: infotur@comune.messina.it. M W 9:00-13:00 15:00-18:30, Tu Th 9:00-13:00 15:00-17:00, F 9:00-13:00. The office provides information and support to visitors to the city about logistical information, places to visit, timetables of means of transport, etc.
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Messina is in the northeast of Sicily, Italy. It's a 3rd largest city on the island.
Messina ([mesˈsiːna], Sicilian: Missina, Greek: Μεσσήνη/Μεσσήνα) is known as the door of Sicily. Situated only 5 km across the Strait of Messina to the region of Calabria on the mainland, Messina has served as the gateway for the busy traffic between Sicily and the mainland over the centuries. With its seaport shaped like a sickle, Messina has always been a trading city.
Tourist Information - Piazza della Repubblica, 1 (Palazzo Satellite), ☎ +39 090 7723728, e-mail: infotur@comune.messina.it. M W 9:00-13:00 15:00-18:30, Tu Th 9:00-13:00 15:00-17:00, F 9:00-13:00. The office provides information and support to visitors to the city about logistical information, places to visit, timetables of means of transport, etc.
Messina has a subtropical Mediterranean climate with long, hot summers with low diurnal temperature variation with consistent dry weather. In winter, Messina is rather wet and mild. Diurnals remain low and remain averaging above 10 °C (50 °F) lows even during winter. It is rather rainier than Reggio Calabria on the other side of the Messina Strait, a remarkable climatic difference for such a small distance.
Novara di Sicilia - Located in the province of Messina on the northern side of Mt. Etna, this picturesque medieval town is nestled in the mountains overlooking ancient Tyndaris and Abacaenum. It is the archetype of a typical medieval town, with its friendly and accommodating people who speak a distinctive dialect.
The best pizza in town is Pizza Capitano just off Piazza Cairoli. The owner is a little gruff however the wood oven gives an authentic Sicilian flavor. Its also excellent value and is always busy especially during Series A football matches when the atmosphere reaches fever pitch.
For visitors there for just a day, look for family pastry store that offers cannoli... a genuine Sicilian treat.
For a taste of Irish authenticity drop into Dockers near the cruise mooring area.
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I'm not going to tell about this fun and harmonious cruise. Believe me, it has become one of the best cruises among others in a long list of my sea trips. Argostoli, Greece. There were taxis parked everywhere outside of the port gates, waiting for passengers from the cruise ships. There are... |
Arriving in
Messina
, the remaining time before the departure I was walking around the city - climbed the bell tower, wandered through the streets, took the pictures of the panorama from a high hill...
This is the central square:
And here are panoramas of
Messina
, the strait... |
The
"MSC Splendida"
arrived on the Southern side of the Italian coast. This tour was dedicated to the exploration of Sicily, the volcanic slopes of Etna, the Strait of Messina and the
volcano of Stromboli,
which sticks out of the waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea.... |