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Messina (province)

Former province of Sicily, Italy

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Overview

The Metropolitan City of Messina (Italian: Città metropolitana di Messina) is an administrative division in Sicily, Italy and is the closest to the Italian mainland (as close as 3.25 km at some points). For all visitors to Sicily who have made the journey across the entire boot of Italy to Calabria and crossed the Strait of Messina, the so-called Stretto, from Villa San Giovanni or Reggio di Calabria, Messina is the arrival point on the island and the starting point for getting to know Sicily.

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Messina

busy city and link to the mainland

Giardini Naxos

Naxos was the first Greek colony in Sicily, now it is Giardini Naxos under the hill of Taormina

Milazzo

gateway to the Aeolian Islands

Novara di Sicilia

A beautiful medieval town near Mt. Etna is listed among "I Borghi pui Belli D'Italia" (The Most Beautiful Towns in Italy) and provides a convenient central point for day trips to visit the Aeolian Islands, Tindari, Taormina, Giardini Naxos and Mount Etna

Taormina

the main resort & tourist spot. Great Teatro Greco and views of Etna and the coast. Including the hilltop village of Castelmola

Villafranca Tirrena

has a baronial castle (Castello di Bauso), built in 1590, anr the Church of San Nicolò

Aeolian Islands

beautiful group of volcanic islands ()

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UnderstandMessina stretches across a strip of land around the northeastern corner of the island of Sicily.

SeeMessina province is home to some of the oldest archaeological remains in Sicily, from prehistoric settlements and Greek necropolises to Roman villas and classical theatres.

DoYou can hike in the nature park regions of the Nebrodi and on Mount Etna, beaches can be found on the flatter coastal sections in the northeast of the province, and the small bathing bays on the cliffs are often…

EatSicilian cuisine near the sea relies more on fish and seafood, while in the hinterland it relies on cheese, meat and sausages and, of course, on dolci, sweet baked goods, or even ice cream and granite.

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