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"G. Cocchiara" popular traditions museum

Museo che riporta indietro nel tempo, nella Sicilia dei pastori, dei taglialegna, dei carbonai, dei cacciatori … Nel museo vi sono numerose sezioni che ci raccontano di questi tempi che...

Abacaenum

Few remains of the ancient Abacaenum but a good occasion to visit Tripi, a nice little town in the hinterland of Messina, with a beautiful museum of Abacaenum and a nice walk from the centre of the...

Aeolian islands

Aeolian islands     Le isole Eolie (Vulcano, Lipari, Salina, Stromboli, Panarea, Alicudi e Filicudi), arcipelago patrimonio Unesco nella parte settentrionale della Sicilia, sono 7...

Alcantara gorges and river

The name of this river means “the bridge” (al qantarah, in Arabic) and it divides the province of Catania from that of Messina. The Alcantara, where in the past the Arabs tried to breed...

Antiquarium of Milazzo

The museum has been built from the premises of the former female prison (1816) and you can still admire the thick walls and the six cells, today as many rooms, communicating with the corridor-entrance...

Antiquarium of Tindari

Inside the arceologial area, between the Basilica and the Theater, stands this museum that preserves the findings of the beautiful Tindari, first Greek colony and then Roman. Many objects, among...

Apollonia

Apollonia On Mount San Fratello (or Mount Vecchio) at 718 meters above sea level, there are ruins that used to be Apollonia, a Sicieliot (or Greek) city destroyed by Agathocles in the 3rd century...

Argimusco and Malabotta forest

  A great and magic place. The best way to approach it is from Montalbano Elicona. Located between the Peloritani mountains and the Nebrodi mountains, the Malabotta wood (700 - 1300 m asl)...

Arts and popular traditions museum

Il bellissimo e interessantissimo museo è ospitato in uno dei più bei edifici siciliani: palazzo Corvaja, un’originaria torre araba (X secolo), alla quale furono poi aggregate altre costruzioni...

Calagna valley

The Calagna valley is just few steps away from the little town of Tortorici, at 700 m. a.s.l. Full immersed inside the Nebrodi mountains,the valley is renowned beacuse of the Petagna saniculaefolia,a...

Eolian islands

Eolian islands These islands are volcanic and were named for Eolo, the god of wind. Since prehistoric times they have been a major point of interest for invaders and have been conquered by a...

Greek Theatre of Taormina

Greek Theatre of Taormina     Behind the city walls of Taormina is what many consider to be the most beautiful Greek Theater in the world.  With the unparalleled views of the...

Halaesa

Alesa (Halaesa) Arconidea is an archeological city that stands between Tusa and Tusa Marina. Founded in 403 BC, it is still the subject of archeological excavations. At Halaesa, there were two...

Isola Bella

The stunning Isola Bella is a small island below Taormina. It was a private property owned by Lady Florence Trevelyan, the wife of the Mayor of Taormina, and a descendats of the English Royal...

Laguna di Capo Peloro

Laguna di Capo Peloro (Riserva Naturalistica) All’estremità nord della costa orientale della Sicilia, a Messina, in quella curva di terra che gira dallo Jonio verso il Tirreno, è Capo Peloro...

Longane

Longane Wonderful site overlooking the Mediterranean sea. Longane has a place in history for the epic battle fought there, near the homonymous river between the Mamertines against the Syracusani...

Marinello lakes

Marinello lakes (Naturalistic reserve) Sono spettacolari laghetti marini intrappolati da lingue di sabbiaproprio sotto l’altissima rupe culminante, nella parte più alta, con la meravigliosa...

Messina regional museum

Ospitato presso l’ex filanda Barbera-Mellinghoff, costruzione tardo-ottocentesca, il museo di Messina presenta diversi dipinti ed opere scultoree (XII-XVIII), di personalità del calibro di...