What to do and see in Messina, Sicily: The Best Things to do for Honeymoon

April 23, 2022 Kaleigh Reichenbach

At Sicily’s northeast tip, Messina is the first city being kicked by mainland Italy’s boot, just three miles across the Strait of Messina. It's a main port of entry for visitors via hydrofoils and ferries. Trains board the ferry, too, before continuing service. The 12th-century Norman cathedral, rebuilt after a 1908 earthquake destroyed it and much of the town, is the most famous attraction.
Restaurants in Messina

1. Sicily With Mario

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Sicily With Mario

Sicily with Mario is a leader travel company in Italy, we operate in: travels, tours, shore excursions and transfers with highly qualified English, French, German, Spanish, Russian and Chinese staff. Our vehicles are equipped with all the comforts and provided with all the requirements of law.

2. Sicily Best Tour

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Sicily Best Tour

With our company you can have an opportunity to explore the culture,the tradition and the beauty of our Sicily.We like to provide our local experiences to all who like to experience the secrets of our land. Our goal is to help people coming to Sicily feel like they are home and not tourist.

3. Duomo di Messina

Piazza del Duomo, Messina, Sicily Italy
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4.5 based on 1,240 reviews

Duomo di Messina

This Cathedral, a fine example of Sicilian Norman architecture, has retained its original medieval lines even after a long history: built under Roger II, consecrated in 1197, destroyed in the 1908 earthquake and rebuilt.

Reviewed By Adventure_Steph_H - Bristol, United Kingdom

We visited Messina on a rainy day which meant that there were not very many people about. The clock tower is a beautiful structure and parts of it move as it chimes on the hour. Inside the cathedral the striking feature are the wooden beams across the ceiling with beautiful detailing on them. Its definitely worth a visit whilst in Messina although when we visited we had to split it into two parts as when we first visited at about lunchtime they closed the cathedral but were able to return later in the afternoon.

4. Bell Tower and Astronomical Clock (Orologio Astronomico)

Piazza Duomo, 98122, Messina, Sicily Italy +39 090 675175 http://www.messinarte.it
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Bell Tower and Astronomical Clock (Orologio Astronomico)

Reviewed By stewartc640 - Chatham, United Kingdom

We passed the Messina cathedral Bell tower whilst on a one day stopover in Messina. We were doing a self-guided walking tour armed with a fairly basic tourist map and had just arrived in the port. The bell tower and its associated cathedral sits in the reasonably spacious ‘Piazza del Duomo di Messina’ just inland from where the cruise ship docked. It is known for its animation occurring when the clock strikes particularly at 12 noon. Unfortunately, this is the time our ship docked so we missed what we have been told is quite a sight. We did get to see a shorter animation at one o’clock though. The bell tower is separate from the cathedral, and had ‘golden’ statues on various levels as well as other parts of the animation. The Piazza is quite busy and there are many sightseeing tours for tourists departing from here either on busses or ‘Dotto’ trains. There are also some souvenir shops and street traders here where tourists can buy mementoes of their visit to Messina, we tend to purchase porcelain thimbles on our travels and these were available here too.

5. Discover Messina Sicily

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Discover Messina Sicily

DISCOVER MESSINA SICILY is an innovative system of tourist services which has developed during the years, through the partnership with companies in tourism sector, a vast network of touristic itineraries connecting the most important cultural sites of the city and the province with guided themed paths for the knowledge of the cultural, natural and landscaping heritage of the Sicilian territory. Since 2012 it has become a service particularly appreciated by the cruisers so much to climb the rankings of the most important tourist portals in the world, including Trip Advisor.

6. Capo D'orlando

Messina, Sicily Italy
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Capo D'orlando

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