On this private tour, you will discover Messina, the “the gateway to Sicily”. With your local guide, you will explore this incredible ancient city and learn about its Greek, Roman, Arab, Norman, Byzantine, and Spanish heritage.

You will admire Messina's most important sites and hear anecdotes about its fascinating, sometimes tragic, history. You will walk with your guide through the heart of Messina and see Piazza del Duomo where the cathedral and one of the largest astronomical clocks in the world are located, the Church of the Annunziata dei Catalani, an excellent monument from the Norman-Arab period, the statue of Admiral John of Austria, the Church of San Francesco d'Assisi, the oldest church in Messina, the Vittorio Emanuele II Theatre, and other interesting points in Messina.