Messina Cultural Walking Tour and Puppet Museum

Your 2,5 -hour walking tour starts from the Catalani Church, an example of Arab-Norman style. Then you will continue to the City Hall, the biggest palace ever rebuilt after the earthquake of 1908. The Vittorio Emanuele Gallery, located in Antonello Square, is the second one in Southern Italy.
An highlight of the tour is the Cathedral Square, with its the beautiful bell tower which was built between 1930 and 1933. The tour will end at the Museum of the Sicilian Puppet Theater, an exhibition of the priceless collection of Gargano Family.

Meeting Point

Discover Messina Sicily

Via I Settembre, 110, 98122 Messina ME, Italy

FOR GUESTS THAT ARE NOT CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS:
The meeting point at our office DISCOVER MESSINA SICILY, located in Via I Settembre, 110, 45 minutes before the tour.

Terminal Crociere

98122 Messina, Metropolitan City of Messina, Italy

The guide will meet you at GATE 5, at the cruise pier. She will hold a sign with your name and a flag with our company logo: a LION HEAD.

What's included:

• Professional guide
• Tasting of typical Sicilian products
• Entrance fee to the Museum of Sicilian Puppet Theater

Not included:

• Food and Drinks
• Souvenir photos (available to purchase)

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Annunziata dei Catalani Church

Piazza dei Catalani, Via Garibaldi, , Messina

is one of the few great monuments that have resisted earthquakes and the fury of incendiary bombs of war events,

10 minutes

Municipio di Messina

Piazza del Municipio 1, Messina, 98122

The biggest palace ever rebuilt after the earthquake of 1908.

10 minutes

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele III

Piazza Antonello, Messina, 98122

built by the architect Camilo Puglisi Allegra in between 1924 and 1929

10 minutes

Cathedral of Messina

Piazza Duomo 29, Messina, 98122

the most important monument of the city

20 minutes

Campanile del Duomo di Messina

Piazza Duomo, Messina, 98122

the main attraction of the city of Messina

10 minutes

Museo dell'Opera dei Pupi Rosario Gargano

Via Oratorio S. Francesco, 98122 Messina ME, Italy

admire part of the priceless collection of Sicilian Puppets that the Gargano family preserves from generation to generation since the earliest years of the XIX century.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included