Messina is considered to be the third largest city in Sicily, with a population that exceeds 252,000. Located on the northeastern fringes of the island of Sicily at the Messina Strait, the city is famous in Italy and in Europe as a seaside resort, and for its contribution in cruise tourism, agriculture, commerce, ship building, with the seaports housing a number of commercial as well as military shipyards. Bounded by a sickle shaped port, Messina has always been, since ages, a trading city, and has been one of the most vital and busiest thoroughfares between mainland Italy and the province of Messina. Geographically speaking, the city is the northernmost tip of the Ionian Coast of the island of Sicily.
Though the city was almost completely ravaged by a devastating earthquake in the year 1908 and then again by relentless allied bombing during the Second World War in the year 1943, today Messina is a huge, busy, bustling and lively city, with traffic clogged streets and a lot of activities on various fronts. However, much beyond all its commercial and economic hustle and bustle that the city sees day in and day out, there is still an aspect of serenity in the city, much due to its proximity of the sea and the presence of some ravishing sea shores that give the tourists the best experience. All one needs to do is to pick up that special quality of the city and its melancholy, by looking beyond the customary urban hurriedness that the city comes up with, at least apparently.
One of the star attractions of Messina is its natural port, located on the Straight of Messina. Another very famous place of tourist attractions in Messina includes the Cathedral that is located at the Piazza del Duomo. Then there is Santissima Annunziata dei Catalani, which is arguably the second most significant church in Messina. Other places of tourist interest include the Regional Museum, which houses a huge picture gallery, a wide range of sculpture collection from the medieval period, and an archaeological section that houses some of the best ancient artifacts and sculptures. The Fountain of Neptune, or the Fontana di Nettuno, Villa Mazzini, Piazza Dante, and Camposanto, located on its western side, Piazza Antonello, and Torre di Faro, which includes a trip that runs along the western coast line for 15 kilometer northeast of the city of Messina.
Other places of tourist attractions include Viale Italia, a panoramic road, and the Promontory Citadel, Viale San Martino, and the likes.
In order to get to Messina, people can avail a wide variety of transportation modes. There are regular ferry services between Villa San Giovanni on mainland Italy and Messina, though occasionally cruise ships also dock at the Messine ports, carrying passengers and tourists from all over the world.
Messina is also linked with mainland Italy via train. Long distance train services between Messina and Naples and Rome through the Strait of Messina ferry passengers on a regular basis. The city is also connected to mainland Italy by long haul bus services that originate from capital Rome, Naples, places like Palermo, Catania and so on.
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