As you cross the strait, you disembark at the port of Messina, right in the pulse and heart of the city. 
More modern buildings have invaded the entire urban layout, but some traces of its glorious past have remained.

The facade of the cathedral, or Duomo, features polychromatic bands on its lower end, which are interrupted by three entrance portals.
Two main works kept in the church are the statue of St. John the Baptist, attributed to Antonello Gagini, and the Sacrament Chapel, created by Jacopo del Duca, a student of Michelangelo. 
On the lateral bell tower, a mechanical clock shows the time through its panels arranged on the four facades. 
The 16th-century Orione Fountain stands in the centre of the square, and was completed by Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli, another of Michelangelo's students. 

The Regional Museum offers a very interesting artistic itinerary via its Picture Gallery, and exhibits precious works like the “Polyptych of St. Gregory” by Antonello da Messina, the “Adoration of the Three Holy Kings” and the “Resurrection of Lazarus” by Caravaggio. 
Finally, take a look inside the The Church of the Santissima Annunziata (Holy Annunciation) dei Catalani, erected between 1150 and 1200 on tempo of the remains of a pagan temple to the god Neptune.

This province is awash in the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas. 
Both coastal strips are punctuated by gracious localities, which, beyond the nature's beauty, offer interesting historical and artistic recollections. 

Above all, Taormina, dramatically perched on a precipice (and with a great view of Etna in one direction), is a sheer drop into the sea. Very steep and rocky, its coast is full of small bays coloured by a lush maquis and all the blues of the sea. 

Taormina is considered the “Lady” of the Ionic Coast, port of destination for celebrities and illustrious personages. 
The Ancient Theatre, one of the greatest of the Greek-Roman epoch, is immersed in an expanse of olives, oranges and almond groves that fill the air with their exotic perfume.
Behind the theatre stage, the scene opens out to the moon and stars which capture your gaze, reflecting their light over the dark sea. Tiny art gems can be found in the alleys of its ancient quarter. 

The Piazza Duomo, embellished by the Fountain of Montorsoli, highlights an ancient Cathedral which in its exterior design recalls the lines of a fortress, graced by a splendid 17th-century portal. 
Behind the church of Santa Caterina, you will find the Odeon, a tiny theatre from the Roman era, used for cultural events. 

The active volcano Etna, imposing, towers over the landscape and reveals a vegetation interrupted by trails of black, solidified lava flows. Caves and different environments alternate along its slopes, which you must also traverse in order to reach the peak where a great “mouth of fire” awaits you. 

The Tyrrhenian coast is marked by the Golfo di Patti named after the same locality, well equipped like all the other beach resorts, to offer you a pleasant sea holiday. 

The Aeolian Isles, above Messina's northern coast, are an obligatory stopover for those who enter this province. 
What meets your eye is a sequence of colours, a mosaic of tiles of the most varied hues with shades of the sea framing it all around. 
And as if to confirm Mother Nature’s own artistic gifts, it is well-known that the Aeolian Isles were crafted by the volcanoes which, though destructive on one hand, on the other created masterpieces of incomparable beauty. 

Panarea is the heart of the nightlife here, whereas Stromboli is the force of nature, with its incandescent flames that compete with the moon’s brightness to illuminate the night. Vulcano is the archipelago’s black pearl and Lipari is called the “lighthouse” because of the light irradiating from its mountain; instead, Salina is the land of flavours and fragrances, whereas Filicudi and Alicudi are most solitary and wild.