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Milazzo sits on the route: 10 minutes from Merì, 38km from Gole dell'Alcantara.
Milazzo is in Sicily, Italy, with about 32,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Merì, about 6 km away.
Milazzo (Sicilian: Milazzu; Latin: Mylae; Ancient Greek: Μύλαι, romanized: Mýlai) is a municipality (comune) in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy. It is the largest municipality in the Metropolitan City after Messina and Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto. The town has a population of around 31,500Read more
inhabitants.
Founded by the ancient Greeks around 716 BC and part of Magna Graecia and recognised as a Roman civitas since 36 BC, the city was also at the centre of history during the First Punic War (260 BC), and in July 1860 with the arrival of the red shirts in the battle of Milazzo during the Expedition of the Thousand, an event of the unification of Italy.
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Within an hour or so of Milazzo: Gole dell'Alcantara (38 km), Taormina (41 km), Teatro Antico di Taormina (41 km), Chianalea di Scilla (42 km).
The nearest famous roads are Targa Florio Circuit (Madonie).
Milazzo is in Sicily, Italy, about 6 km from Merì.
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ACI roadside assistance: 803 116. ZTL (limited traffic zones) in city centres are camera-enforced.
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natural wonder
Basalt gorge near Etna where the cold Alcantara river cuts between 25-m walls of prismatic lava columns, like a Giant's Causeway turned canyon. Wade the icy river from the Motta Camastra entrance or view it from the free stairway.
38 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
A glamorous hilltop town in Sicily with an ancient Greek theater offering jaw-dropping views of Mount Etna and the Ionian Sea.
41 km · about 45 min drive
ancient ruins
A Greek-Roman theatre framing Mount Etna and the Ionian Sea, Sicily's most spectacular ancient stage.
41 km · about 45 min drive
photogenic
Fishermen's quarter of Scilla where houses rise straight out of the Strait of Messina, earning it the name 'little Venice of the South'. Swordfish boats with their towering lookout masts still land catches beneath Ruffo Castle.
42 km · about 50 min drive
beach
The site of the first Greek colony in Sicily, now a beach resort at the foot of Taormina with views of Mount Etna.
44 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
Europe's tallest and most active volcano, rising 3,357 meters above eastern Sicily with frequent dramatic eruptions.
56 km · about 65 min drive
scenic viewpoint
The high-altitude viewpoint near Mount Etna's summit craters offering surreal volcanic landscapes and sweeping Sicilian panoramas.
58 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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